The new normal: Just-in-time evidence for health system decision-making
Old approaches to informing decision-makers with health system evidence have often moved too slowly and presented a single form of evidence
What if we moved away from a sick care system?
ARPA-H's latest program, HEROES, aims to establish an incentive-based model to completely change the health care paradigm and move us towards a system that truly rewards better health. Agency seeks letters of interest from potential performers until Feb. 29.
Report Identifies Directions for the Field of Public Health Services and Systems Research
Domains and research questions to guide public health services and systems research (PHSSR) were generated through a one-year multi-stage, participatory process.
Report Highlights Investment Gaps in the Public Health Services and Systems Research Field
AcademyHealth identified reasons for the lack of sustained investment in the public health services and systems research (PHSSR) field in a report outlining the conditions needed to drive investment in, support for, and action on a renewed research agenda.
Making Medi-Cal Work for California Farmworkers
In this brief, researchers address another large, systemic barrier to making Medi-Cal work for California farmworkers and their families because despite coverage status, the current organization of care delivery in Medi-Cal does not adequately provide equitable access to care for this population.
How and Why Federal Policymakers Should Support Research on Rural Hospital Closures
Rural hospital closures impact access to care for many rural Americans who may already experience health disparities. Policymakers can help address this crisis by funding research on the implications and evaluating alternative models of care.
The Better Care Plan: Continuous Improvement, Lower Total Cost, Enhanced Patient Safety and Patient Outcomes
AcademyHealth members offer recommendations for the United States health care system to accelerate its efforts to provide better, more affordable care by changing how it pays for care; how it delivers care; and how it reports on the safety and quality of the care provided.
Putting the Pieces Together: Addressing Health Systems Issues at ARM 2023
ARM Member Blogger Kyla Woodward offers reflections and key takeaways from the meeting regarding burnout and other health systems issues
AcademyHealth Staff Highlight Anti-racist Approaches to Informatics in Newly Published JAMIA Article
AcademyHealth Senior Scholar Jodyn Platt, AcademyHealth Vice President Elizabeth Cope and colleagues highlight the need for anti-racist expertise in informatics and proposes the use of the Public Health Critical Race Praxis (PHCRP) as a powerful framework to tackle racism in digital forms.
Study Tour Reflections from Dave Chokshi and Aaron Carroll in JAMA Health Forum and The New York Times: Moving Beyond the Health Insurance Debates
In a two-part essay for JAMA Health Forum and a NY Times column, Dave Chokshi and Aaron Carroll respectively share insights from the 2023 AcademyHealth/Commonwealth Fund study tour to New Zealand, Australia, and Singapore that should be instructive for the U.S. health care and policy community.