Delivering better care is a broad domain of research that includes assessing and improving the quality of care itself, expanding access to care, and understanding the many ways to organize and improve care in hospitals, health systems and other care settings.
Transforming failing safety-net hospitals into community hubs which are integrated into emerging systems of care is a strategy policy makers should consider. Government guaranteed financing for the conversions will attract capital for both for-profit and non-profit operators.
In this blog post, Dr. Ayaz Hyder of the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding explores how a community-based system dynamics (CBSD) approach enables facilitators to deeply understand and collaboratively address complex issues. This methodology fosters a more inclusive and insightful problem-solving environment by uniquely centering the community throughout the entire modeling process.
In the third of a series of interviews with our Community Research for Health Equity grantees, AcademyHealth interviews Dennis Heaphy and Taline Alonso from Disability Policy Consortium to learn more about their project goals and findings during National Disability Employment Awareness Month.
AcademyHealth, with support from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, awarded four grants to study and address diagnostic inequities and improve patient outcomes in behavioral health, cardiology, pediatrics, and oncology.
During this one-hour webinar, the ongoing challenges of misinformation as well as innovative approaches to reduce its impact on public health are discussed.
Date & Time October 16, 2024, 2:00- 3:00 p.m. ET
Location Online
In the final blog of a five-part series on AcademyHealth’s collaborative journey to develop a research agenda on high-value, equitable care, consensus group member, Danielle Brooks, shares her thoughts on what is needed to advance the research agenda.
Led by AcademyHealth and funded by The Donaghue Foundation, this final report outlines a collaborative process and research priorities for achieving health care that is both high value and equitable.
In this blog post, the fourth in a series on AcademyHealth’s collaborative effort to develop a research agenda for high-value, equitable care, consensus group member Somava Saha, reflects on the equity of our evolving research enterprise.
In this blog post, the third in a series on AcademyHealth’s collaborative effort to develop a research agenda for high-value, equitable care, Kevin Fiscella and Deniz Naghibi, authors of the accompanying literature review, share their thoughts and reflections on what is needed for attaining a high-value, equitable health care system.
In the second blog of AcademyHealth’s series outlining our collaborative process of developing a research agenda to advance high-value, equitable health care, patient advocate Tara Montgomery shares her perspective on the importance and impact of this work.