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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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

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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

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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

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Adopting Clinical Analytic Tools in your Institution’s Health Information Management Strategy: Peril or Promise?

Health Data Leadership Institute speaker Rebecca Freeman provides first-hand reflections on the complexities of making something useable out of the data quagmire many find themselves standing in.

Posted Sep 20, 2019 By Rebecca Freeman, Ph.D., R.N., P.M.P.

Topics Using Health Data Hospitals & Health Systems Delivering Better Care

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Patient Centered Care Must Be Dynamic and Responsive

A physician, patient, caregiver and advocate offers her viewpoint on the barriers to patient centered care, including lack of understanding of the care giver role, insurance status, as well as bias, racism and social determinants of health.

Posted Sep 12, 2019

Topics Patient & Consumer Engagement Health Equity Hospitals & Health Systems

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Patient Involvement Improves Research

A patient offers his viewpoint on what’s standing in the way of patient centered care in the U.S., emphasizing the need for patients and researchers to work together.

Posted Sep 12, 2019

Topics Patient & Consumer Engagement Hospitals & Health Systems

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Literature Review Reveals Four Key Barriers to Patient Centered Care

Produced under the Optimizing Value in Health Care program, administered by AcademyHealth, this paper outlines the following barriers to patient centered care: missing information, inadequate trust, organizational culture, and alignment of incentives.

Posted Aug 27, 2019

Topics Patient & Consumer Engagement Hospitals & Health Systems

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Achieving the Promise of Community Health Needs Assessments

AcademyHealth member Michael Stoto and Mary Davis highlight how strengthening CHNA regulations could have widespread benefits and improve outcomes.

Posted Jun 6, 2019 By Michael A. Stoto, Ph.D., Mary Davis

Topics Hospitals & Health Systems Public & Population Health

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New Research Evaluates Efforts to Reduce Cost, Deliver Better Care in Health Systems

From hospital readmissions to repeat visits to the emergency department, studies presented at AcademyHealth’s Annual Research Meeting highlight important implications for health system decision makers.

Posted Jun 1, 2019 By Lauren Adams, M.A.

Topics Delivering Better Care Hospitals & Health Systems Costs & Payments ARM

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AcademyHealth CEO Details How Determinants and Data Are Creating Delivery Improvements

As the 2019 Annual Research Meeting (ARM) convenes in the nation’s capital, AcademyHealth President and CEO Lisa Simpson reflects on the evolving needs of the field of health services research (HSR).

Posted May 31, 2019 By Quincy White

Topics Using Health Data Public & Population Health Delivering Better Care Hospitals & Health Systems ARM