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What if we moved away from a sick care system?

ARPA-H's latest program, HEROES, aims to establish an incentive-based model to completely change the health care paradigm and move us towards a system that truly rewards better health. Agency seeks letters of interest from potential performers until Feb. 29.

Posted Jan 24, 2024 By Darshak Sanghavi, M.D.

Topics Delivering Better Care Hospitals & Health Systems

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Convenings, publications, and collaboration: ESHPI’s 2023 At-a-Glance shares a peek into our biggest accomplishments of the last year

In this special edition newsletter, the Evidence-Informed State Health Policy Institute (ESHPI) proudly highlights projects, partnerships, and publications from 2023 and previews the Institute’s upcoming projects for 2024.

Posted Jan 09, 2024

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

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Recent Findings on Trust: Interview Series with Hastings Center Report Authors

Thought leaders in philosophy, ethics, the arts, and community organizing come together in this four-part interview series to reflect on the role that trust plays in health care.

Posted Dec 14, 2023 By Taylor Dunlap

Topics Public & Population Health Building Healthy Communities Delivering Better Care

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New Research Will Examine Pre-hospital Diagnostic Delay in Three Key Conditions

AcademyHealth and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation awarded four grants to study and address pre-hospital delays in cancer, sepsis, and stroke

Posted Nov 29, 2023 By Jackson Foyle, Allison Isaacson, M.P.H., Michael E. Gluck, Ph.D., M.P.P

Topics Access to Care Delivering Better Care Building Healthy Communities Health Equity

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Resources for Managing Urinary Incontinence in Primary Care: Sharing Progress from AHRQ’s EvidenceNOW Initiative

AHRQ’s EvidenceNOW: Managing Urinary Incontinence has paved the way for grantees to create resources to help primary care practices implement evidence-based care and improve the quality UI treatment.

Posted Oct 23, 2023 By Brianna Bragg, Gena Dunivan, M.D.

Topics Translation, Dissemination & Implementation Delivering Better Care Quality Improvement

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The Better Care Plan: Continuous Improvement, Lower Total Cost, Enhanced Patient Safety and Patient Outcomes

AcademyHealth members offer recommendations for the United States health care system to accelerate its efforts to provide better, more affordable care by changing how it pays for care; how it delivers care; and how it reports on the safety and quality of the care provided.

Posted Aug 28, 2023 By Stephen M. Shortell, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., Gail Wilensky, Ph.D.

Topics Hospitals & Health Systems Delivering Better Care Paying for Care

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Improving STD Prevention and Care through Partnerships

AcademyHealth, in collaboration with the CDC, the CDC Foundation and collaborative partners, hosted a one-day meeting to showcase work analyzing current trends in sexually transmitted disease (STD) testing and care delivery in the Medicaid program.

Posted Aug 10, 2023

Topics Delivering Better Care Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Public & Population Health Access to Care

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The Future of AI in Healthcare Delivery and Equity

As the United States aims to develop effective solutions for emerging healthcare issues, AI shows promise in playing a pivotal role despite remaining obstacles.

Posted Aug 3, 2023 By Miran Bhima

Topics Delivering Better Care Health Equity

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Harnessing Our Passion for Better Health, Evidence and Facts, and Courage to Stand Up to Power

Lisa Simpson, AcademyHealth President and CEO, opened the 2023 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting with the following remarks, encouraging attendees to be guided by three core passions in their work to achieve impact and drive change.

Posted Jul 21, 2023 By Lisa Simpson, M.B., B.Ch., M.P.H., FAAP

Topics Health Equity Delivering Better Care ARM

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Research in Transforming Health and Healthcare Systems 2023 Grantees

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation awarded four community-engaged research grants to support analyses about the design, implementation, and impact of local, state, or national policies on the affordability of high-quality, equitable care.

Posted May 15, 2023

Topics Delivering Better Care Health Equity Building Healthy Communities