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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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Blog Post An Epidemic Within a Pandemic (and Vice Versa)

An Epidemic Within a Pandemic (and Vice Versa)

Two massive global public health problems exist simultaneously, Alzheimer’s disease and COVID-19, both with no effective medical treatments. AcademyHealth members Jill Harrison and Rosa Baier reflect on the urgent need to generate high-quality evidence about non-drug interventions to inform clinical and policy decision making about dementia care that works in this new context.
Posted May 20, 2020 By Jill Harrison, Ph.D., Rosa Baier, M.P.H.
Topics Delivering Better Care Public & Population Health
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Work Accepted to the 2020 Annual Research Meeting Represents the Best of Health Services Research

While the in-person 2020 Annual Research Meeting has been canceled, the abstracts accepted for presentation continue to demonstrate the quality and relevance of this field. AcademyHealth is pleased to publish this full list of all the names of those accepted to present at the meeting previously scheduled for mid-June in Boston.
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Topics HSR Resources & Methods Delivering Better Care Paying for Care Using Health Data Building Healthy Communities
Blog Post Surge in Policies Expanding Nurse Practitioner Scope of Practice in Response to COVID-19 Provide an Important Research Opportunity

Surge in Policies Expanding Nurse Practitioner Scope of Practice in Response to COVID-19 Provide an Important Research Opportunity

Several states recently expanded scope of practice regulations for nurse practitioners to meet the increased demand for care during the coronavirus pandemic. In this post, AcademyHealth members from the Interdisciplinary Research Group on Nursing Issues contextualize these policy changes and provide recommendations for future health services research.
Posted May 5, 2020 By Hayley Germack, Ph.D., M.H.S., R.N. , Allison Norful Ph.D., R.N., ANP-BC, Kathryn Connell, Ph.D., R.N.
Topics HSR Workforce Development Delivering Better Care Paying for Care