Hear About NCHS Research at the 2024 Academy Health Annual Research Meeting

NCHS has several presentations and poster sessions at the 2024 Academy Health Annual Research Meeting from June 29 to July 2 at the Baltimore Convention Center. Highlights include:

Sunday, June 30

8:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. (Halls A-B, Level 100)

• The session, The Experience of Physicians Who Use Telemedicine Technology: United States, 2021, will provide an overview of how telemedicine use affected office-based physicians’ ability to deliver quality care based on data from the National Electronic Health Records Survey.

8:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. (Halls A-B, Level 100)

• A poster presentation on data from the National Health Interview Survey describes the impact of prescription medication costs for adults with multiple chronic conditions.

3:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. (Rooms 324-326, Level 300)

• The Data Capacity to Achieve Health Equity: New Office of the Secretary Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund (OS-PCORTF)-funded Data Products panel will highlight projects funded by OS-PCORTF, including work done by NCHS through data linkages. The session aims to disseminate new datasets and tools produced to enable effective and efficient research to advance health equity.

Monday, July 1

9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. (Halls A-B, Level 100)

• A poster presentation on the findings from the National Health Interview Survey -Teen 2021-2022 on the Health Care Transition Planning Among Teenagers with and without a Developmental Disability, provides the first known estimates of Healthcare Transition (HCT) planning based on self-reported data from a population of nationally representative teenagers with and without a current developmental disability.

3:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. (Room 315, Level 300)

• The session, Maternal Health Data at the National Center for Health Statistics, will provide an overview of NCHS data systems (National Vital Statistics System, the National Survey of Family Growth, and the National Health Care Surveys) that can be used to examine trends, patterns, and characteristics of important maternal health indicators.

Those attending the Academy Health Annual Research Meeting can also find researchers and representatives from the National Center for Health Statistics in the Exhibit Hall throughout the event.