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Using Health Data

The explosion of health-related data has created new opportunities to understand how health care is delivered, paid for and preserved. Health services evidence helps us understand how to identify, validate, share and analyze data to improve health.

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What’s the Big LLM Deal? How AI, Machine Learning, and Large Language Models (LLMs) are Changing the Field

Dr. Wilcox, one of the AcademyHealth’s Leveraging AI for High-Impact Health Research course instructors, shares his perspective on AI’s evolution, from the early days of Deep Blue to the latest breakthroughs in generative AI, and what it means for health research today.
Posted Mar 10, 2025 By Adam Wilcox, Ph.D.
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Highlighting Patient and Expert Interviews from the 2024 Health Datapalooza

Longtime Datapalooza supporter and data expert Fred Trotter recorded exclusive interviews with conference speakers and attendees on AcademyHealth’s YouTube channel highlighting topics such as use of AI tools, patient stories, efforts to improve health equity, as well as a special interview with our CEO Dr. Aaron Carroll.
Posted Oct 18, 2024 By Alma Trotter
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Can You Hear Me Now? Amplifying the Patient Voice in Research Studies and Clinical Care

A growing evidence base supports the value of incorporating the patient perspective into research studies and as part of routine care using patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs). The PROTEUS Consortium helps optimize the capture and communication of PROM data in research studies and clinical practice by providing free, publicly available, user-friendly tools and resources.
Posted Aug 23, 2024 By Claire Snyder, Ph.D.
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The Value of Community in Studying the Impacts of the Dobbs Decision

Reflecting on a networking session at the Annual Research Meeting, researchers studying the impacts of the Dobbs decision elevate challenges, successes, and opportunities to collaborate with others doing this work, such as through AcademyHealth’s new Research Community on the Equity Impacts of Dobbs.
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The Importance of Science Communication and Lived Experience at the Health Datapalooza

AcademyHealth President and CEO Aaron Carroll was recently featured on two podcasts in which he expanded upon critical public health challenges and how effective communication and involving those with lived experience a seat at the table leads to better health outcomes for all.
Posted Aug 7, 2024 By Tess Bernhard