AcademyHealth provides information on the latest developments in the field of health services research (HSR). In this section you will find evidence and tools for understanding the HSR literature, making optimal use of existing methods and evaluating and using new methods for research.
Approved by the AcademyHealth Board of Directors in March 2025, this five-year strategic plan reaffirms the organization’s existing mission, vision, and values, introducing three key focus areas to achieve a newly devised outcome statement.
The gap between producing research and making an impact is far too common. While researchers generate valuable insights, connecting those findings with decision-makers and communities can be difficult. The Communicating for Impact Course provides researchers with strategies to effectively share their insights with decision-makers and communities, ensuring their work leads to meaningful change.
Researchers from Stanford University and Harvard University explore the use of AI to enhance qualitative analysis for HSR, including challenges, questions for consideration, and assessing utility while models are still improving.
Dr. Wilcox, one of the AcademyHealth’s Leveraging AI for High-Impact Health Research course instructors, shares his perspective on AI’s evolution, from the early days of Deep Blue to the latest breakthroughs in generative AI, and what it means for health research today.
As Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to evolve rapidly, the field of HSR has a significant opportunity to demonstrate what works, for whom, and in what contexts.
Significant investments in community health begin with reforming funding approaches and scaling programs that center a community’s experiential knowledge. Participatory grant-making and peer health navigation are two examples of promising health services research approaches that deserve more attention.
Have you explored using AI in the field to engage and collaborate with meeting participants? AHRQ’s EvidenceNow Managing Urinary Incontinence (MUI) project provides lessons learned and tips from recent experience.
To bring transparency to pay in health services and policy research (HSR), AcademyHealth surveyed researchers to learn more about salary and compensation trends. In collaboration with the University of South Carolina, the report provides an in-depth analysis of how compensation varies across geographic regions, career levels, and gender.
AcademyHealth President and CEO Aaron Carroll was recently featured on two podcasts in which he expanded upon critical public health challenges and how effective communication and involving those with lived experience a seat at the table leads to better health outcomes for all.
