One In Five Inpatient Emergency Department Cases May Lead To Surprise Bills [Web First]
Spending On Care After Surgery Driven By Choice Of Care Settings Instead Of Intensity Of Services [Postacute Care]
Strengthening Health Systems, Engaging Communities to Prevent Infectious Disease
In working to prevent infectious disease, two familiar lessons rise to the surface: the importance of strengthening health systems, and the importance of empowering local leaders and communities. Both are key aspects of AcademyHealth’s mission to make health care and research better.
HCFO: A Chapter Closes, but the Evidence Endures
After nearly 30 years, the final grants funded under the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF) Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO) initiative are coming to a close at the end of December. This work has built on AcademyHealth’s broader efforts to get actionable evidence that can improve health and health care into the hands of decision makers when they need it and in a format they can use.
Leveraging a Statewide Clinical Data Warehouse to Expand Boundaries of the Learning Health System
Contrary To Popular Belief, Medicaid Hospital Admissions Are Often Profitable Because Of Additional Medicare Payments [Medicaid & Hospital Payment]
Time of CPR and likelihood of survival for kids in the hospital
Children are less likely to survive CPR in the hospital if their arrest happens at night.
Preparing Nursing Home Data from Multiple Sites for Clinical Research
Nursing home research is often obstructed by the limited amount of research-quality patient data present in electronic form. In this case study, authors converted nursing home patients’ health data regarding falls and fall-related injuries into electronic forms to create a database for nursing home research using their converted data.