AcademyHealth Welcomes New Leaders to 2025 Board of Directors
AcademyHealth is pleased to announce three accomplished leaders joining our 2025 Board of Directors, strengthening our dedication to advancing health services research and policy.
Transformative Research to Inform a High-Value Equitable Health Care System
In this blog post, the third in a series on AcademyHealth’s collaborative effort to develop a research agenda for high-value, equitable care, Kevin Fiscella and Deniz Naghibi, authors of the accompanying literature review, share their thoughts and reflections on what is needed for attaining a high-value, equitable health care system.
Congress trying to avoid a government shutdown on Oct 1 - Read on Washington's September 2024 Advocacy Update
This month's "Read on Washington," available only to AcademyHealth members, includes updates on appropriations, new announcements on AI strategies from HHS, GAO concerns about public health data redundancy and security, and more.
The Power of Thirty Questions: Reflections and Perspectives on the Research Agenda for High Value, Equitable Care
In the second blog of AcademyHealth’s series outlining our collaborative process of developing a research agenda to advance high-value, equitable health care, patient advocate Tara Montgomery shares her perspective on the importance and impact of this work.
Developing a Research Agenda on High-Value, Equitable Care: Stakeholder Perspectives
In the first blog of AcademyHealth’s series outlining our collaborative process of developing a research agenda to advance high-value, equitable health care, Consensus Group Co-chairs Elizabeth McGlynn, Ph.D. and Donna Cryer, J.D. lay the groundwork and share their perspectives on our collective efforts to ensure that research and health care prioritize both equity and value.
Emerging and Understudied Topics at the Intersection of Health Services Research and Climate Change
Research in health services is essential for informing policy decisions to address and forestall the detrimental health consequences of climate change. Part 2 of this blog series identifies priority health services research areas for continued health system reform to address the climate crisis.
How MODRN Aims to Improve Quality Measurement and Inform Medicaid Policy
Leveraging this unique research multi-state research network offers opportunities for both state Medicaid agencies and their university partners to advance evidence-informed Medicaid policy.
21st Century Health Challenges: Building Capacity to Address the Climate Crisis through Health Services Research
The evidence generated from health services research is crucial for guiding state and federal policy efforts to ameliorate and prevent the adverse health effects of the changing climate. Part 1 of this blog series provides an overview of health systems resiliency and the role of health services research in building a resilient health system.
Finding Common Ground and Other Approaches to Navigating the Changing DEIA Landscape as Organizations, Leaders, and Researchers
Leaders of a Community of Practice for DEIA practitioners reflect on a discussion at the 2024 Annual Research Meeting about how health services researchers and institutions are responding to the changing DEIA landscape—and the importance of community in finding one’s voice to learn from peers and cross-amplify our efforts for impact.
Building Trust: What We Can Learn from Federally Qualified Health Center Efforts
In the final post of a three-part blog interview series, April Joy Damian, Ph.D., M.Sc., Vice President and Director of the Weitzman Institute and Senior Scholar at AcademyHealth sheds light on how Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) are building trust with communities.