Workshop: Understanding and Eliminating Bias in HSR Methods
Approaches to anti-racist research design, analysis, and dissemination. Session recordings are now available.
Health System Leaders Focus on Equity, New Data Sources, and Collaboration for Care Improvement
Health system issues were featured at last month’s Annual Research Meeting (ARM) with a focus on equity, the impact of new data sources on decision making, and the need to advance the workforce.
More Americans Are Receiving Addiction Treatment, But Gaps Persist
New research published in JAMA reveals that Black enrollees were considerably less likely than white enrollees to be treated with medications for opioid use disorder and were less likely to have continuity of such treatment. Results are based on data from the Medicaid Outcomes Distributed Research Network (MODRN), supported by AcademyHealth.
Physician Use of Stigmatizing Language in Patient Medical Records
These findings suggest that physicians should increase their awareness of stigmatizing language in patient records to ensure that their notes are informative and respectful.
Introspection, Innovation, and Impatience: Paradigm Project Members Speak with the Field at ARM 2021
In a session at the 2021 Annual Research Meeting, Paradigm Project volunteers described innovations to act on diversity, equity, and inclusion, address racial bias in data, and build partnerships with community-based organizations. Panelists shared their lessons learned for building a movement to disrupt the status quo in health services research (HSR) and challenged the field to leverage Paradigm Project practices to spur innovation in order to advance more timely, impactful research.
Panelists at the Annual Research Meeting Discuss Progress on Racial Equity in the Field
Several breakout and plenary sessions at the 2021 Annual Research Meeting considered the role of health services research (HSR) in addressing health equity and structural racism, both in the field and in our health care system, particularly as we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic.
More Research is Essential to Improve Care for Dual-Eligible Beneficiaries
The population dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid was one of the hardest hit by COVID-19. Arielle Mir of Arnold Ventures, an AcademyHealth organizational member, explains how policymakers are urgently seeking solutions to improve their care and experience, but better data infrastructure and research are needed to achieve meaningful change.
Using Syndemics and Intersectionality to Explain the Disproportionate COVID-19 Mortality Among Black Men
In this commentary, researchers use syndemics to explain why Black men in the United States are dying disproportionately from COVID-19 and to guide a framework for efforts to mitigate their risk of dying from COVID-19.
Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Health Services and Policy Research Workforce
Advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in health services research (HSR) requires an equity-minded approach where there is genuine commitment and infrastructural support from people in positions of power. It also takes investment in long-term and targeted approaches, and constant assessment of the impact of these efforts.
The ‘Normal’ of 2019 No Longer Exists. We Can’t Go Back. We Must Go Forward.
Lisa Simpson, AcademyHealth President and CEO, delivered opening remarks at the virtual Annual Research Meeting yesterday, describing how we as a field collectively have the resources, talents, and skills to help make a better, more equitable, and more just normal, the new reality.