2020 Annual Research Meeting
Virtual Event. Vibrant Community. Valuable Evidence.
Member Survey of Academic Researchers Suggests Loneliness is a Barrier to Productivity During COVID-19 Remote Work
AcademyHealth member Heather Gilmartin developed a survey at the Colorado Clinical and Translational Science Institute to understand the impact of remote work on researchers and staff during COVID-19. Results show that loneliness is the greatest barrier to productivity.
AcademyHealth Announces the Best of 2020 Annual Research Meeting
Research nominated as the best abstract for each theme from the 2020 Call for Abstracts includes examinations of relationships between insurance, care, and vulnerability as well as novel approaches and insights from evaluation.
Pandemic Points to Need to Rethink and Reinvest in Health Care Workforce
AcademyHealth Board Member Atul Grover and Beth Moretzsky reflect on a long-standing physician deficit in the health care system and how COVID-19 is emphasizing the need to support the health care workforce and prioritize health care funding.
HSR Must Reject Racism, Turn Evidence into Action for All
In a statement following nationwide protests, AcademyHealth President and CEO Dr. Lisa Simpson calls on the field to address diversity and inclusion in the workforce, bias in data and methods, and support wider and better dissemination of evidence to uncover and address systemic issues that increase disparities and negatively impact health.
Can Racial Literacy for HSR Reduce the “Tsunami of Hate?”
Racist and inflammatory language as seen during the COVID-19 pandemic should be a major cause of concern for the field of health services research (HSR).
Reinvigorating Public Health Systems Research in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Leaders of the AcademyHealth Public Health Systems Research (PHSR) Interest Group highlight opportunities for PHSR to respond to COVID-19 in the following areas: public health workforce, health equity, financing, structure, and informatics.
This Mother’s Day Academic Moms Need Our Support
In this blog post, AcademyHealth member Christy Harris Lemak, reflects on the disproportionate effect working from home is having on colleagues with young children and offers ideas for how to help.
Surge in Policies Expanding Nurse Practitioner Scope of Practice in Response to COVID-19 Provide an Important Research Opportunity
Several states recently expanded scope of practice regulations for nurse practitioners to meet the increased demand for care during the coronavirus pandemic. In this post, AcademyHealth members from the Interdisciplinary Research Group on Nursing Issues contextualize these policy changes and provide recommendations for future health services research.
The Blueprint: February Paradigm Project Updates
The February 2020 issue of the Blueprint features two Learning Community members and their Design Teams’ work to enhance community member involvement in researchers’ decision-making and increase access to and transparency of research findings.