Health Policy Experts Urge Focus on Spending, Delivery System & Public Health Issues
Last week, hundreds of experts from across the health policy community converged in Washington D.C. for AcademyHealth’s National Health Policy Conference.
Taking a Closer Look at Quality Measurement in Cancer Survivorship: One Scholar’s Story
Larissa Nekhlyudov, inaugural NCI/AcademyHealth visiting scholar, discusses the importance of quality measurement in cancer survivorship care.
AcademyHealth CEO Shares Three Hot Topics for the Health Policy Research Community in 2019
In 2019, three hot topics will continue to demand action and timely evidence will be needed, AcademyHealth President and CEO, Lisa Simpson discusses these hot topics and more.
Medicaid Financing and Coverage Benefits Can be Leveraged to Improve Delivery of HIV Prevention Services
This white paper, commissioned by AcademyHealth, identifies Medicaid benefits and financing mechanisms that could be used to improve uptake and delivery of PrEP medication and clinical care.
Medicaid Engagement and Education Efforts Could Improve Delivery of HIV Prevention Services
This white paper, commissioned by AcademyHealth, identifies ways the Medicaid program can educate patients and providers to improve the use of PrEP medication and clinical services.
Ensuring Oral Health During Pregnancy: The Science and the Stories
Hyewon Lee, 2017 AcademyHealth Delivery Systems Science Fellow, discusses the importance of oral health during pregnancy and early childhood.
Poor Community Health and Employee Mental Stress Linked to Poor Job Performance at US Manufacturing Plants
Employees living in counties with poor community health outcomes had considerably higher rates of absenteeism and tardiness.
What role does community health play in employee performance at American manufacturing companies?
Recent study findings, highlighted this week on the Health Affairs blog, suggest that poor community health negatively affects workers’ performance.
Review Assesses Use of ROI Evidence to Inform Policymaking on Public Health Issues
AcademyHealth examined the extent to which return on investment evidence is used to inform policymaking affecting public health and multi-sector work, and identified opportunities to advance its use.
Systems Science Methods Have Unique Potential to Inform Policy and Practice
AcademyHealth developed this brief to highlight cases where systems science research has been used to inform development of cancer screening recommendations, childhood obesity prevention policy, and transportation planning.