Quality Improvement

Evidence to support quality improvement leads to better patient outcomes and more efficient and effective systems of care. It includes expanding our understanding and application of what works best, when, as well as efforts that seek to reduce harms and unnecessary care.

Blog Post

Putting Cancer Care Delivery on the Map: Rural Capacity in the NCI Community Oncology Research Program

Shellie Ellis, 2019-20 NCI/AcademyHealth Visiting Scholar, describes rural cancer care providers’ participation in cancer care delivery research.

Posted Feb 24, 2021 By Shellie Ellis, M.A., Ph.D.

Topics Public & Population Health Quality Improvement Access to Care Membership

Publication

Trust is essential: Identifying trust building techniques from youth providers across the service array

Article findings can help provider organizations to focus training and supervisory efforts to help staff to build and maintain trusting relationships with youth.

Posted Oct 01, 2020

Topics Delivering Better Care Quality Improvement

Blog Post

New Institute Aims to Improve Use of Evidence in Health Care Policy and Practice in States and Local Communities

AcademyHealth announces new Evidence-Informed State Health Policy Institute (ESHPI), which aims to increase the use of relevant, timely and actionable evidence in state policymaking to improve health and health care for all.

Posted Jun 24, 2020 By Lauren Adams, M.A.

Topics Translation, Dissemination & Implementation Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Quality Improvement

Blog Post

AcademyHealth Staff Highlight Medicaid’s Response to the Maternal Mortality Crisis

In a Health Affairs blog post, Susan Kennedy and Sunita Krishnan of AcademyHealth outline Medicaid’s pivotal role in providing maternal health services and highlight state efforts that go beyond access to care to address maternal health.

Posted Feb 27, 2020 By Lauren Adams, M.A.

Topics Health Equity Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Quality Improvement

Blog Post

How Clinicians, Patients, and Policymakers can Reduce Harmful Overmedication in Older Americans

Shannon Brownlee and Judith Garber of AcademyHealth organizational affiliate, Lown Institute, highlight key recommendations to eliminate medication overload in older adults.

Posted Jan 28, 2020 By Shannon Brownlee, MSc, Judith Garber

Topics Quality Improvement Public & Population Health

Past Event

Webinar: Enhancing Data Access and Capacity for Childhood Obesity Research

This webinar discussed how the Childhood Obesity Data Initiative (CODI) leverages several innovative techniques to accomplish its goals.

Date & Time December 10, 2019, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. ET Location Online

Topics Quality Improvement Building Healthy Communities

Publication

Study Points to Opportunity to Decrease Clinical Intensity through Training in Difficult Conversations

New research finds that while care provider characteristics are unrelated to clinical work intensity, difficult discussions around terminal prognosis, chemotherapy and level of service is directly associated with higher clinical intensity.

Posted Dec 06, 2019

Topics Delivering Better Care Quality Improvement

Blog Post

Mastering Health Care Improvement: Lessons Learned from AcademyHealth Delivery System Science Fellows

2018 AcademyHealth Delivery System Science Fellows outline the benefits of the fellowship for both students and host sites.

Posted Dec 5, 2019 By Audrey Johnson, P.T., D.P.T., Maria Yefimova, PhD RN, Claire E. O’Hanlon, Ph.D., Savyasachi Shah, BDS, MPH

Topics HSR Workforce Development Delivering Better Care Quality Improvement

Blog Post

New Checklist Aims to Improve Quality and Consistency in Dissemination

Cochrane creates a new way to improve the quality and consistency of dissemination products that share the findings from Cochrane health evidence.

Posted Nov 29, 2019 By Claire Glenton, Ph.D. , Stephanie Lagosky, M.Sc.

Topics Translation, Dissemination & Implementation Quality Improvement

Publication

Research Provides Insights for Quality Improvement Efforts in Primary Care Settings

As primary care practices face tremendous pressure to improve quality and access to care, a recent study points to key considerations for implementing primary care quality improvement efforts.

Posted Nov 18, 2019

Topics Translation, Dissemination & Implementation Quality Improvement