Hospitals & Health Systems

The evidence generated from health services research is crucial for guiding state and federal policy efforts to ameliorate and prevent the adverse health effects of the changing climate. Part 1 of this blog series provides an overview of health systems resiliency and the role of health services research in building a resilient health system.

In the final post of a three-part blog interview series, April Joy Damian, Ph.D., M.Sc., Vice President and Director of the Weitzman Institute and Senior Scholar at AcademyHealth sheds light on how Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) are building trust with communities.

Reflecting on a networking session at the Annual Research Meeting, researchers studying the impacts of the Dobbs decision elevate challenges, successes, and opportunities to collaborate with others doing this work, such as through AcademyHealth’s new Research Community on the Equity Impacts of Dobbs.

In the second of a three-part blog series, AcademyHealth interviews Thomas H. Lee, M.D., Internist and Cardiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Chief Medical Officer at Press Ganey about opportunities for enhancing trust in health care.

Recent federal legislation and new research funding opportunities underscore the importance and urgency of improving representation in clinical trials to advance health equity.

From new research funding and networking opportunities to plenary and poster sessions, participants will have ample opportunities to learn about methods to advance health equity at this year’s Annual Research Meeting in Baltimore starting later this week.

AcademyHealth is highlighting four new projects at the UNC Behavioral Health Workforce Research Center to address the strategic aims of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

ARPA-H's latest program, HEROES, aims to establish an incentive-based model to completely change the health care paradigm and move us towards a system that truly rewards better health. Agency seeks letters of interest from potential performers until Feb. 29.

Domains and research questions to guide public health services and systems research (PHSSR) were generated through a one-year multi-stage, participatory process.