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AcademyHealth Blog

Welcome to the AcademyHealth blog, together with our members, we promote interaction across the health research and policy arenas by bringing together a broad spectrum of players to share their perspectives. Here we offer important perspectives from people passionate about expanding access to care, reducing costs and improving quality, as well as updates on AcademyHealth activities relevant to the community.

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Beyond the Headlines: Using Evidence to Inform Health Policy Debates

As we head into inauguration day and prepare for a new administration to enter the White House, we hold firm in our principle that policies affecting health and performance of the health system should be informed by the best and most relevant evidence.
Posted Nov 22, 2016 By Lisa Simpson, M.B., B.Ch., M.P.H., FAAP, Darrell J. Gaskin, Ph.D.
Topics Translation, Dissemination & Implementation Delivering Better Care Paying for Care Building Healthy Communities Advocacy
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Prognostication Articles: Health Policy in 2017 and Beyond

Last week’s election has resulted in a number of perspectives and prognostications on what the results of the election mean and how they could impact health and health care, health research, and the science enterprise more broadly. Below is a sample of what we’ve been reading this week:

Posted Nov 16, 2016
Topics Advocacy