Translation, Dissemination & Implementation

Patient and consumer engagement in health and health care is increasingly seen as a vital to the research process, and to improving the performance of the health care system. Since 2012, AcademyHealth has worked with the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute on a variety of initiatives.

AcademyHealth’s Evidence-Informed State Health Policy Institute (ESHPI) aims to increase the use of relevant, timely and translatable evidence in state policymaking to improve health and health care quality, outcomes, equity, accessibility and affordability.

​AcademyHealth’s Translation and Dissemination Institute helps the field of health services research move its findings more effectively into policy and practice. It undertakes activities that enable research producers to better understand the needs of research users, helps place research in context, and serves as an incubator for new and innovative approaches to moving knowledge into action.