With support from the Kellogg Foundation and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, AcademyHealth conducted an exploratory study to assess the needs of the field as viewed from multiple perspectives. The report, Strengthening the Field of Health Services Research: A Needs Assessment of Key Producers and Users, highlights the shared concern of multiple stakeholders that there is diminishing support for the field's basic infrastructure.

Based on recommendations from this report, AcademyHealth launched a series of high level meetings on the field's infrastructure needs. Each Summit 1) commissioned background papers; (2) convenedd invited stakeholders to discuss the papers and develop recommendations; and (3) disseminated these recommendations to critical audiences. The Summits covered the topics of workforce, methods and data, and knowledge transfer.

View the articles from the Summit to Assess the Field's Workforce Needs published in the HSR December 2009 issue.
View the articles from the Summit on the Future of HSR Data and Methods in the HSR October 2010 special issue.

Summit to Assess the Field's Workforce Needs

Pittman, P. and E. Holve. “The Health Services Researcher of 2020: A Summit to Assess the Field's Workforce Needs,” Health Services Research, Vol. 44, No. 6, 2009, pp. 2198 – 2213. Also see [Free Full Text].

McGinnis, S. and J. Moore. “The Health Services Research Workforce: Current Stock,” Health Services Research, Vol. 44, No. 6, 2009, pp.2214 – 2226. Also see [Abstract].

Ricketts, T. “Preparing the Health Services Research Workforce,” Health Services Research, Vol. 44, No. 6, 2009, pp.2227 – 2241. Also see [Abstract].

Thornton, C. and J.D. Brown. “Employer Demand for Health Services Researchers in the Year 2020,” Health Services Research, Vol. 44, No.6, 2009, pp. 2242 – 2254. Also see [Abstract].

Summit on the Future of HSR Data and Methods

Rosenbaum, S. “Data Governance and Stewardship: Designing Data Stewardship Entities and Advancing Data Access,” Health Services Research, Vol. 45, No. 5.2, 2010, pp. 1442 – 1455. Also see [Abstract].

Lane, J. and C. Schur. “Balancing Access to Health Data and Privacy: A Review of the Issues and Approaches for the Future,” Health Services Research, Vol. 45, No. 5.2, 2010, pp. 1456 – 1467. Also see[Abstract].

Bradley, C. et al. “Health Services Research and Data Linkages: Issues, Methods, and Directions for the Future,” Health Services Research, Vol. 45, No. 5.2, 2010, pp.  1468 – 1488. Also see [Abstract].

Billheimer, L.T. and R. Klein. “Data and Measurement Issues in the Analysis of Health Disparities,” Health Services Research, Vol. 45, No. 5.2, 2010, pp. 1489 – 1507. Also see [Abstract].

Pronovost, P.J. and C. Goeschel. “Viewing Health Care Delivery as Science: Challenges, Benefits, and Policy Implications,” Health Services Research, Vol. 45, No. 5.2, 2010, pp. 1508 – 1522. Also see [Abstract].

Iezzoni, L. “Multiple Chronic Conditions and Disabilities: Implications for Health Services Research and Data Demands,” Health Services Research, Vol. 45, No. 5.2, 2010, pp. 1523 – 1540. Also see [Abstract].

Ringel, J.S. “Modeling Health Care Policy Alternatives,” Health Services Research, Vol. 45, No. 5.2, 2010 pp. 1541 – 1558. Also see [Abstract].

McHugh, M. and M. Joshi. “Improving Evaluations of Value-Based Purchasing Programs,” Health Services Research, Vol. 45, No. 5.2, 2010, pp. 1559 – 1569. Also see [Abstract].

Luft, H.S. “Data and Methods to Facilitate Delivery System Reform: Harnessing Collective Intelligence to Learn from Positive Deviance,” Health Services Research, Vol. 45, No. 5.2, 2010, pp. 1570 – 1580. See also [Abstract].



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