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Medicaid Outcomes Distributed Research Network: Equity and Quality Improvement for Medicaid Programs (MODRN EQUIP)

AcademyHealth's Evidence-Informed State Health Policy Institute, as the Administrative Coordinating Center for the Medicaid Outcomes Distributed Research Network, supports the University of Pittsburgh and 11 additional state-university research teams to develop opioid use disorder (OUD) quality measures that can be constructed at the provider level, incorporate patient experience, and center health equity.

Topics Delivering Better Care Quality Improvement Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Building Healthy Communities Health Equity

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Center on Diversity, Inclusion and Minority Engagement (DIME)

AcademyHealth is committed to promoting a culture of equitable and inclusive values, policies, and practices across the field of health services and policy research (HSR). This work is sponsored by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Topics HSR Workforce Development Health Equity

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Leveraging State Data for Conducting Patient-Centered Outcomes Research to Improve Maternal Health

With support from the HHS’ Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, AcademyHealth’s Evidence-Informed State Health Policy Institute and NORC are exploring state-level data approaches to improve patient-centered maternal health outcomes.

Topics Using Health Data Health Equity Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Quality Improvement

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Advancing Trust: A Focus on Medical Debt

This collaboration between AcademyHealth and the ABIM Foundation aims to improve trust in our health care system with a focus on addressing medical debt.

Topics Building Healthy Communities Health Equity Delivering Better Care

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Research on Pre-Hospital Diagnostic Delay

In partnership with the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, AcademyHealth supports the funding of research addressing pre-hospital diagnostic delays related to cancer, sepsis, and acute cardiovascular events.

Topics Access to Care Delivering Better Care Building Healthy Communities Health Equity

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The Role of Homelessness and Supportive Housing in Health Care Disparities among Adults in Medicaid

With support from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), Rutgers University and the University of Pittsburgh, in collaboration with AcademyHealth, aim to examine the potential of permanent supportive housing programs to mitigate health disparities among Medicaid enrollees experiencing homelessness.

Topics Health Equity Access to Care Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid

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Research Community on the Equity Impacts of Dobbs

This research community is focused on the broad health equity impacts of the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health on the U.S. health care system and is supported by a collaboration between AcademyHealth and the Commonwealth Fund.

Topics Health Equity Public & Population Health Hospitals & Health Systems Access to Care

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Advancing Research on High-Value, Equitable Care

This collaboration between AcademyHealth and the Donaghue Foundation supports the development of research focused on achieving high-value, equitable care that addresses the needs of health care systems, researchers, patients, and the broader community.

Topics Building Healthy Communities Health Equity Paying for Care Delivering Better Care

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National Change Leadership Programs

Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, AcademyHealth supports three national change leadership programs though policy and communications training.

Topics Health Equity Public & Population Health