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AcademyHealth is a nonpartisan, nonprofit professional organization dedicated to advancing the fields of health services research and health policy. It is a professional organization for health services researchers, health policy analysts, and health practitioners, and it is a nonpartisan source for health research and policy. The organization was founded in 2000, in a merger between the Alpha Center and the Association for Health Services Research (AHSR).〔(AcademyHealth: Mission and History )〕 As of 2008, the organization “boasts a membership of approximately 4000 health services researchers.”〔Colby, David C. “Health Services Research.” ''To Improve Health and Health Care, Volume XI''. Published by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. 2008.〕 The organization’s first president, W. David Helms, was founder and director of the Alpha Center from 1976–2000.〔Freudenhem, Milt. ''New York Times''. “Business and Health; States Weighing Cost-Control Ideas.” August 4, 1992.〕 Helms left the organization in December 2010. The organization's current president, Lisa Simpson, assumed the role in January 2011. ==History== AcademyHealth was established in June 2000, following a merger between the Alpha Center and the Association for Health Services Research (AHSR); the two organizations had been operating under a joint operation agreement since January 1999〔''Health Care Financing Review''. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Winter, 1998.〕 Founded in March 1976 and based in Washington, D.C., the Alpha Center functioned as a health policy resource center, “assist() public and private sector leaders in meeting health care challenges by providing research analysis, facilitation, education and training, strategic planning, and program management.”〔US Newswire. “Alpha Center Studies Incentive-based Purchasing in Medicaid Managed Care. August 24, 1999.〕 The Association for Health Services Research was formed in 1981 as the first professional organization for health services researchers.〔Colby, David C. “Health Services Research.” ''To Improve Health and Health Care, Volume XI''. Published by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. 2008.〕 It functioned as a non-profit professional society for individuals and organizations with a commitment to health services research. AHSR’s mission included educating consumers and policymakers about the importance of health services research, disseminating information generated by health services researchers, securing funding for the field, and providing networking and professional development opportunities.〔(AcademyHealth: Mission and History )〕 Since the merger, AcademyHealth has assumed the duties of both parent organizations. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「AcademyHealth」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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