Patient & Consumer Engagement

AcademyHealth is committed to supporting and fostering collaboration between consumers, patients, researchers and delivery systems leaders to improve the relevance and application of health services research. This section contains information on related programs as well as guidance and resources for researchers, patients and consumers.

Blog Post

Building a Safety Net for Teen Mental Health: Youth Advocate Perspectives

In the first of a two-part blog series marking National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week, a group of youth advocates share their thoughts on the mental health needs of adolescents and how researchers can support them.

Posted May 6, 2019 By Karen Wolk Feinstein, Ph.D., Liam Boyd, Abby Dischner, Emma Dischner, Ayala Rosenthal

Topics Patient & Consumer Engagement Delivering Better Care Access to Care

Past Event

Delivery of Patient Centered Care in the U.S. Health Care System: What is standing in its way?

With support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, AcademyHealth hosted this invitational meeting of experts on the barriers to patient centered care.

Date & Time May 2-3, 2019

Topics Patient & Consumer Engagement Hospitals & Health Systems

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Engaging Consumers and Patients to Accelerate Alternative Payment Models and Benefit Designs

Anne Gauthier and Karen Adams of MITRE, an AcademyHealth organizational affiliate, highlight opportunities to improve care quality and reduce cost by involving consumers in designing alternative payment models.

Posted Apr 30, 2019 By Anne K. Gauthier, M.S. , Karen Adams

Topics Patient & Consumer Engagement Paying for Care Costs & Payments Membership National Health Policy Conference

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Five Recommendations for How Implementation Science Can Better Advance Equity

Implementation researchers, practitioners, and funders considered how to better support equitable implementation and outcomes. They make five recommendations from changing how we talk about implementation science to how we execute it and who we engage along the way.

Posted Apr 5, 2019 By Kim DuMont, Allison Metz, Ph.D., Beadsie Woo

Topics Patient & Consumer Engagement Translation, Dissemination & Implementation Health Equity

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Engagement Science: Where Do We Go from Here?

In the last post of a six-part series on engagement science, authors provide four recommendations for the future of the field.

Posted Feb 12, 2019 By Elizabeth Cope, Ph.D., M.P.H., Rebekah Angove, Ph.D., Rachel Dungan, M.S.S.P., Holly Peay, PhD

Topics HSR Resources & Methods Patient & Consumer Engagement Research Ethics & Governance

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Engagement Science: Where to Focus & the Future of the Field

The fifth of a six-part series on engagement science, this post describes three areas of continued work and study that can help to ensure the successful and sustainable maturation of engagement practice.

Posted Feb 5, 2019 By Rachel Dungan, M.S.S.P., Rebekah Angove, Ph.D., Elizabeth Cope, Ph.D., M.P.H., Holly Peay, PhD

Topics HSR Resources & Methods Patient & Consumer Engagement Research Ethics & Governance

Blog Post

Engagement Science: A Look at Existing Evidence

In the fourth of a six-part series on engagement science, authors highlight how this growing field has already supported considerable scholarship with implications for formalizing engagement activities.

Posted Jan 29, 2019 By Rachel Dungan, M.S.S.P., Rebekah Angove, Ph.D., Elizabeth Cope, Ph.D., M.P.H., Holly Peay, PhD

Topics HSR Resources & Methods Patient & Consumer Engagement Research Ethics & Governance

Publication

Medicaid Engagement and Education Efforts Could Improve Delivery of HIV Prevention Services

This white paper, commissioned by AcademyHealth, identifies ways the Medicaid program can educate patients and providers to improve the use of PrEP medication and clinical services.

Posted Jan 24, 2019

Topics Patient & Consumer Engagement Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Delivering Better Care Public & Population Health

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Engagement Science: Factors Fueling the Need for Better Defined Engagement

The third of a six-part series on engagement science, this post describes the environmental and policy contexts that have shaped the emergence of this field.

Posted Jan 22, 2019 By Holly Peay, PhD, Rachel Dungan, M.S.S.P., Rebekah Angove, Ph.D., Elizabeth Cope, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Topics HSR Resources & Methods Patient & Consumer Engagement Research Ethics & Governance

Blog Post

Engagement Science: An Overview of the Landscape of Engaged Research

In the second of a six-part series on engagement science, authors explore the landscape of engaged research and the evolution of a new field – dedicated to the study of engagement practice.

Posted Jan 15, 2019 By Elizabeth Cope, Ph.D., M.P.H., Rebekah Angove, Ph.D., Rachel Dungan, M.S.S.P., Holly Peay, PhD

Topics HSR Resources & Methods Patient & Consumer Engagement Research Ethics & Governance