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.
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.
Research in health services is essential for informing policy decisions to address and forestall the detrimental health consequences of climate change. Part 2 of this blog series identifies priority health services research areas for continued health system reform to address the climate crisis.
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.
Researchers from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai show that although Medicaid postpartum extensions represent a significant step forward in expanding access to maternal health care in the United States, these benefits remain inaccessible to millions of pregnant immigrants due to the complexities of state-specific pregnancy-related Medicaid policies.
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).