Advocacy

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.

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.

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.

As we marked the sixty-one-year anniversary of the March on Washington yesterday August 28th—a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement—it’s an important time to reflect on the legacy of exclusionary practices and their impact on modern health care inequities. By understanding and addressing the history of sundown towns, we can more effectively reach and support historically oppressed and underserved communities.

This month’s “Read on Washington”, available only to AcademyHealth members, includes updates on appropriations, Medicare prescription drug negotiations, HRSA funding opportunities, and more.

President and CEO Aaron Carroll discussed his vision for health services research at the June 2024 National Advisory Council Meeting (NAC) for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). This second post in the series focuses on his priorities in creating more flexible funding mechanisms, artificial intelligence, and advanced data computing in digital health care research.

President and CEO Aaron Carroll discussed his vision for health services research at the June 2024 National Advisory Council Meeting for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). This first post in a two-part series focused on his priorities in innovations in HSR methodology, supporting diversity, equity and inclusion, and incentivizing community and patient partnerships.

This month's "Read on Washington," available only to AcademyHealth members, includes updates on appropriations, AcademyHealth's response to OSTP on disability data needs, bipartisan health cybersecurity legislation, and more.

This month's "Read on Washington," available only to AcademyHealth members, includes updates on appropriations, advocacy at ARM, AHRQ’s Advisory Council meeting, new comments from MACPAC, and more.

In an exclusive briefing hosted by AcademyHealth and the Friends of AHRQ, AHRQ Director Robert Valdez discussed the Agency’s priorities on health services research, patient safety, and technological integration in health care.