Delivering Better Care

Improving health care safety, quality, and value is national priority. At the 2024 Annual Research Meeting in Baltimore this June 29-July 2, the Improving Safety, Quality, and Value Theme Sessions will feature research focused on innovative approaches to advance quality of care in the U.S., from the application of novel technologies to payment reform.

In an exclusive briefing hosted by AcademyHealth and the Friends of AHRQ, AHRQ Director Robert Valdez discussed the Agency’s priorities on health services research, patient safety, and technological integration in health care.

Oral health remains siloed in education, research, clinical care, advocacy, and policy. At the 2024 Annual Research Meeting in Baltimore this June 29-July 2, the Oral Health Interest Group will meet to discuss strategies for better integrating oral health into health services research (HSR).

ARM 2024 Theme Leader Christine Von Raesfeld highlights sessions to attend in her theme Individuals Living with Disability or Other Complex Conditions.

Sponsored by a grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and in partnership with Innovation Horizons, AcademyHealth conducted a literature review on the use of patient-generated data to assess the capability of the internet as a tool to inform clinical diagnosis practices.

Annual Research Meeting's Women and Gender Health theme co-chairs, Jodie G. Katon and Hannah R. Murphy, highlight sessions exploring opportunities and challenges centering on women and gender-diverse health care.

Sponsored by a grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, AcademyHealth is pleased to announce that three pilot projects have been awarded funding to examine the use of patients’ internet search data as a data source and tool to inform clinical diagnosis practices.