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.
AcademyHealth member Gilbert Gonzales highlights the impact of marriage equality for LGBTQ+ health and equity, as well as other health disparities that need to be addressed by the field.
AcademyHealth Member and 2021 Delivery System Science Fellow Abby Mulcahy emphasizes that health services researchers focusing on gender diverse populations are still largely focused on detecting disparities over meaningful interventions.
Co-lead for the Annual Research Meeting (ARM) Structural Racism, Disparities, and Equity in Health theme J’Mag Karbeah spotlights the vast number of sessions and presentations under this theme on the impact of structural racism on health inequities, health care access, and patient quality of care.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation awarded five grants to support analyses that investigate the effects of recent Medicaid policy changes and those enacted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic on people of color, people with disabilities, the LGBTQ community, and other historically marginalized communities.
This webinar, hosted by the Research Community on Trust, highlights the importance of building trust for an effective health care system and strengthening the evidence base on trust and trust-related issues in health care.
Date & Time May 25, 2022, 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. ET
Location Online
Research nominated as the best abstract for each theme from the 2022 Call for Abstracts explores topics related to patient and consumer needs, Medicaid access and coverage, COVID-19, and more.
An upcoming AcademyHealth webinar provides a behind-the-scenes look at how a research team generated evidence in real time for the NAM report on the Future of Nursing
The final post of the Health Equity Meeting blog series explores federal priorities and initiatives undertaken by the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services and Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation targeted towards advancing health equity in Medicaid.
The 2022 Health Datapalooza and National Health Policy Conference featured issues related to health care organization and delivery and how those aspects affect quality and outcomes, with an emphasis on advancing equity.
At AcademyHealth’s 2022 Health Datapalooza and National Health Policy Conference, panelists discussed how they are leveraging new data techniques, as well as community and patient perspectives into design, interoperability, and data sharing decisions to improve overall health outcomes.