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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A tall order on a tight timeframe: stakeholder perspectives on comparative effectiveness research using electronic clinical data

This article, written by EDM Forum participants and published in the Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research in 2012, outlines findings from a needs assessment on developing new infrastructure for comparative effectiveness.

Posted Jun 14, 2017

Topics HSR Resources & Methods Using Health Data Delivering Better Care Quality Improvement

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Lessons from the Electronic Data Methods Forum: Collaboration at the Frontier of Comparative Effectiveness Research, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, and Quality Improvement

This Medical Care journal supplement, published in 2013, provides lessons learned based on experiences building transparent, scalable, reusable networks for research and quality improvement.

Posted Jun 14, 2017

Topics HSR Resources & Methods Using Health Data Delivering Better Care

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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act-comparative effectiveness research infrastructure investments: emerging data resources, tools and publications

This article, written by EDM Forum participants and published in the Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research in 2014, highlight emerging data resources, tools and publications to support comparative effectiveness research.

Posted Jun 14, 2017

Topics HSR Resources & Methods Delivering Better Care

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Infrastructure to support learning health systems: are we there yet? Innovative solutions and lessons learned from American Recovery and Reinvestment Act CER investments

This case study, written by EDM Forum participants and published in the Journal of Comparative Effectiveness in 2014, outlines key issues that can inform the evolution of learning health systems.

Posted Jun 14, 2017

Topics HSR Resources & Methods Using Health Data Delivering Better Care

Blog Post

New National Initiative Seeks to Increase Impact of Data Sharing in Health and Human Services

Kresge Foundation Grant Aims to Create National Interoperability Collaborative

Posted Jun 8, 2017 By Lauren Adams, M.A.

Topics Using Health Data Delivering Better Care Public & Population Health

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Topic Profile: Alignment Across Sectors – Multi-sector Care Delivery

This profile reflects discussion from an AcademyHealth and the Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement workshop on the issue of multi-sector care delivery.

Posted Jun 07, 2017

Topics Paying for Care Public & Population Health Delivering Better Care

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VA FORUM Spring 2017: Implementation Science

This issue of FORUM showcases cutting-edge implementation science from quality improvement initiatives in VA.

Posted Jun 05, 2017

Topics HSR Resources & Methods Delivering Better Care Hospitals & Health Systems Quality Improvement

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Journal Digs into Real World Health Data Lessons

eGEMs, AcademyHealth’s open access peer-reviewed journal, released a new call for papers, open through July 1, that seeks to address some of the fundamental health data issues revealed at the recent Health Datapalooza.

Posted Jun 2, 2017 By Paul Wallace, M.D.

Topics HSR Resources & Methods Using Health Data Analytic Tools Delivering Better Care

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The Power of True Engagement for Population Health: A Learning Guide

This learning guide and supporting materials provides guidance on how to foster stakeholder engagement.

Posted May 24, 2017

Topics HSR Resources & Methods Delivering Better Care Building Healthy Communities

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Electronic Health Data and Methods Journal Relaunches on New Platform

AcademyHealth's open access journal, eGEMs, publishes research on the use of health data to improve health and health care

Posted May 17, 2017 By Lauren Adams, M.A.

Topics HSR Resources & Methods Using Health Data Delivering Better Care