Positioning the Health Services Research Workforce for Continued Success: Recommendations from AcademyHealth Stakeholders

Nir Menachemi; Lisa A Simpson; Meghan J Wolfe

doi:10.1111/1475-6773.13039

Positioning the Health Services Research Workforce for Continued Success: Recommendations from AcademyHealth Stakeholders

Health Serv Res. 2018 Oct;53 Suppl 2(Suppl Suppl 2):4041-4050. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.13039.

Authors

Nir Menachemi¹, Lisa A Simpson², Meghan J Wolfe³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Policy and Management, Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN.
² AcademyHealth, Washington, DC.
³ Department of Health Policy and Management, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, DC.

Abstract

AcademyHealth established a Workforce Initiative Task Force in 2016 to conduct an assessment of the state of the health services research workforce and develop recommendations for its future in the context of the changing health care and research ecosystems. This assessment included four components: a series of commissioned papers, an online priority setting process, a multistakeholder summit, and final analysis by the AcademyHealth Education Council. This paper presents this process and the resultant list of prioritized recommendations and planned next steps.

Keywords: funding; training programs; workforce.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Diffusion of Innovation
Evidence-Based Medicine / organization & administration*
Health Planning Guidelines*
Health Services Research / organization & administration*
Humans
Stakeholder Participation*
United States
United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality