Lisa Simpson

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AcademyHealth Becomes Host Organization for 2016 Health Datapalooza

Press Release | Academy Health | November 23, 2015

AcademyHealth will host the 7th Annual Health Datapalooza, May 8-11, 2016, in Washington, DC. “As the national organization working with the producers and users of evidence to improve health and the performance of the health system, and the home of the EDM Forum, AcademyHealth has long been a champion for data liberation and a catalyst for its use in decision making and quality improvement,” said AcademyHealth President and CEO, Dr. Lisa Simpson. “As hosts of the Health Datapalooza, we’ll build on our work in this area to shape an agenda that engages the broad community of data liberation champions -- patients, advocates, researchers and delivery system and industry leaders -- in focused discussions about how we turn data into evidence, and evidence into actions that improve health outcomes.”

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New, Open Access Journal Turns Peer-Review Lens Toward Improving The Research Process

Press Release | AcademyHealth | January 17, 2013

AcademyHealth today announced the official launch of eGEMs, a free, peer-reviewed e-publication that will publish innovative ideas and practices using electronic clinical data to advance health systems research and quality improvement, and improve patient and community outcomes. Read More »