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.
The advancement of the health services research enterprise depends heavily on how research funding is allocated. As the field seeks to bolster its relevance for policy and practice, it is instructive to examine the benefits and challenges of peer review and its alternatives as tools in deciding what research to fund.
A member of AcademyHealth’s partner the Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement, Minnesota Community Measurement highlights opportunities for health services researchers to work with organizations like theirs to drive value in health care.
The Blueprint provides regular updates on the Paradigm Project, a concerted, collaborative effort to increase the relevance, timeliness, quality, and impact of health services research (HSR).
Designing a new paradigm for health services research brought more than 120 people to Washington, D.C., in July 2019 for the first meeting of the Paradigm Project.
Research in a special issue sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality highlights new data insights and capabilities that respond to rapid change in the way researchers, clinicians, patients, policymakers and others use data to transform health care.
This introductory seminar explored effective search, communication, and dissemination strategies and provided an overview of resources publicly available through the National Library of Medicine for public health and health services and policy researchers to use in their work.
Date & Time August 21, 2019, 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. ET
Location Online
AcademyHealth member Lindsay Allen shares key takeaways from her presentation on academic success at this year’s Annual Research Meeting, including practical advice on research, teaching, and service.
Co-editors of a forthcoming theme issue in Health Services Research, one of AcademyHealth’s official journals, outline the importance of generating research on more than just medical care outcomes to improve population health.
Robin Newhouse, immediate past chair of the AcademyHealth Board and former chair of AcademyHealth’s Education Council, highlights networking and training programs at Indiana University for Ph.D. pre- and post-doctoral nurses.
A new AcademyHealth learning collaborative of leading Medicaid demonstration evaluation researchers are working together to support state efforts to test innovations in Medicaid.