From wearables to electronic medical records, data on health and health care has myriad sources and uses. AcademyHealth programs and the community of health services researchers are looking at evidence on how to evaluate and use data from a wide variety of sources.
The severity and the complexity of the opioid crisis require research that is both patient-centered and supported by robust data infrastructure. Several U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) projects are working across agencies to build the nation’s capacity for exactly this kind of research.
By partnering with state agencies, public universities have an opportunity to conduct research and engaged scholarship to advance their mission of public service.
Established state-university partnerships support evidence-based state health policy and practice to transform Medicaid-specific care and improve outcomes.
Findings from AcademyHealth members' work reveal that a substantial amount of the variation was related to differences within individual hospitals and not explained by factors such as severity of illness, length of stay, or patients’ age.
This webinar explored how Dataworks closes a key data gap by providing access to near real-time EMR data to help researchers better understand the health care burden of patients.
Date & Time January 15, 2020, 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. ET
Location Online
Research in a special issue sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality highlights new data insights and capabilities that respond to rapid change in the way researchers, clinicians, patients, policymakers and others use data to transform health care.
This introductory seminar explored effective search, communication, and dissemination strategies and provided an overview of resources publicly available through the National Library of Medicine for public health and health services and policy researchers to use in their work.
Date & Time August 21, 2019, 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. ET
Location Online
