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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.

Posted Jul 16, 2021 By Lauren Adams, M.A.

Topics Delivering Better Care Hospitals & Health Systems Health Equity Using Health Data ARM

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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.

Posted Jun 25, 2021 By Lauren Adams, M.A.

Topics HSR Resources & Methods Using Health Data Public & Population Health ARM

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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.

Posted Jun 03, 2021

Topics Using Health Data Health Equity

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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.

Posted May 13, 2021 By Raj Sabharwal, M.P.H., Christina Tudor

Topics Using Health Data Paying for Care Costs & Payments

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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.

Posted May 10, 2021 By Mark Fleming, Ph.D., M.S., Stephen M. Shortell, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.B.A.

Topics HSR Resources & Methods Using Health Data Health Equity

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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.

Posted Apr 29, 2021

Topics Using Health Data Delivering Better Care

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Collaboration Between Clinicians, Public Health Officials, and Medicaid Could Reduce Inappropriate Antibiotic Use

Written by Kentucky members of AcademyHealth’s State-University Partnership Learning Network, this issue brief offers strategies to improve antibiotic use, including an analysis of Kentucky Medicaid claims data.

Posted Apr 20, 2021

Topics Delivering Better Care Using Health Data Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid

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Trust-Building and Health Data Sharing across Stakeholder Groups: The Value of Convening

A report from the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) found that a lack of trust was a key barrier to data sharing. Expert panelists from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, the National Partnership for Women and Families, PCORI, and the NAM delved into this topic at the recent Health Datapalooza and National Health Policy Conference.

Posted Apr 1, 2021 By Sarah Greene, M.P.H.

Topics Data Sharing Using Health Data Public & Population Health Hospitals & Health Systems National Health Policy Conference Health Datapalooza

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Researchers Consider Potential Links Between Digital Health and Low-Value Care

Members of an AcademyHealth thematic working group explore potential connections between digital health care strategies and low-value care. Authors identify three types of low-value care that digital health may generate, and offer policy solutions.

Posted Mar 30, 2021 By Sarah Millender

Topics Quality Improvement Using Health Data Hospitals & Health Systems

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Experts in Child Health Services Research Reflect on 2020 and Look Ahead to 2021

Members of AcademyHealth’s Child Health Services Research Interest Group Advisory Committee reflect on five key areas of advancement of Child HSR during 2020, and consider the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on children.

Posted Mar 9, 2021 By Erin M. Mobley, Ph.D., M.P.H., Kathryn Connell, Ph.D., R.N., Denise Dougherty, Ph.D., Ilene L. Hollin, Ph.D., M.P.H., Gregory Stevens, Ph.D., M.H.S., Olivia Lindly, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Topics Building Healthy Communities Health Equity Public & Population Health Delivering Better Care Access to Care Using Health Data Data Sharing