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Hospitals & Health Systems

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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Public Policy for Troubled Safety-Net Hospitals in the Aftermath of the Steward Health Failure

Transforming failing safety-net hospitals into community hubs which are integrated into emerging systems of care is a strategy policy makers should consider. Government guaranteed financing for the conversions will attract capital for both for-profit and non-profit operators.
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Transformative Research to Inform a High-Value Equitable Health Care System

In this blog post, the third in a series on AcademyHealth’s collaborative effort to develop a research agenda for high-value, equitable care, Kevin Fiscella and Deniz Naghibi, authors of the accompanying literature review, share their thoughts and reflections on what is needed for attaining a high-value, equitable health care system.
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Developing a Research Agenda on High-Value, Equitable Care: Stakeholder Perspectives

In the first blog of AcademyHealth’s series outlining our collaborative process of developing a research agenda to advance high-value, equitable health care, Consensus Group Co-chairs Elizabeth McGlynn, Ph.D. and Donna Cryer, J.D. lay the groundwork and share their perspectives on our collective efforts to ensure that research and health care prioritize both equity and value.