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How we organize and deliver health care can affect its quality. Are there enough hospitals in the community to meet its needs? When health care providers work for a health system, do they deliver different care than those who don’t? This kind of evidence about hospitals and health systems is critical to delivering better care.

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Translating Research to Practice: Recommended Practices for Hospitals to Reduce Diagnostic Errors

Experts from The Leapfrog Group, an AcademyHealth organizational member, explore the challenges of translating diagnostic research into widespread action. A new initiative aims to address this and rapidly reduce harm from diagnostic error through public reporting and accountability.
Posted Feb 27, 2023 By Missy Danforth, Jean-Luc Tilly, M.P.A., Hardeep Singh, M.D., M.P.H. , Mark L Graber, M.D., FACP
Topics Delivering Better Care Quality Improvement Hospitals & Health Systems
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The present and future of rural America’s hospitals

Rural health care systems have seen dramatic shifts in recent decades. This ‘plain language summary’ reviews recent research published in AcademyHealth’s official journal, HSR, which addresses the current state of rural hospitals and how new investments can prevent ongoing health disparities and reinvigorate the health of rural Americans.
Posted Sep 28, 2022 By Kaleigh Ligus, M.A.
Topics HSR Resources & Methods Translation, Dissemination & Implementation Hospitals & Health Systems
Blog Post Enhancing Systems of Care for Children with Medical Complexity

Enhancing Systems of Care for Children with Medical Complexity

AcademyHealth, Boston Children’s Hospital, and FamilyVoices, partner to support five Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)-funded demonstration sites to optimize health and well-being for children with medical complexity and their families while also achieving health equity for these populations.
Posted Sep 27, 2022 By Lauren Adams, M.A.
Topics Health Equity Quality Improvement Hospitals & Health Systems Delivering Better Care News
Blog Post Efforts to Improve EHR Data for Maternal Health Research Featured in Healthcare IT News

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.
Posted Jun 15, 2022 By Lauren Adams, M.A.
Topics Data Sources Using Health Data Hospitals & Health Systems
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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.
Posted Jun 1, 2022 By Angela S. Hagan, Ph.D., M.P.A.
Topics Public & Population Health Hospitals & Health Systems ARM