Seeing Last Year’s Comments in Action in 2017
Last year – as part of our ongoing charge to ensure health services research is accounted for in federal policy – AcademyHealth submitted several comments to federal policymakers -- among them were responses to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects and the NPRM on the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. This year we’ve seen final rules on both these subjects released.
AcademyHealth CEO Poses Key Question for 2017 in Health Affairs
Will evidence matter in 2017? If we want to truly transform health and health care in this country, it must. AcademyHealth President and CEO Lisa Simpson writes about the key areas in health policy where evidence should matter most.
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Patient Centered Educational Mailer Designed to Improve Statin Adherence: A Pragmatic Trial
Physician Service Attribution Methods for Examining Provision of Low-Value Care
Lower- Versus Higher-Income Populations In The Alternative Quality Contract: Improved Quality And Similar Spending [Accountable Care]

Mapping the Complexity and Dynamism of the Field at the 9th Annual D&I Conference
The 9th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health wrapped up yesterday after two full days of discussion around adaptation, innovation, and translation.