The spread of health misinformation, as seen during the COVID-19 pandemic, undermines trust in the patient-clinician relationship. JAMA Viewpoint authors, including AcademyHealth CEO Dr. Lisa Simpson, consider why misinformation spreads and strategies to address it.
In this recorded keynote from the 2020 Annual Research Meeting, Dr. Ruha Benjamin reviews how big data and new technological applications can both advance our understanding of health and social problems while simultaneously perpetuating racism and inequality.
As partners in the Going Below The Surface Forum, AcademyHealth and the National Pharmaceutical Council (NPC) consider the drivers of health spending in the United States through salons focused on challenging questions – which may not have immediate or universally accepted answers – as we attempt to push the conversation beyond the usual stakeholder posturing.
Medical care providers recognize the importance of discussing cost of care issues with their patients but have struggled to incorporate these conversations into clinical practice. This second of two posts focuses on integrating cost of care discussions into the clinical flow.
This is the first of a two-part series focused on the importance of screening for and addressing cost of care issues for patients and caregivers. It addresses both the obstacles and opportunities for incorporating cost of care discussions into clinical practice.
AcademyHealth Vice President Michael Gluck examines the ways in which COVID-19 and other societal changes have disrupted traditional methods of HSR in favor of new innovations.
In a webinar for the Research Community on Low-Value-Care, experts shared three key considerations for designing an equitable, high-value health care system. They emphasized the need to ensure equitable care is being delivered by a diverse workforce with an understanding of how to use data to improve interventions to advance equity.
AcademyHealth President and CEO Dr. Lisa Simpson reflects on the passing of her teacher and mentor Dr. Philip R. Lee, a founding leader of health policy research, highlighting three lessons that have shaped her work over the last 30 years.
