Hospitals & Health Systems

Blog Post

New Research Examines Efforts in Medicaid to Address Social Needs

AcademyHealth is supporting seven grants funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that seek to better understand how states and managed care organizations are working to identify and respond to Medicaid enrollees’ social needs.

Posted May 28, 2020 By Maura Dugan

Topics Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Hospitals & Health Systems

Blog Post

Learning from COVID-19—Is HSR Up to the Task?

AcademyHealth staff and leaders reflect on insights about the current state of the health services research field, highlighting what it has to offer and how it can best help in the responses to a global health crisis.

Posted May 18, 2020 By Danielle DeCosta, M.P.H., Harold S. Luft, Ph.D., Lucy A. Savitz, Ph.D., M.B.A., Lisa Simpson, M.B., B.Ch., M.P.H., FAAP

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

Past Event

Webinar: Mobilizing Computable Biomedical Knowledge for Learning Health Systems

This webinar introduced participants to a burgeoning movement to Mobilize Computable Biomedical Knowledge (MCBK).

Date & Time April 28, 2020, 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. ET Location Online

Topics Using Health Data Hospitals & Health Systems

Publication

Report Identifies Health Systems’ Priority Research Questions on COVID-19

Topics of interest from health system experts compiled by AcademyHealth include the impact on health system policies, processes, providers, and patient care.

Posted Apr 16, 2020

Topics Delivering Better Care Hospitals & Health Systems

Publication

Report Details Price Variation Across and Within Minnesota Hospitals

Findings from AcademyHealth members' work reveal that a substantial amount of the variation was related to differences within individual hospitals and not explained by factors such as severity of illness, length of stay, or patients’ age.

Posted Feb 27, 2020

Topics Costs & Payments Hospitals & Health Systems Data Sources

Publication

Research Points to Impact of Global Budget Model on Hospital Spending

Findings from AcademyHealth members’ work suggest that hospital global budgets can reduce hospital expenditures and unnecessary utilization without adverse effects.

Posted Feb 27, 2020

Topics Costs & Payments Hospitals & Health Systems

Blog Post

Bridging Clinical and Research to Action and Impact

In this fourth post in a series leading up to Health Datapalooza and the National Health Policy Conference, Rasu Shrestha highlights ways clinicians and researchers can move their findings faster into policy, health systems and tech development.

Posted Jan 31, 2020 By Rasu Shrestha, M.D., M.B.A.

Topics Using Health Data Hospitals & Health Systems Health Datapalooza National Health Policy Conference

Blog Post

Pre-Pregnancy Care for Women with Diabetes is Critical, but Inadequately Delivered

AcademyHealth members Cassondra Marshall and Laura Britton highlight their recently published commentary in Healthcare: The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation about how health systems can better support diabetes-specific preconception care.

Posted Jan 7, 2020 By Cassondra Marshall Dr.PH., M.P.H. , Laura E. Britton, Ph.D., R.N.

Topics Delivering Better Care Hospitals & Health Systems

Publication

Issue Brief Highlights Importance of Implementation Science to Address Opioid Epidemic

AcademyHealth member Sarah Shoemaker-Hunt outlines the growing body of research on opioid interventions and points to an opportunity for more work describing the strategies used and what makes them successful.

Posted Dec 16, 2019

Topics Translation, Dissemination & Implementation Delivering Better Care Hospitals & Health Systems

Blog Post

Why is Cloud Technology the Right Prescription for Health Care?

Marty Puranik, President & CEO of Atlantic.Net, an AcademyHealth organizational affiliate, outlines the benefits of cloud technology including data storage and scalability, collaboration and increased interoperability, use of AI and machine learning, security, and cost reductions.

Posted Nov 26, 2019 By Marty Puranik

Topics Using Health Data Hospitals & Health Systems