It’s Time to Properly Fund Gun Violence and Gun Policy Research
For more than two decades the federal government deterred research into this leading cause of preventable death. A new report estimates the cost of closing the knowledge gap.
Innovative Study Design Alleviates Challenges Associated with Rare Disease Clinical Trials
The road to the approval of therapies for rare diseases is long and challenging. This blog post outlines how one study addresses this through embracing a multistakeholder approach, removing travel barriers associated with participation, and leveraging historical patient data to replace placebo data.
Data Infrastructure Efforts to Support Maternal Health Featured in Health Affairs
Designed to build data capacity for conducting patient-centered outcomes research, ASPE’s Office of the Secretary Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund has funded several cross-agency projects aimed at improving maternal health. A new Health Affairs blog post describes these efforts and highlights guiding principles for moving forward.
Study Finds Increased Use of Medications for OUD among Medicaid Enrollees in 11 States
Leveraging data from AcademyHealth’s Medicaid Outcomes Distributed Research Network (MODRN), new research finds substantial improvements in use of medications for OUD. Improved understanding of the factors driving this increase is crucial to closing remaining treatment gaps.
Health System Leaders Focus on Equity, New Data Sources, and Collaboration for Care Improvement
Health system issues were featured at last month’s Annual Research Meeting (ARM) with a focus on equity, the impact of new data sources on decision making, and the need to advance the workforce.
Experts Call for Scientific Innovation in Data Sources, Workforce and to Reimagine Public Health
The theme of scientific innovation featured prominently as this year’s Annual Research Meeting. Speakers across panels pointed to opportunities for the field of health services research to better address the needs of decisionmakers.
New Issue Brief Offers Ways to Leverage Real-World Data in HSR
As AcademyHealth’s Paradigm Project continues to use human-centered design and other tools to identify ways to increase the relevance, timeliness, quality, and impact of HSR, integrating conversations about real-world data, community engagement, and participation will be critical.
More Rigorous Data Needed to Determine Success of SDOH Intervention Programs
In a recent webinar in collaboration with the National Pharmaceutical Council, experts discussed how to evaluate SDOH programs and interventions from a cost perspective. Speakers emphasized the incomplete state of current knowledge and the need to improve studies and data infrastructure to determine their value.
Medical Anthropology's Role in Shifting the Paradigm
Voices of a New Paradigm: The AcademyHealth Paradigm Project is profiling leaders whose work helps point Health Services Research (HSR) in a new direction. Some are new to HSR, while 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.
Research Suggests the Need to Expand the Prevalence of Care Teams for Treating Chronic Conditions
Care teams, regardless of composition, outperform solo providers in caring for patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, hyperlipidemia, and hypertension.