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Delivering better care is a broad domain of research that includes assessing and improving the quality of care itself, expanding access to care, and understanding the many ways to organize and improve care in hospitals, health systems and other care settings.

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Addressing Inequities in Affordability of Care to Promote a Culture of Health

Community organizations co-lead four new studies examining affordability of care for historically marginalized communities, awarded under the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Research in Transforming Health and Healthcare Systems program, managed by AcademyHealth.
Posted May 15, 2023 By Danielle DeCosta, M.P.H.
Topics Delivering Better Care Paying for Care Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Hospitals & Health Systems Health Equity
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Announcing the Best of 2023 Annual Research Meeting

AcademyHealth presents research nominated as the best abstract for each theme from the 2023 Call for Abstracts, exploring topics related to patient-centered research, mental health and substance use, women’s health, and more.
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Topics HSR Workforce Development HSR Resources & Methods Public & Population Health Health Equity Using Health Data Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Access to Care Delivering Better Care Paying for Care Building Healthy Communities
Blog Post Celebrating Nurses Week: Retaining and Valuing Our Nurses

Celebrating Nurses Week: Retaining and Valuing Our Nurses

Nurses play a vital role in the health care system, providing essential person-centered care and support to patients. During Nurses Week, members of the Interdisciplinary Research Group on Nursing Issues (IRGNI) and academic nurse leaders highlight the importance of retaining and valuing nurses, the impact of nurse turnover on patient care and health care costs, creating a positive work environment, and the need to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in nursing.
Posted May 10, 2023 By Kathryn Riman, Ph.D., R.N., Jessica Smith, Ph.D., R.N., Roy Thompson, Ph.D., M.S.N., C.C.N., R.N., Cedonnie Curtis, D.N.P., M.S.N., Sherif Olanrewaju, M.P.S., BNSc
Topics HSR Workforce Development Delivering Better Care
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New Effort to Examine Doula Care Programs in Medicaid to Advance Racial Equity

With funding support from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), AcademyHealth and the University of Pittsburgh are bringing together six Medicaid programs, their university research partners, as well as eight doula programs to leverage an innovative distributed research network to advance racial equity in severe maternal morbidity.
Posted Mar 28, 2023 By Lauren Adams, M.A.
Topics Health Equity Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Delivering Better Care News
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Translating Research to Practice: Recommended Practices for Hospitals to Reduce Diagnostic Errors

Experts from The Leapfrog Group, an AcademyHealth organizational member, explore the challenges of translating diagnostic research into widespread action. A new initiative aims to address this and rapidly reduce harm from diagnostic error through public reporting and accountability.
Posted Feb 27, 2023 By Missy Danforth, Jean-Luc Tilly, M.P.A., Hardeep Singh, M.D., M.P.H. , Mark L Graber, M.D., FACP
Topics Delivering Better Care Quality Improvement Hospitals & Health Systems
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Challenges and Opportunities for Authentic Patient Engagement in a Virtual Research Environment

The second post in our Weitzman Institute blog series on conducting health equity research during the COVID-19 pandemic highlights challenges and lessons learned in building rapport and authentically engaging with patients in a virtual research environment.
Posted Feb 1, 2023 By April Joy Damian, Ph.D., M.Sc., Tonantzin Juarez, M.S.
Topics Delivering Better Care Quality Improvement Health Equity
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Long COVID and The Care Delivery Challenge: The Role of Health Services Research

The techniques, focus, and skills of health service researchers is key as federal programs and health systems identify and administer treatments for Long COVID. As Long COVID continues to disproportionately harm populations that are already suffering from health disparities, poorly designed or targeted dissemination efforts could worsen this health outcome gap.
Posted Jan 31, 2023 By Elsie Essien, M.P.H., Josh Caplan, M.A., M.P.P.
Topics Advocacy Delivering Better Care