2019 National Health Policy Conference
The National Health Policy Conference took place February 4-5, 2019 at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C.
AcademyHealth Members Examine Barriers to Telehealth and Opportunities to Expand Its Use
December’s issue of Health Affairs features 11 articles by AcademyHealth members on the theme of telehealth.
11th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health
Another record-breaking year at the Science of D&I Conference.
Recommendations for Advancing Payment Strategies to Address Child and Family Well-Being
This report highlights the importance of investing in the well-being of children and families and makes three recommendations for payment approaches to support the promoting of positive social and emotional determinants of health and the mitigation of Adverse Childhood Experiences.
Poor Community Health and Employee Mental Stress Linked to Poor Job Performance at US Manufacturing Plants
Employees living in counties with poor community health outcomes had considerably higher rates of absenteeism and tardiness.
Diverse Disciplines Needed to Overcome Persistent Oral Health Challenges
AcademyHealth is a partner organization of Clinical Scholars, a leadership development program for practitioners from diverse fields of health care. The program features two teams working innovatively to tackle oral health challenges in Georgia and Minnesota.
What role does community health play in employee performance at American manufacturing companies?
Recent study findings, highlighted this week on the Health Affairs blog, suggest that poor community health negatively affects workers’ performance.
Review Assesses Use of ROI Evidence to Inform Policymaking on Public Health Issues
AcademyHealth examined the extent to which return on investment evidence is used to inform policymaking affecting public health and multi-sector work, and identified opportunities to advance its use.
When It Comes to Collaboration, Sectors Emphasize Technical Aspects Over Cultural Ones
In a review of technical documents and toolkits on interoperability, what we found was almost as interesting as what we didn’t.
An Investment in Supportive Housing is an Investment in Health
A recent study published in the Health Services Research Journal by Sungwoo Lim and colleagues found that a supportive housing program positively affected both housing stability and preventable health care visits among homeless families.