Webinar: 10 years of Advancing Pediatric Quality of Care: Celebrating and Reflecting on a Decade of the Pediatric Quality Measures Program and Looking Toward the Future
This webinar provided a brief history of 10 years of the Pediatric Quality Measurement Program (PQMP) and its advances into quality improvement.
An Overview of the Medicaid Medical Directors Network
The (Medicaid Medical Directors Network) MMDN focuses on the development and use of evidence-based medicine, measurement and improvement of health care quality, and the redesign of health care delivery systems.
New Playbook Focuses on 11 Strategies to Add Prevention to the Fight Against the Opioid Epidemic
The National Interoperability Collaborative (NIC), an initiative led by AcademyHealth and Stewards of Change Institute, has recently published, “The Opioid Use Disorder Prevention Playbook”.
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.
Data as a Strategic Institutional Asset to Catalyze Healthcare Delivery Innovation
With a massive growth in data and information, there is a bounty of opportunity for value creation at hand. But delivery systems will have to be strategic about the use of data in order to be truly innovative.
Patients Value Provider Performance Track Records
Research shows mental health care consumers value provider performance data, among other factors, when making treatment decisions.
Opportunities to improve care coordination and patient engagement among Medicaid beneficiaries
Highlighting research presented at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM) in June 2018, Rebecca Bruno of MITRE, an AcademyHealth organizational affiliate, points to solutions for addressing social determinants of health and improving health outcomes and reduced costs of care for the Medicaid population.
The Advocacy Portfolio: Building a foundation for physician advocacy in academia
Amidst a myriad of health policy changes, physician advocacy is now more relevant than ever. AcademyHealth member, Dr. Anita Shah and coauthor Dr. Abby Nerlinger highlight a tool for documenting a scholarly approach to advocacy.
Breaking through the hype in health care: What can machine learning really do for your patients?
The holy grail in health care is not fancier technology and tools, it is physician and patient behavior change. Machine learning will truly come of age when it can improve the decision-making of clinicians and patients or improve their efficiency in carrying out the actions that follow from those decisions.