Programs & Initiatives
As the manager of major programs serving the health services research and policy communities, AcademyHealth is a key authority in several substantive areas, including health care financing and organization, purchasing, translating health services research, and rural, state, and international health policy.
International Programs
AcademyHealth's international programs seek to inform U.S. policymaking with research and experiences of health systems around the world.
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Programs
AHRQ Knowledge Transfer Initiative
Under contract to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) Knowledge Transfer Program, AcademyHealth works with health care providers, purchasers, health plans, and state and local government leaders to help them understand and apply health services research findings in their decision-making. More
Building Bridges: Making a Difference in Long-Term Care
The Commonwealth Fund and AcademyHealth's strategic initiative, Building Bridges: Making a Difference in Long-Term Care provides an opportunity for long-term care stakeholders to exchange information, debate the issues, seek solutions, and identify where additional research is needed. More
Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO)
HCFO supports research projects that will provide public and private decision makers with valuable information on health care policy, financing, and market developments to improve health care. More
Nurse Recruitment Code of Conduct
AcademyHealth convened a task force to set out standards for fair and transparent recruitment of foreign educated nurses, including the provision of cultural and clinical orientation and best practices to ensure that recruitment is not harmful to nurses’ home countries. More
Public Health Systems Research (PHSR)
AcademyHealth’s Public Health Systems Research (PHSR) programs advance evidenced-based decision making in public health policy and practice by translating research findings and promoting partnerships among stakeholders. More
State Coverage Initiatives (SCI)
By providing technical assistance and access to health services research, SCI works with states to plan, execute, and maintain health insurance expansions, as well as to improve the availability and affordability of health care coverage. More
State Quality Improvement Institute (SQII)
AcademyHealth and The Commonwealth Fund are pleased to announce the nine state teams selected to participate in the State Quality Improvement Institute—an intensive, competitively-selected effort to help states plan and implement concrete action plans to improve performance across targeted quality indicators. Colorado, Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington were selected for the Institute through a competitive process designed to identify states with the commitment, leadership, and resources necessary to build on previous success and conceptualize and implement substantive new quality improvement efforts. More
Other Projects
Additional ongoing projects managed by AcademyHealth. More
