2019 Health Datapalooza
A decade of turning information into innovation.
Implications, Questions and Actions for Patient-Centric Digital Health
Responding to remarks by HHS Secretary Alex Azar and other speakers at NHPC in February, Erin Williams of MITRE, an AcademyHealth organizational affiliate, highlights areas where new proposed CMS and ONC interoperability rules and other federal action could promote patient-centric digital health.
Academic Medical Center Chief Data Scientists: Pathways of the Pioneers
Greg Downing, AcademyHealth senior scholar in residence and Founder of Innovation Horizons, LLC, sits down with two pioneers in data management to discuss their experiences.
New Law Enacts Recommendations of Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking
AcademyHealth member and health economist Sherry Glied provides an overview of a new law that will both facilitate health services research and offer new opportunities for this research to influence policy.
The Healthy Marketplace Index: Furthering Transparency to Improve our Understanding of Commercial Healthcare Markets Across the Country
A new report from the Health Care Cost Institute, an AcademyHealth organizational affiliate, examined relative healthcare prices across the U.S. and found widespread healthcare price variation across metro areas.
Making Valuable Data Available to Researchers is a Critical Step in Moving Data to Action
When it comes to harnessing the power of data for tangible change, challenges range from the cultural to the technical. This post focuses on a new opportunity from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that addresses perhaps the most critical step in this effort: data access.
Health Data for Action 2018 Applicant Webinar
This webinar provided information about the second call for proposals for Health Data for Action, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation signature research program.
AcademyHealth and HIMSS Join Forces to Leverage Health and Health Care Data to Support Changes in Policy and Practice
New collaboration will power a year-round suite of activities and outreach focused on advances in digital health applications, data resources, and evidence to improve health and health care
Think You’re Saving Money by Cutting Corners on HIPAA? You’re Wrong
Marty Puranik, CEO of Atlantic.Net, an AcademyHealth organizational affiliate, assesses compliance with data privacy and security regulations and outlines methods to cut costs associated with compliance.
Leveraging Patient Insights to Improve Genetic Test Reports
Interview with eGEMs author Jessica Goehringer about her new paper.