Using Mistrust, Distrust, and Low Trust Precisely in Medical Care and Medical Research Advances
This paper refines the way that patient's trust, mistrust, and distrust are conceptualized.
Eight Dimensions of Person-Centered Care Critical to Improving Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Research by an AcademyHealth member considers how substance use disorder (SUD) treatment facilities can operationalize each of eight person-centered care dimensions using the experiences and perspectives of treatment providers, administrators, and clients.
A Two-Way Street: Building Trust Between People with Medicaid and Primary Care Doctors
This research compares the views of people insured by Medicaid and primary care doctors who treat people with Medicaid regarding how to build mutual trust.
Three Strategies to Rebuild Our Fractured Health System for Equity
In the second of a two-part series, AcademyHealth President and CEO Lisa Simpson highlights three strategies aimed at addressing the wide variation in the degree of disruption, disproportionate impact, and decision-making capacity across states and localities.
Fixing our Fractured and Failed Health System
In the first of a two-part series, AcademyHealth President and CEO Lisa Simpson reflects on four challenges that need immediate attention to repair the fractured and failed health system.
Improving Medicaid Immunization Rates through Stakeholder Collaboration, Data Infrastructure, and Quality Measures
AcademyHealth received new funding from the CDC to extend our current immunization community of practice. As the original community of practice ends, we highlight a few key successes from our participating states.
As the Threat of COVID-19 Eventually Recedes, Incentives for New Vaccine Development Are Needed
Summarizing an expert discussion at an August 2020 virtual meeting, this brief examines the COVID-19 vaccine development experience and reviews existing research on vaccine development, manufacturing, and distribution, including financing mechanisms to help ensure its accessibility, as well as policies to promote equity.
New Funding Awarded to Examine the Intersections of COVID-19 & Medicaid
The Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) recently awarded two Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award COVID-19 Enhancements to AcademyHealth’s Evidence-Informed State Health Policy Institute to explore how Medicaid can examine the impact on beneficiaries and the program.
Trust is essential: Identifying trust building techniques from youth providers across the service array
Article findings can help provider organizations to focus training and supervisory efforts to help staff to build and maintain trusting relationships with youth.
Medicaid’s Role in Improving Substance Use Disorder Treatment
This publication is a part of a series in collaboration with Milbank Memorial Fund building on findings from AcademyHealth's Medicaid Outcomes Distributed Research Network and focuses on the policy options states can leverage to impact the quality of OUD treatment for Medicaid enrollees.