Hospitals & Health Systems

This special issue published in AcademyHealth’s open access, peer-reviewed journal, commemorates 25 years of the Health Care System Research Network’s rigorous research to improve health outcomes and health systems’ performance by leveraging electronic health data.

A new article suggests two specific strategies aimed at realizing the promise of a learning health system.

New research presented at AcademyHealth’s Annual Research Meeting also reveal significant gender and racial disparities in patterns of opioid prescriptions for dental conditions.

The Health Care Systems Research Network is seeking submissions to include in a forthcoming special issue of eGEMs that will serve as an evidence-informed toolkit to address the complex attributes of health and health care.

Robin Gelburd of FAIR Health, an AcademyHealth organizational affiliate, highlights findings from a recent white paper around the growth of alternative places of health care service and medical pricing.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation recently awarded seven grants with broad relevance to current health reform debates. From analysis of insurer marketplace exits to the effects of Medicaid expansion on physicians’ capacity to meet rising demand, these studies will produce findings to inform a range of current and potential health policies in the U.S.

A new report finds no single approach is effective to recruit and retain health professionals in rural areas. Only when combined do interventions have a positive effect on both recruitment and retention.