2007 Building the Field: PHSR Stakeholder Meeting
AcademyHealth recently released three publications resulting from the 2007 Building the Field: PHSR Stakeholder Meeting. This meeting, sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and conducted by AcademyHealth, convened PHSR stakeholders to evaluate the research base to date, assess the discipline’s needs, and examine the PHSR research agenda. The resulting publications are based on papers commissioned for the meeting and meeting discussion. Advancing Public Health Systems Research: Strategies for Moving Forward, highlights the major themes and strategies considered at the meeting, while Advancing Public Health Systems Research: Research Priorities and Gaps, outlines a research agenda based on priorities and needs identified during the session. Finally, Advancing Public Health Systems Research: 2007 Stakeholder Meeting Summary, offers an overview of the authors’ presentations and the subsequent meeting discussion.
Improving Quality Health Care: The Role of Consumer Engagement
AcademyHealth recently released six issue briefs that examine the role of consumer engagement in improving the quality of health care. These briefs are based on five commissioned papers and discussion at a meeting held in February 2007. The meeting, titled “Improving Quality Health Care: The Role of Consumer Engagement,” was sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and conducted by AcademyHealth. To access the issue briefs, please follow the links below.
