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Regional Health Improvement Collaboratives: Fertile Ground for Partnerships with Health Services Researchers

A member of AcademyHealth’s partner the Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement, Minnesota Community Measurement highlights opportunities for health services researchers to work with organizations like theirs to drive value in health care.

Posted Nov 12, 2019 By Julie Sonier

Topics HSR Resources & Methods Delivering Better Care Building Healthy Communities

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The Gender Gap in Suicide Rates is Narrowing in the United States

In this Veterans Day post, Lauren Denneson, Claire Hoffmire, and AcademyHealth Board Member Elizabeth Yano highlight a growing need for suicide prevention efforts tailored to women veterans and announces a call for papers on the topic for a special supplement of Medical Care.

Posted Nov 11, 2019 By Lauren M. Denneson, Ph.D., Claire A. Hoffmire, Ph.D., Elizabeth M. Yano, Ph.D., MSPH

Topics Delivering Better Care Health Equity

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The 2020 Health Debate Pt. 2: Achieving Public Goals through Financing Reform

Coverage and financing will continue to dominate the 2020 election debate. That makes it all the more important to explore how financing proposals by candidates of both parties can contribute to a broader population and public health agenda.

Posted Nov 7, 2019 By Edward L. Hunter

Topics Building Healthy Communities Public & Population Health

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Expanding the Reach of Dissemination and Implementation Research Training

The National Cancer Institute unveiled an open access training program to help close the gap between research and practice by building researchers’ dissemination & implementation capacity.

Posted Nov 4, 2019 By David Chambers, D.Phil.

Topics Translation, Dissemination & Implementation HSR Workforce Development

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The Power of Person-Generated Health Data: Five Ways to Improve the Care Experience

AcademyHealth and a group of diverse stakeholders are working to develop a unifying framework for using person-generated health data in shared decision-making.

Posted Oct 31, 2019 By Margo Edmunds, Ph.D., FAMIA

Topics Patient & Consumer Engagement Using Health Data Delivering Better Care

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States Leverage Medicaid Waivers to Combat Health Challenges, Pilot Funding Approaches and Work Requirements

AcademyHealth reviews recent developments in state Medicaid pilots designed to test innovative alterations to existing Medicaid programs through Section 1115 waivers.

Posted Oct 30, 2019

Topics Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Access to Care

Past Event

Webinar: 2019 Child Health Services Research IG Abstract Session

This webinar will be a research abstract presentation panel, providing a forum for child health services researchers to share their work with peers.

Date & Time November 19, 2019, 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. ET Location Online

Topics Delivering Better Care Building Healthy Communities Public & Population Health

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Creating an Evidence-Based Cancer Survivorship Care Quality Framework

Larissa Nekhlyudov, AcademyHealth member and inaugural NCI/AcademyHealth visiting scholar, highlights her work to develop a cancer survivorship care quality framework.

Posted Oct 17, 2019 By Larissa Nekhlyudov, M.D., M.P.H.

Topics Quality Improvement Public & Population Health

Press Release

New Fellows Announced at Nation’s Leading Health Systems to Advance Use of Evidence for Better Care

AcademyHealth Announces 2019 Delivery System Science Fellows

Past Event

Webinar: The Power of PCORnet

The Health Information Technology Interest Group hosted a webinar series on research networks and their relevance for the AcademyHealth community.

Date & Time November 5, 2019, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. ET Location Online

Topics Public & Population Health Delivering Better Care Data Sources