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Data Challenge Will Make Available Data More Actionable for Community Health Improvements

A new data challenge coming this summer will make data from the Healthiest Communities Rankings available to contestants to design and implement community level interventions.

Posted Apr 26, 2018 By Lauren Adams, M.A., Raj Sabharwal, M.P.H.

Topics Using Health Data Delivering Better Care

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New Area of Research Leverages Clinical Decision Support to Improve Evidence-Based, Patient-Centered Care

A learning network aims to address barriers to implementing research findings in clinical care through patient-centered clinical decision support. Research in this emerging area will be featured in Better Decisions Together, a new special section in AcademyHealth’s journal eGEMs.

Posted Apr 24, 2018 By Barry Blumenfeld, M.D. M.S.

Topics Using Health Data Delivering Better Care

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How AcademyHealth Worked to Make Health and Health Care Better for Everybody from 2015-2017

This 2015-2017 Progress Report details how AcademyHealth worked with our members, partners, and funders to make both health care and research better all with the aim of making health and health care better for everybody.

Posted Feb 22, 2018

Topics Advocacy HSR Resources & Methods HSR Workforce Development Patient & Consumer Engagement Research Ethics & Governance Translation, Dissemination & Implementation Delivering Better Care Using Health Data Paying for Care Building Healthy Communities

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No Time to Rest For Those Producing and Using Evidence to Improve Health and Health Care

Lisa Simpson, AcademyHealth President and CEO, opened the 2018 AcademyHealth National Health Policy Conference with the following remarks, encouraging attendees to find the areas of opportunity for progress in the year ahead.

Posted Feb 5, 2018 By Lisa Simpson, M.B., B.Ch., M.P.H., FAAP

Topics Delivering Better Care Building Healthy Communities National Health Policy Conference

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AcademyHealth CEO Shares Opportunities for 2018 Health Policy Progress in Recent Health Affairs Blog

As we bear witness to all the change afoot, our challenge is to identify when – and for whom – a change is an improvement. For those of us who produce the evidence that help us determine this, there is no time to rest.

Posted Jan 30, 2018 By Zenneia McLendon

Topics Delivering Better Care Quality Improvement Building Healthy Communities

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Welcome to Better Decisions Together! A New Forum to Highlight Leading Research and Perspectives in Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support

New eGEMs section seeks to realize the dream of genuine patient-centered clinical decision support.

Posted Jan 12, 2018 By Jessica S. Ancker, MPH, PhD

Topics Using Health Data Health Equity Delivering Better Care eGEMs

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Jessica Ancker Named Editor of New eGEMs Section on Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support

An expert on facilitating good decisions through health information technology, Ancker has studied both patient decision making and clinical decision support, and brings valuable expertise to this new role.

Posted Jan 4, 2018 By Lauren Adams, M.A.

Topics Using Health Data Delivering Better Care News eGEMs

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Threats to Science Are More Than Words

Posted Dec 19, 2017 By Lisa Simpson, M.B., B.Ch., M.P.H., FAAP, Kristin Rosengren, Emily Holubowich, M.P.P.

Topics Advocacy Delivering Better Care Advocacy

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Rapid Evidence Review: What opportunities exist to improve consumer engagement in health care?

This rapid evidence review examines current evidence on opportunities and challenges for strengthening consumers’ engagement in their own health care.

Posted Dec 05, 2017

Topics Translation, Dissemination & Implementation Delivering Better Care

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People Value Different Aspects of Quality Care Depending on Their Health Needs

While previous research suggests that people prioritize interpersonal aspects of care quality, new research finds they also value clinical aspects of quality. How highly people rate the importance of these two aspects varies depending on their health needs.

Posted Nov 20, 2017

Topics Delivering Better Care Quality Improvement