Data Sharing

Health care data are generated and stored in a wide variety of formats. How can data users access and share data in order to learn from it? Health services researchers and data users are looking at data sharing to improve health and health care.

Publication

Special Issue Highlights Lessons Learned from High Value Healthcare Collaborative

A new special issue in AcademyHealth's peer-reviewed, open access journal eGEMs dissects the problems and potential of big data to overcome delivery system challenges.

Posted Dec 15, 2017

Topics Using Health Data Data Sharing Data Sources

Blog Post

Working to Create More Bridges and Achieve Person-Centered Care

AcademyHealth’s Concordium 2017 meeting focused on collaboration, communities of practice, and systems thinking to move innovations farther and faster.

Posted Dec 13, 2017 By Margo Edmunds, Ph.D.

Topics Hospitals & Health Systems Public & Population Health Analytic Tools Data Sharing Concordium

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Elements That Support Payment Reform for Population Health: Shared Data Collection, Analysis, and Evaluation

Sufficient data infrastructure across health systems and community social service providers support the management of a collaborative partnership’s community-wide population health improvement efforts.

Posted Dec 07, 2017

Topics Paying for Care Building Healthy Communities Data Sharing

Blog Post

Perspectives on Data Science in Therapeutic Development

Posted Dec 5, 2017 By Eric D. Perakslis, Ph.D.

Topics Using Health Data Data Sharing

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Learning from Each Other to Fill in Data Gaps and Achieve Better Outcomes

The education sector, the health sector, and many others have long realized that they need to work together for better outcomes. Sharing data between sectors can help, but it’s not easy.

Posted Nov 30, 2017 By Margo Edmunds, Ph.D., Daniel Stein

Topics Using Health Data Data Sharing Building Healthy Communities

Blog Post

6 Ways for Health Systems to Participate in Value-Based Transformation

Health System Integration Leader for Honor Health and Health Datapalooza co-chair Kelsey Mellard highlights six ways health systems can move toward value-based practices.

Posted Oct 30, 2017 By Kelsey Mellard, M.P.A.

Topics Delivering Better Care Data Sharing Building Healthy Communities Health Datapalooza

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New Funding Awards Signal Promise for Future of Data-Driven, Multisector Efforts to Improve Community Health

Building on the last two years as part of AcademyHealth’s Community Health Peer Learning Program, communities in New Orleans and rural California are tackling new challenges with new funding.

Posted Sep 27, 2017

Topics Data Sharing Building Healthy Communities

Blog Post

Is Twitter the Key to Translating Health Services Research?

Does Twitter help create more evidence-informed health policy? AcademyHealth members Sarah Gollust, Zachary Meisel, and David Grande share their efforts to answer this complicated question.

Posted Sep 21, 2017 By Sarah Gollust, Ph.D., Zachary F. Meisel, MD MPH MSHP, David Grande, MD, MPA

Topics HSR Resources & Methods Translation, Dissemination & Implementation Data Sharing

Publication

CHP Bright Spot: Improving Care for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness - A Systems & Data Mapping Approach

This Bright Spot from AcademyHealth's Community Health Learning Program highlights useful insights from the Louisiana Public Health Institute's work to leverage health information technology to improve outcomes for individuals with serious mental illness.

Posted Aug 28, 2017

Topics HSR Resources & Methods Using Health Data Data Sharing Public & Population Health

Publication

Survey of Informatics Platforms That Enable Distribute Comparative Effectiveness Research Using Multi-institutional Heterogenous Clinical Data

EDM Forum

Posted Jun 07, 2017

Topics Data Sources Data Sharing