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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AcademyHealth Releases Compendium of Cancer Biomarker Initiatives: A Central Repository for Cancer Biomarker Testing Resources

AcademyHealth’s Scaling Cancer Biomarker Testing Coalition announces the Compendium of Cancer Biomarker Initiatives, a resource centralizing the work happening in the biomarker testing landscape to support alignment, partnership, and coordination.

Posted Oct 5, 2026

Topics Translation, Dissemination & Implementation Public & Population Health Hospitals & Health Systems

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AcademyHealth Launches Compendium of Cancer Biomarker Initiatives

AcademyHealth's Scaling Cancer Biomarker Testing Coalition’s Compendium of Cancer Biomarker Initiatives is designed to provide easy access to a compilation of the current work happening in the biomarker testing landscape.

Posted Oct 01, 2026

Topics Translation, Dissemination & Implementation Hospitals & Health Systems Public & Population Health

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AcademyHealth Releases Strategic Roadmap for Advancing Cancer Biomarker Testing at Scale

AcademyHealth announces the launch of the Scaling Cancer Biomarker Testing Coalition’s Strategic Roadmap for Collective Action, a strategic framework for advancing cancer biomarker testing at scale.

Posted Sep 3, 2026 By Christina Dai, M.P.H., Marley Catlett, M.P.H.

Topics Translation, Dissemination & Implementation Hospitals & Health Systems Using Health Data

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AcademyHealth's New Tracker Reveals Impact of AHRQ Grant Cancellations

AcademyHealth’s new resource offers a clear picture of the collective impact of dismantling the only federal agency focused on health services research.

Posted Jul 31, 2026

Topics Advocacy Delivering Better Care Hospitals & Health Systems

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Why Good Health Data Products Fail

Your product works. So why isn't it scaling? Health data products don't usually fail because the technology is bad. They fail because implementation was treated as an afterthought. This free guide explains what's actually going wrong and what a decades-old research discipline says about fixing it.

Posted May 27, 2026

Topics Access to Care Hospitals & Health Systems Delivering Better Care

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How Hospitals Can Address Medical Debt and Rebuild Trust

Medical debt erodes trust in health care and health systems. Hospitals have practical, evidence-based options to reduce harm while preserving financial stability.

Posted Mar 31, 2026 By Jessica Perlo, M.P.H., Kelsey Chalmers, Ph.D., Eva Stahl, Ph.D.

Topics Paying for Care Costs & Payments Hospitals & Health Systems

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Reducing Medical Debt: Strategies, Gaps, and Opportunities for Hospitals and Partners

This environmental scan highlights how hospitals are addressing medical debt, identifies key gaps in evidence and reporting, and outlines strategies and opportunities for a more just and patient‑centered financial landscape.

Posted Mar 24, 2026

Topics Paying for Care Hospitals & Health Systems Delivering Better Care

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Seeking Abortion Care Across State Lines After the Dobbs Decision

Researchers from Planned Parenthood investigated the experiences of people traveling for abortion care from states with abortion restrictions or bans to Illinois, where abortion is legal, after Dobbs.

Posted Mar 09, 2026

Topics Access to Care Hospitals & Health Systems Delivering Better Care

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Strategic Foresight: A Valuable Methodology for Creating the Research and Health Care Systems We Need

The disruptions of the last year will eventually give way to opportunities to design better health care and scientific systems. International experience with the tools of strategic foresight demonstrates its value in anticipating and creating better policies, programs, and organizations.

Posted Feb 17, 2026 By Michael E. Gluck, Ph.D., M.P.P

Topics HSR Resources & Methods Delivering Better Care Hospitals & Health Systems

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Aaron Carroll on Tradeoffs: Federal Funding Is Irreplaceable

In an interview with Tradeoffs podcast, AcademyHealth CEO Aaron Carroll spotlights what’s at stake as federal funding for health services research faces deep cuts and how our collective efforts are helping to defend and strengthen the field.

Posted Oct 10, 2025 By Christina Tudor

Topics Advocacy Hospitals & Health Systems