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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Pre-Pregnancy Care for Women with Diabetes is Critical, but Inadequately Delivered

AcademyHealth members Cassondra Marshall and Laura Britton highlight their recently published commentary in Healthcare: The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation about how health systems can better support diabetes-specific preconception care.

Posted Jan 7, 2020 By Cassondra Marshall Dr.PH., M.P.H. , Laura E. Britton, Ph.D., R.N.

Topics Delivering Better Care Hospitals & Health Systems

Publication

Issue Brief Highlights Importance of Implementation Science to Address Opioid Epidemic

AcademyHealth member Sarah Shoemaker-Hunt outlines the growing body of research on opioid interventions and points to an opportunity for more work describing the strategies used and what makes them successful.

Posted Dec 16, 2019

Topics Translation, Dissemination & Implementation Delivering Better Care Hospitals & Health Systems

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Focus on Patients is a Key to Reducing Low-Value Care

AcademyHealth staff reflect on the continuing need to advance research on low value care, following a Health Affairs blog post urging a focus on vulnerable populations in broader efforts to reduce low-value care.

Posted Dec 16, 2019 By Lisa Simpson, M.B., B.Ch., M.P.H., FAAP

Topics Patient & Consumer Engagement Delivering Better Care Costs & Payments

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Challenges in Health Data Do Not Exist in a Vacuum

Co-located Health Datapalooza and National Health Policy Conference co-chair Niall Brennan highlights the importance of diverse perspectives to solve our most pressing health care challenges in the first of a series of blog posts prior to the February meeting.

Posted Dec 12, 2019 By Niall Brennan, B.A., M.P.P.

Topics Using Health Data Delivering Better Care Health Datapalooza National Health Policy Conference

Publication

Study Points to Opportunity to Decrease Clinical Intensity through Training in Difficult Conversations

New research finds that while care provider characteristics are unrelated to clinical work intensity, difficult discussions around terminal prognosis, chemotherapy and level of service is directly associated with higher clinical intensity.

Posted Dec 06, 2019

Topics Delivering Better Care Quality Improvement

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Mastering Health Care Improvement: Lessons Learned from AcademyHealth Delivery System Science Fellows

2018 AcademyHealth Delivery System Science Fellows outline the benefits of the fellowship for both students and host sites.

Posted Dec 5, 2019 By Audrey Johnson, P.T., D.P.T., Maria Yefimova, PhD RN, Claire E. O’Hanlon, Ph.D., Savyasachi Shah, BDS, MPH

Topics HSR Workforce Development Delivering Better Care Quality Improvement

Past Event

12th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health

Raising the bar on the rigor, relevance, and rapidity of dissemination and implementation science.

Date & Time December 4-6, 2019 Location Crystal Gateway Marriott, Arlington, VA

Topics Translation, Dissemination & Implementation Delivering Better Care

Past Event

Webinar: 2019 Child Health Services Research IG Abstract Session

This webinar will be a research abstract presentation panel, providing a forum for child health services researchers to share their work with peers.

Date & Time November 19, 2019, 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. ET Location Online

Topics Delivering Better Care Building Healthy Communities Public & Population Health

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An Opportunity to Reduce Costs, Deliver Better Outcomes in Oral Health

AcademyHealth member Naiya Patel highlights how formative training around alternative tobacco products could help dental health professionals deliver better care.

Posted Nov 15, 2019 By Naiya Patel, M.P.H., B.D.S.

Topics Delivering Better Care Costs & Payments

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Regional Health Improvement Collaboratives: Fertile Ground for Partnerships with Health Services Researchers

A member of AcademyHealth’s partner the Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement, Minnesota Community Measurement highlights opportunities for health services researchers to work with organizations like theirs to drive value in health care.

Posted Nov 12, 2019 By Julie Sonier

Topics HSR Resources & Methods Delivering Better Care Building Healthy Communities