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AcademyHealth urges the Senate to revisit a devastating cut to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and to act to ensure sufficient and stable funding as it works with the House to finalize spending bills this fall.
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Recent AcademyHealth webinar presenter and behavioral scientist Natoshia Askelson reflects on the evaluation of Iowa’s Healthy Behavior Program 1115 Waiver.
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AcademyHealth member and Professor Hardeep Singh and Tejal Gandhi, chief clinical and safety officer at IHI, highlight three considerations for the field of health services research to advance patient safety.
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A review commissioned by AcademyHealth finds that most efforts to decrease low-value care focus more on the reduction of certain tests and treatments, rather than on assessing unintended consequences, listening to patients and providers, and measuring outcomes.
Past Event
With support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, AcademyHealth hosted this invitational meeting of experts on the barriers to patient centered care.
Date & Time May 2-3, 2019
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Health Data Leadership Institute speaker Laura L. Adams reflects on the barriers to better health data sharing, calling for stakeholders to find the will and the way to advance data sharing.
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As states continue to propose, implement, and evaluate new Medicaid demonstrations, AcademyHealth reviews recent developments related to Medicaid expansion funding, work requirements, and hospital reimbursement.
Posted Sep 6, 2019
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Health Data Leadership Institute speaker and AcademyHealth member Lisa Green encourages consumers and researchers to consider the strengths and shortcomings of data used to measure the effectiveness of health care interventions, models, and policies.
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AcademyHealth President & CEO Dr. Lisa Simpson describes the thinking behind co-locating the annual Health Datapalooza and AcademyHealth’s National Health Policy Conference and announces the opening of calls for presentations and presentation reviewers.
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Mayors are key public health actors, often playing an important role in shaping social determinants - from housing to education to the physical urban environment. But how do mayors perceive the health of their communities and approach their role in promoting healthy places?