AHRQ Updates Learning Health System Competencies to Include Health Equity
New competency area will elevate and help to unify equity work in health systems
Efforts to Improve EHR Data for Maternal Health Research Featured in Healthcare IT News
Standardization of maternal health data in electronic health records (EHR) will help researchers examine factors that impact health outcomes from pre-pregnancy to postpartum care and beyond. A new article in Healthcare IT News outlines a collaborative approach that led to the development of an implementation guide to support mapping maternal health data across clinical areas and use cases.
The Public and Population Health Theme at ARM 2022 Offers Insights on Health System Transformation
Public and Population Health theme co-chair, Angela Hagan, offers insights to key topics that will be explored at the meeting on health and well-being, including health equity in Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, commercially-insured, and community populations interwoven with COVID-19’s outsize impact on public and population health.
Conference Highlights Opportunities for a More Equitable, Just Health Care System
The 2022 Health Datapalooza and National Health Policy Conference featured issues related to health care organization and delivery and how those aspects affect quality and outcomes, with an emphasis on advancing equity.
AcademyHealth, ABIM Foundation name University of Michigan’s Jodyn Platt as a Senior Scholar in Residence
Providing scholarly guidance to the recently created Research Community on Trust, the new scholar will help to raise visibility of the trust agenda, including writing on emerging issues in trust and health care.
Health Policy in 2022: A Preview of State and Federal Policy Priorities
A Virtual Pre-National Health Policy Conference Event
Research Outlines Promising Practices for Addressing the Social Needs of Medicaid Enrollees via Managed Care
Effective social determinants of health programming requires flexibility, agility, and a continuous improvement mindset to transition to whole-person care.
Shortening the Evidence to Policy Pipeline at the Veterans Administration: Honoring Dr. Tom Edes
Members of the AcademyHealth Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Interest Group honor Thomas Edes, M.D. with the Roger C. Lipitz Leadership Award, noting his contributions to the field and work addressing aging and disability care needs within the Veterans Administration.
Implementation Science: Incorporating Participatory System Dynamics to Identify and Address Barriers to Change
In order for health interventions to be effective, stakeholders must understand the deeply rooted systemic problems responsible for bottlenecks and miscommunications. The final blog in our series on implementation science examines how the study of participatory system dynamics can give implementation teams more insight into the root causes of health system pain points.
Implementation Science: Leveraging User-Centered Design to Improve Experiences with Health Interventions
User-centered design helps make health interventions more engaging and effective for both patient participants and health care staff. How can implementation teams leverage user-centered design to achieve better outcomes?