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.
Sponsored by a grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and in partnership with Innovation Horizons, AcademyHealth conducted a literature review on the use of patient-generated data to assess the capability of the internet as a tool to inform clinical diagnosis practices.
Annual Research Meeting's Women and Gender Health theme co-chairs, Jodie G. Katon and Hannah R. Murphy, highlight sessions exploring opportunities and challenges centering on women and gender-diverse health care.
Sponsored by a grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, AcademyHealth is pleased to announce that three pilot projects have been awarded funding to examine the use of patients’ internet search data as a data source and tool to inform clinical diagnosis practices.
As we celebrate National Nurses Week, the AcademyHealth Interdisciplinary Research Group on Nursing Issues shines a spotlight on the indispensable contributions of nurses to the health care sector. Amid evolving challenges, these frontline professionals continue to lead with resilience and innovation, driving significant changes across the industry.
ChatGPT and similar black-box AIs are taking the world by storm but now may be the time for health technology and policy to consider the impacts on human wellbeing
New Scholar focused on ethics and trustworthiness joins AcademyHealth and the ABIM Foundation’s ongoing collaboration to investigate trust dynamics between organizations, providers, and patients.
Listening sessions hosted by the National Health Council and AcademyHealth elucidated challenges faced by marginalized communities in accessing a quality diagnosis, shedding light on disparities in health outcomes. The findings emphasize the importance of addressing biases, economic obstacles, and discrimination to ensure accurate and timely diagnostic processes for all individuals.
Outgoing President and CEO, Dr. Lisa Simpson, reflects on her AcademyHealth tenure and the work that needs to be done to advance evidence into policy and practice.
As health care costs continue to rise and health disparities persist, the need to redesign our health care system to deliver better, more equitable care is paramount—and we must have a strong evidence base grounded in the needs of our communities to inform this work. In response to this urgent need, AcademyHealth launched a project in October 2021 with funding from The Donaghue Foundation to advance research on high-value, equitable care.
A new report from AcademyHealth Trust Scholars in Residence, Jody Platt, M.P.H., Ph.D., and Lauren Taylor, M.Div, M.P.H., Ph.D., illuminates the nuances of measuring trust in health care.
