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

Topics Using Health Data 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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Research in Transforming Health and Health Care Systems

This Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant program, managed by AcademyHealth, funds rigorous, empirical studies that evaluate or predict the potential effects of policies or policy changes intended to transform health and health care systems.

Topics Delivering Better Care Paying for Care Hospitals & Health Systems Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid

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Improving the Care Experience: A Collaborative Consensus Project

With funding from a Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award, AcademyHealth and a group of diverse stakeholders are identifying evidence gaps related to person-generated data; setting priorities for future studies; and providing insights into personal technology preferences that can inform the development of future consumer-facing tools.

Topics Patient & Consumer Engagement Using Health Data Delivering Better Care

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Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)

Promoting Early and Lifelong Health: From the Challenge of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) to the Promise of Resilience and Achieving Child Wellbeing.

Topics Delivering Better Care Building Healthy Communities

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AcademyHealth, ABIM Foundation, and Donaghue Foundation Research Community on Low-Value Care

For more information on the community, email RC-LVC@AcademyHealth.org.

Topics Paying for Care Quality Improvement Delivering Better Care

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Advancing Research to Reduce Low-Value Care

Topics Paying for Care Quality Improvement Delivering Better Care