The explosion of health-related data has created new opportunities to understand how health care is delivered, paid for and preserved. Health services evidence helps us understand how to identify, validate, share and analyze data to improve health.
From generating stronger evidence to helping policymakers use it and accelerating the adoption of proven innovations, AcademyHealth's new Signature Program Centers address critical gaps across the evidence-to-impact continuum. Learn how these centers will help the field achieve greater reach, relevance, and real-world impact.
Over the last decade, Health Data for Action has shaped the research landscape by providing crucial data access, fostering innovation, and empowering researchers to influence health policy, despite a shifting data environment.
Medicaid work requirements set by HR 1 take effect on January 1, 2027, with exceptions for beneficiaries considered medically frail. A recent JAMA Health Forum paper authored by Medicaid Medical Directors outlines crucial clinical considerations for states implementing these exemptions.
In this culminating video, Community Research for Health Equity research teams reflect on the value of community-led research and its impact on themselves and their communities.
Insulin is lifesaving, but for years rising out‑of‑pocket costs forced many people with diabetes to ration doses or skip treatment altogether. This Evidence Effect story demonstrates how cost alone affected patients’ ability to stay healthy.
Grantees from the Research in Transforming Health and Healthcare Systems (RTHS) program wanted to know what happens when Medicaid postpartum coverage increases from 60 days to 12 months. The first story in AcademyHealth’s Evidence Effect series breaks down what they found.
Access to health care data has increased markedly, driven by federal requirements for hospital price transparency and publicly reported quality metrics. However, transparency by itself, while essential, is insufficient to empower patients.
The quality of scientific evidence is closely tied to the quality of our connections. AcademyHealth President and CEO Aaron Carroll highlights the importance of strengthening data partnerships, especially as health care and health policy challenges become more urgent.
Representative, accessible, and transparent data is key to improving health outcomes. As our Health Data for Action program enters its concluding year, we are exploring lessons learned and highlight some of the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead in a three-part blog series.
Every health care system will face a crisis it didn’t see coming. The question is whether leaders will have built the infrastructure, trust, and capacity to respond before the moment arrives. On March 12, 2020, as Norway entered lockdown and international supply chains collapsed, officials faced that test in real time.