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.
The TAF Analysis Reporting Checklist is designed to guide reporting of research using the TAF Medicaid claims data. It serves to promote transparency and reproducibility in TAF-based studies.
In an article in JAMA Health Forum, Medicaid Data Learning Network (MDLN) authors discuss the impetus for creating the T-MSIS Analytic Files (TAF) Analysis Reporting Checklist and the methodology used to do so.
AcademyHealth is thrilled to introduce a new cohort of Research Champions who will lead the way in bridging the gap between health services research and public policy, thanks to generous support from the Doris Duke Foundation.
In September 2025, AcademyHealth and its partners secured a major legal victory restoring federal health data removed earlier this year. This fact sheet summarizes the case background, settlement terms, and the implications for researchers, clinicians, and communities.
In the fifth video of a five-part interview series, AcademyHealth and others involved in our Health Data for Action program reflect on this journey to democratize data, and how the funded researchers were able to find ways to create fairer, more effective health solutions that work for everyone.
This year, Health Datapalooza moves forward without federal officials on the main stage. AcademyHealth looks at what it means for the event and why the mission to connect innovators and advance health care remains as vital as ever.
The fourth in a five-part interview series, AcademyHealth and others involved in our Health Data for Action program reflect on this journey to democratize data, and how the funded researchers were able to find ways to create fairer, more effective health solutions that work for everyone.
In the third of a five-part interview series, AcademyHealth and others involved in our Health Data for Action program reflect on this journey to democratize data, and how the funded researchers were able to find ways to create fairer, more effective health solutions that work for everyone.
The second in a five-part interview series, AcademyHealth and others involved in our Health Data for Action program reflect on this journey to democratize data, and how the funded researchers were able to find ways to create fairer, more effective health solutions that work for everyone.
AcademyHealth CEO Aaron Caroll sits down with Health Affairs This Week for a conversation on the disappearance of federal health data and the real-world consequences for public health, especially in areas like maternal health, youth mental health, and chronic disease.