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.
As policy change accelerates across the U.S. health care system, leaders need approaches that go beyond traditional models. Adaptive Leadership and High Impact Leadership provide practical guidance for supporting teams and navigating ambiguity.
The maternal health crisis in the U.S. continues to impact birthing people throughout the country, particularly those who are Black, Indigenous, and/or people of color. Colleagues from AcademyHealth’s Project DREAM outline how medical providers can collaborate with doulas in their communities to improve birth outcomes.
AcademyHealth highlights four new projects at the UNC Behavioral Health Workforce Research Center that will generate timely evidence on key behavioral health workforce challenges. AcademyHealth will support dissemination of findings to the health services research community.
AcademyHealth Chief Programs & Science Officer highlights why renewed investment in vaccine delivery health services research is essential and why private industry and philanthropy must help safeguard public health and vaccine infrastructure.
As the U.S. faces a worsening maternal health crisis, new federal Medicaid reforms could widen racial, economic, and geographic disparities in pregnancy and postpartum care, warns a Health Affairs Forefront article by AcademyHealth researchers. Citing findings from the Doula Research for Equitable Advances in Medicaid Pregnancy Health (DREAM) project, the authors caution that proposed changes may erode recent gains in maternal health equity and urge policymakers to protect access to essential care.
In September 2025, AcademyHealth and its partners secured a major legal victory restoring federal health data removed earlier this year. This fact sheet summarizes the case background, settlement terms, and the implications for researchers, clinicians, and communities.
A recent lawsuit shines a light on a critical threat to the nation’s ability to improve health care. Due to the incapacitation of AHRQ’s research grantmaking, patients, clinicians, and health systems will lose access to innovative research that’s needed to improve care and reduce costs.
This year, Health Datapalooza moves forward without federal officials on the main stage. AcademyHealth looks at what it means for the event and why the mission to connect innovators and advance health care remains as vital as ever.