Delivering Better Care

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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Medicaid and CHIP Quality eXchange (MAC QX)

In collaboration with Mathematica, AcademyHealth’s Evidence-Informed State Health Policy Institute convenes the Medicaid Medical Director Network and the Medicaid and CHIP Quality eXchange to promote quality measurement and improvement in Medicaid and CHIP.

Topics Quality Improvement Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Delivering Better Care

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Advancing Research on Trust

This collaboration between AcademyHealth and the ABIM Foundation supports the advancement of research on improving trust in our health care system.

Topics Building Healthy Communities Health Equity Delivering Better Care

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Medicaid Strategies to Implement Comprehensive Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Clinical Care Services

With support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), AcademyHealth's Evidence-Informed State Health Policy Institute and ChangeLab Solutions explored approaches to improving care and delivery of PrEP medication and clinical care services to the Medicaid population.

Topics Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Delivering Better Care Public & Population Health

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Moving Policy Upstream to Advance Adolescent Flourishing

In partnership with Adolescents and Children Together for Health, AcademyHealth leads this project on policy priorities to enhance adolescent health and wellbeing as part of a larger initiative at Well Being Trust to advance the mental, social and spiritual health of the nation.

Topics Building Healthy Communities Public & Population Health Delivering Better Care

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Research on Pre-Hospital Diagnostic Delay

In partnership with the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, AcademyHealth supports the funding of research addressing pre-hospital diagnostic delays related to cancer, sepsis, and acute cardiovascular events.

Topics Access to Care Delivering Better Care Building Healthy Communities Health Equity

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Defining Patient-Centered Metrics for Low Value Care

Phase I: Establishing Priorities

Topics Patient & Consumer Engagement Delivering Better Care Quality Improvement

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Health Data for Action

AcademyHealth manages the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Health Data for Action (HD4A) program. HD4A equips researchers with valuable data —information that can help them better answer important research questions.

Topics Using Health Data Delivering Better Care

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Community of Practice in Response to COVID-19

A community partnership between HCSRN and AcademyHealth to discuss promising approaches to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Topics Building Healthy Communities Delivering Better Care

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Medicaid Medical Directors Network (MMDN)

AcademyHealth manages this vibrant learning community and facilitates peer-to-peer learning and dialogue among senior clinical leaders of state Medicaid programs.

Topics Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Delivering Better Care Building Healthy Communities

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State-University Partnership Learning Network

The State-University Partnership Learning Network (SUPLN) is an ongoing collaboration that works to facilitate peer-to-peer learning and dialogue among state-university partnerships through various ways including hosting meetings and bi-monthly web conferences with the goal of improving the cost and quality of care of the Medicaid program.

Topics Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Using Health Data Data Sources Delivering Better Care