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 Paradigm Project’s newsletter, the Blueprint, kicks off 2021 with a spotlight on four Black women working to improve artificial intelligence, recommendations for research organizations on assessing the societal impact of their work, examples of stakeholder engagement in research, and other news relevant to improving health services research.
December’s edition of the Blueprint includes a new blog post by AcademyHealth Vice President Michael Gluck, as well as articles on the role of artificial intelligence in research and health care, trends in scientific publishing in 2020, strategies for effective health communication, and more.
AcademyHealth Vice President Michael Gluck examines the ways in which COVID-19 and other societal changes have disrupted traditional methods of HSR in favor of new innovations.
AcademyHealth President and CEO Dr. Lisa Simpson reflects on the passing of her teacher and mentor Dr. Philip R. Lee, a founding leader of health policy research, highlighting three lessons that have shaped her work over the last 30 years.
After several years of working to diversify the health services research (HSR) workforce and build a community through networking and mentoring, we want and need to do much more to accelerate systemic change.
Voices of a New Paradigm: The AcademyHealth Paradigm Project is profiling leaders whose work helps point Health Services Research in a new direction. Some are new to HSR, others may just be new to us – leaders in other fields whose work is inspiring or applicable. All are challenging the limits of the current paradigm in ways that help make HSR more effective and have greater impact.
This edition of the Blueprint, the Paradigm Project’s newsletter, includes articles on the facilitators of and barriers to open science, compilations on battling misinformation and influencing public policy that reassert the importance of effective communication, and an example of patient-led research.
As we all contend with Zoom fatigue and distracted audiences dealing with a range of work-from-home interruptions, AcademyHealth’s Director of Communications and Public Relations Lauren Adams shares tips for compelling virtual presentations that will keep your audience engaged.
The October 2020 issue of the Blueprint, the Paradigm Project’s monthly newsletter, highlights resources on democratizing data, peer review and preprints, and the advantages and disadvantages of science communication via social media during the COVID-19 “infodemic.”
