2021 Annual Research Meeting
Leading with evidence in a time of change
2021 Health Policy Orientation - Spring
Behind the scenes of decision-making in Washington
AcademyHealth Announces the Best of 2021 Annual Research Meeting
Research nominated as the best abstract for each theme from the 2021 Call for Abstracts explores topics related to COVID-19, the impact of Medicaid on access to care, using technology to improve patient experience, and more.
Experts in Child Health Services Research Reflect on 2020 and Look Ahead to 2021
Members of AcademyHealth’s Child Health Services Research Interest Group Advisory Committee reflect on five key areas of advancement of Child HSR during 2020, and consider the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on children.
Leveraging Data Science to Address Health Impacts of Climate Change
At last month’s National Health Policy Conference and Health Datapalooza, keynote speaker Francesca Dominici highlighted the importance of data as a foundation for informed decision-making for both health and climate policy.
Rural Hospital Patient and Family Engagement 2021 Toolkit
The Communication Climate Assessment Toolkit analyses revealed important insights that can help inform rural hospital leadership as they seek to develop patient and family engagement practices that are valuable for patients, families, staff, and the organizational culture.
Well-Being in Healthy People 2030: A Missed Opportunity
In the decade leading up to 2030, it will be important for health educators and other public health professionals to overcome the limitations of the ways well-being is incorporated in Healthy People 2030 to bring this broader focus on well-being to policy and programs to improve the nation’s health.
Three Key Equity Considerations for Advancing High-Value Care
In a webinar for the Research Community on Low-Value-Care, experts shared three key considerations for designing an equitable, high-value health care system. They emphasized the need to ensure equitable care is being delivered by a diverse workforce with an understanding of how to use data to improve interventions to advance equity.
2020 Health Policy Orientation - Fall
Behind the scenes of decision-making in Washington
Addressing the COVID-19 pandemic requires an unprecedented communal effort. The same is true for climate change.
Climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic both have profound negative impacts on our health, wellbeing, and way of life, and exacerbate health inequities. Both threats also call for collaboration on an unprecedented scale and speed.