The Effects of Real Time Client Feedback Using a Mobile App
A brief working alliance tool helps create a strong working alliance between youth and provider quicker than not using a working alliance tool.
Report Outlines Priorities for Trust Research
In a new report, AcademyHealth and the ABIM Foundation outline opportunities for building a research agenda on trust.
Experts Outline Priorities for Trust Research
As our health care system continues to rebuild from the COVID-19 crisis and confront the ongoing threats of structural racism and inequality, trust has emerged as a vital issue to explore in efforts to improve the nation’s health and well-being.
Physician Use of Stigmatizing Language in Patient Medical Records
These findings suggest that physicians should increase their awareness of stigmatizing language in patient records to ensure that their notes are informative and respectful.
New Special Issue Highlights Role of Embedded Research in a Learning Health Care System
In a special issue of Healthcare: The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation, authors reflect on ways to increase the impact of research by leveraging embedded research to better align researchers and health systems.
Is the Term "Low-Value Care" Stunting Our Efforts to Achieve High-Value, Equitable Care?
Members of an AcademyHealth Thematic Working Group on low-value care among African American and Latinx Populations call for a re-examination of the term "low-value care," arguing that our existing framework for increasing care value does not consider the experiences of African American and Latinx populations.
Postpartum Women Have High Health Care Needs, Suggesting Need for Expanded Definition of Postpartum Period Beyond 12 Weeks
Postpartum women are more likely to use health care of all types during the first three weeks after childbirth, and increased problem-related health care use persists through sixteen weeks postpartum.
Reflecting on the Current and Future State of Pediatric Quality Measurement and Improvement
A panel of experts shared their insights on the shifting dynamics in pediatric care and research and discussed how performance measurement and improvement in pediatric care can be further advanced to improve overall outcomes
Researchers Consider Potential Links Between Digital Health and Low-Value Care
Members of an AcademyHealth thematic working group explore potential connections between digital health care strategies and low-value care. Authors identify three types of low-value care that digital health may generate, and offer policy solutions.
Commentary Explores Opportunities to Advance High-Value Care in A Post-Pandemic World
Reflecting upon the 2019 Summit, “Imagining a World Without Low-Value Care: What Will it Take?” sponsored by AcademyHealth, the Donaghue Foundation, and the ABIM Foundation, in collaboration with the Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health and the Veterans Administration, a commentary published in the American Journal of Managed Care explores the main barriers preventing progress against low-value care and highlights promising solutions.