Reducing Prenatal Smoking: The Role of State Policies
Access, Affordability and Insurance Design
Access to quality health care systems is essential to good health, and it is not possible without affordable, quality health insurance coverage. These policy-relevant analyses from the Research in Transforming Health and Healthcare Systems program inform strategies to ensure access to high-quality, affordable health care and insurance coverage.
Medicaid Demonstration Evaluation Learning Collaborative
AcademyHealth's Evidence-Informed State Health Policy Institute leads this learning collaborative of Medicaid waiver evaluation researchers aimed at examining the policy questions, and study designs, methodologies, data sources and metrics used in Medicaid waiver initiatives.
The Role of Homelessness and Supportive Housing in Health Care Disparities among Adults in Medicaid
With support from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), Rutgers University and the University of Pittsburgh, in collaboration with AcademyHealth, aim to examine the potential of permanent supportive housing programs to mitigate health disparities among Medicaid enrollees experiencing homelessness.
Project ACCELERATE (Advancing Care Coordination through Evidence; Leveraging Existing Relationships Around Transforming PracticE)
With a Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Eugene Washington Engagement Award, the Evidence-Informed State Health Policy Institute will bring together stakeholders to distill the latest PCORI-supported findings and identify strategies for dissemination to improve care coordination for children with special health care needs.
Enhancing Systems of Care for Children with Medical Complexity (CMC) Coordinating Center
AcademyHealth, in partnership with Boston Children’s Hospital and FamilyVoices, is leading a Coordinating Center to support five Health Resources & Services Administration (HSRA)-funded demonstration sites to optimize the health and well-being for children with medical complexity and their families while also achieving health equity for these populations
Evidence-Informed State Health Policy Institute
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.
Health Equity DataJam
Hosted by AcademyHealth, the 2023 Health Equity DataJam invites participants to transform raw data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services into actionable insights and digital tools to bridge disparities of health, including those exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, Long COVID, and infection-associated chronic illnesses to ensure equitable access and wellness for all. Submissions are now closed.
Research on Pre-Hospital Diagnostic Delay
In partnership with Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, AcademyHealth supports the funding of research addressing pre-hospital diagnostic delay. This project aims to better understand and mitigate pre-hospital diagnostic delays related to cancer, sepsis, and acute cardiovascular events.