Baloney, Balderdash, and Bogus Science: Detecting BS in Health Care
In a recent report, AcademyHealth members highlight 10 major forms of “BS” in health care today.
Making Valuable Data Available to Researchers is a Critical Step in Moving Data to Action
When it comes to harnessing the power of data for tangible change, challenges range from the cultural to the technical. This post focuses on a new opportunity from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that addresses perhaps the most critical step in this effort: data access.
Matching and Regression to the Mean in Difference‐in‐Differences Analysis
Identifying Children with Special Health Care Needs Using Medicaid Data in New York State Medicaid Managed Care
Health Data for Action 2018 Applicant Webinar
This webinar provided information about the second call for proposals for Health Data for Action, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation signature research program.
Be a Storytelling Superhero Because Evidence Matters
Catherine Hersey and Shellery Ebron, both of AcademyHealth organizational affiliate RTI, describe key takeaways from last June’s Annual Research Meeting with a focus on the importance of using stories to make research findings relatable to diverse audiences across a variety of settings.
Diverse Disciplines Needed to Overcome Persistent Oral Health Challenges
AcademyHealth is a partner organization of Clinical Scholars, a leadership development program for practitioners from diverse fields of health care. The program features two teams working innovatively to tackle oral health challenges in Georgia and Minnesota.
Review Assesses Use of ROI Evidence to Inform Policymaking on Public Health Issues
AcademyHealth examined the extent to which return on investment evidence is used to inform policymaking affecting public health and multi-sector work, and identified opportunities to advance its use.
Systems Science Methods Have Unique Potential to Inform Policy and Practice
AcademyHealth developed this brief to highlight cases where systems science research has been used to inform development of cancer screening recommendations, childhood obesity prevention policy, and transportation planning.
2018 Health Data Policy and Strategy Orientation
A deep-dive into all aspects of health data policy and strategy designed for professionals in emerging data-centric roles.