Sometimes, people committed to evidence-based approaches and to the translation of research findings into practice can feel a bit down. Research findings seem to move into real-world settings at a glacial pace, and policy makers and the general public can seem dismissive of the empirical evidence.
So it’s very encouraging to note that the Health Reform bill was explicitly based on scientific findings from health services research. The Academy Health website features a special session from the 2010 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting that looked at how health services research helped inform Congressional health reform discussions. Experts report on how such research influenced design decisions about health insurance, payment and delivery systems.
Despite controversy about the health reform bill, you have to hand it to those who crafted it for taking research evidence seriously.
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