2021 Health Datapalooza and National Health Policy Conference
A virtual gathering for health data and policy innovation.
Where Social Context and Health Services Research Intersect
Voices of a New Paradigm: The AcademyHealth Paradigm Project is profiling leaders whose work helps point Health Services Research in a new direction. Some are new to HSR, others may just be new to us – leaders in other fields whose work is inspiring or applicable. All are challenging the limits of the current paradigm in ways that help make HSR more effective and have greater impact.
Improving Medicaid Immunization Rates through Stakeholder Collaboration, Data Infrastructure, and Quality Measures
AcademyHealth received new funding from the CDC to extend our current immunization community of practice. As the original community of practice ends, we highlight a few key successes from our participating states.
New Funding Awarded to Examine the Intersections of COVID-19 & Medicaid
The Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) recently awarded two Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award COVID-19 Enhancements to AcademyHealth’s Evidence-Informed State Health Policy Institute to explore how Medicaid can examine the impact on beneficiaries and the program.
Child Welfare Reform Package Points to Opportunities to Leverage State Administrative Data to Improve Research and Evaluation
Written by Kentucky members of AcademyHealth’s State-University Partnership Learning Network, this issue brief distills how the Family First Prevention Services Act changes child welfare policy and practice, and offers insights on how data from state Comprehensive Child Welfare Information Systems (CCWIS) can be used to produce high-quality research and evaluation.
Medicaid’s Role in Improving Substance Use Disorder Treatment
This publication is a part of a series in collaboration with Milbank Memorial Fund building on findings from AcademyHealth's Medicaid Outcomes Distributed Research Network and focuses on the policy options states can leverage to impact the quality of OUD treatment for Medicaid enrollees.
2020 Health Data Leadership Institute - Fall
Canceled
Public Universities Conduct Policy Relevant Research in Partnership with Medicaid Agencies
By partnering with state agencies, public universities have an opportunity to conduct research and engaged scholarship to advance their mission of public service.
Medicaid Agencies Benefit from Partnerships with State Public Universities
Established state-university partnerships support evidence-based state health policy and practice to transform Medicaid-specific care and improve outcomes.
New COVID-19 Data Availability under Health Data for Action Program
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is making new COVID-19 data available under its Health Data for Action program, managed by AcademyHealth.