How Cancer Changes You – and Doesn’t
AcademyHealth President and CEO Dr. Lisa Simpson reflects on the 20-year anniversary of her cancer diagnosis.
The Blueprint: November 2020 Paradigm Project Updates
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.
The Blueprint: October 2020 Paradigm Project Updates
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.”
The Blueprint: September 2020 Paradigm Project Updates
September’s issue of the Paradigm Project newsletter, The Blueprint, examines equity, community engagement in research, and innovations in data and methods.
Inaugural Health Data Impact Award Honors Work on Patients’ Rights to Access Personal Health Data
Award winner Deven McGraw guided the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ efforts to engage technology developers and patients with transparent and effective regulatory frameworks for the use of health data.
Recognizing and Uplifting the Legitimacy of Patient Experts for Better Health Data Tools and Policies
In this final post in a series, ePatient and Security Researcher Andrea Downing highlights where we need to build professional skills and lower barriers for patient experts to be part of a team in health care.
Webinar: Navigating Low-Value Care: A Roadmap for Stakeholders
This webinar sought to define and deepen the understanding of low-value care and its importance to various stakeholders.
Focus on Patients is a Key to Reducing Low-Value Care
AcademyHealth staff reflect on the continuing need to advance research on low value care, following a Health Affairs blog post urging a focus on vulnerable populations in broader efforts to reduce low-value care.
The Power of Person-Generated Health Data: Five Ways to Improve the Care Experience
AcademyHealth and a group of diverse stakeholders are working to develop a unifying framework for using person-generated health data in shared decision-making.
The First World Patient Safety Day: Time for a Moonshot for Health Services Research?
AcademyHealth member and Professor Hardeep Singh and Tejal Gandhi, chief clinical and safety officer at IHI, highlight three considerations for the field of health services research to advance patient safety.