National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology (NICHSR)

$8.4 million AHRQ American Recovery and Reinvestment Act award is enhancing the infrastructure of the Indiana Network for Patient Care (INPC),
'Health care deserts' more common in black neighborhoods
'Unconscious' racial bias among doctors linked to poor communication with patients
12/14/11, Quality Net Conference - Speech by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius - This links to the speech made by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius at the CMS QualityNet Conference.
2006, Forum on the Science of Health Care Quality Improvement and Implementation (IOM and RWJF) - In December 2006, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) launched the Forum on the Science of Health Care Quality Improvement and Implementation to provide researchers and public and private stakeholders a structured opportunity for discussing issues surrounding the science of quality improvement and implementation. Forum members included researchers in health and social services, engineering experts, health care providers, implementers of quality improvement programs and journalists. Between December 2006 and October 2008 Forum members met seven times.
2008 Information Technology Report to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology on Defining Key Health Information Technology Terms - Report and literature review.
The 2009 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Federal Disability - The Social Security Act requires that the Board, among other duties, report annually to the Congress on the actuarial (financial) status of the OASI and DI Trust Funds. This annual report, for 2009, is the 69th such report.
2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports - These reports measure trends in effectiveness of care, patient safety, timeliness of care, patient centeredness, and efficiency of care. The reports present, in chart form, the latest available findings on quality of and access to health care. The National Healthcare Quality Report tracks the health care system through quality measures, such as the percentage of heart attack patients who received recommended care when they reached the hospital or the percentage of children who received recommended vaccinations. The National Healthcare Disparities Report summarizes health care quality and access among various racial, ethnic, and income groups and other priority populations, such as children and older adults.
2009, 2nd Annual NIH Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation: Building Research Capacity to Bridge the Gap From Science to Service - The goal of this March 2009 conference was for the research community to exchange ideas, explore contemporary topics and identify concepts, methods and strategies to build research and organizational capacity for dissemination and implementation science.
2009, HSR&D QUERI Conference on Implementation Science (VA) - Held in 2009, the conference was attended by nearly 50 experts in implementation science, including QUERI stakeholders, who met in workgroups to focus on objectives critical to advancing implementation science and the QUERI program. Objectives ranged from establishing consistent implementation science language to developing cross-QUERI collaborative goals to enhancing the QUERI process.
2010 National Leadership Summit on CER Priorities, Methods, and Policy: Building a Strategic Framework for Comparative Effectiveness Research in Oncology Final Report - The 2010 Summit brought together national and global leaders in clinical trial design, comparative effectiveness research, and patient centered research to explore innovative methods, insights from the field, and policy ideas for advancing the development of comparative clinical research in oncology.
2010 Summer Evidence-Based Practice Winners - Access presentations from the 2010 meeting.
2010, 3rd Annual NIH Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation: Methods and Measurement - The goal of this March 2010 conference was to engage in dialog, exchange ideas, explore contemporary topics and challenge one another to identify and test research designs, methods and measurement that will advance dissemination and implementation science.
2010, AHRQ Annual Conference - Implementation, Change, and Improving Health Care Quality and Safety: Lessons Learned From AHRQ's Implementation Science Awards (Session 7) - This website provides links to Powerpoint presentations from the implementation science awards session.
2011 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance Trust Funds - The report presents the current and projected future financial status of the trust funds. Older reports can be accessed as well by typing in year and report title in the search box on the SSA website.
The 2011 Green Book (Official Title: Background Material and Data on the Programs within the Jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and Means) - The House Ways and Means Committee Green Book, The Green Book published by the The Green Book published by the Committee on Ways and Means of the United States House of Representatives provides background material and data on the programs within the jursidiction of the Committee on Ways and Means.
2011 Summer Institute on Evidence-Based Practice, Transforming Care: Friction, Heat, & Light, June 30-July 2, 2011 - Per the conference brochure, improve care and patient outcomes from research to implementation to outcomes.
2011, 4th Annual NIH Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation: Policy and Practice - This conference was held March, 2011. The goal of the conference was to facilitate growth in the research base by providing a forum for communicating and networking about the science of dissemination and implementation. Conference materials and presentations can be found under the Resources tab on the Conference website.
2011, Enhancing Implementation Science: Program Planning, Scale-up, and Evaluation (U of CA Center of Evaluation for Global Action - In this two-day 2011 workshop, participants learned how to apply an implementation science framework to improve HIV prevention, treatment and care programs.
2011, GIC Global Implementation Conference - The August 2011 Global Implementation Conference (GIC) brought together more than 750 scientists, policy makers, practitioners, and community and organizational leaders from around the world for an unprecedented focus on how evidence-based practices can be implemented effectively to improve outcomes for people and organizations. Fifteen organizations sponsored this conference.
2012 PHSSR Keeneland Conference
2012, 5th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation: Research at the Crossroads - The goal of this March 2012 conference was to facilitate growth in the research base by providing a forum for communicating and networking about the science of dissemination and implementation.
2012, Training Institute for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health - The goal of this July, 2012, 5-day training institute is to provide participants with a thorough grounding in conducting dissemination and implementation research in health. Faculty and guest lecturers will consist of leading experts (practitioners and teachers) in theory, implementation and evaluation approaches to D&I, creating partnerships and multi-level transdisciplinary research teams, research design, methods and analyses appropriate for D&I investigations and conducting research at different and multiple levels of intervention (e.g., clinical, community, policy).
21st Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, DEC. 5-8, 2010, Orlando, Fl - This annual event draws approximately 5,500 health care leaders from around the world in person and thousands more via satellite broadcast.
2nd Annual Quality Nursing Conference, November 4, 2011, San Antonio - Join ABQAURP in San Antonio to discover approaches to effectively Coordinate, Collaborate, and Communicate in today's health system.
3-Step Competency Prioritization Sequence - This set of 3 quality improvement tools introduces an efficient, step-by-step process for selecting Core Competencies domains for workforce development that address gaps in current workforce strengths, while building competencies that will best advance a public health organization's strategic goals.
3rd Annual National Leadership Summit on Comparative Effectiveness Research Priorities, Methods and Policy, October, 2012, Baltimore, MD - Participants will focus on Diabetes and Related Syndromes, a disease that according to the American Diabetes Association affects 8.3% of the US population. Thought leaders in comparative effective research will come together with key representatives from government, academia, industry, patient groups, professional organizations, payers, and the philanthropic sector. Summit participants will share expertise and identify methodological challenges and opportunities to collectively develop a strategic roadmap for CER, based on such themes as incorporating patient-reported outcomes into diabetes research, the comparative effectiveness of bariatric surgery and related therapies, and methodological recommendations for conducting future diabetes studies.
3rd Annual NIH Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation: Methods and Measurement - This 2010 conference provided a forum to facilitate growth in the science of dissemination and implementation
4th Symposium on Comparative Effectiveness Research MethodsFrom Efficacy to Effectiveness, June 12-13, 2012, Rockville, MD - The theme of the 2012 symposium is "From Efficacy to Effectiveness." Invited experts will give podium presentations on innovative research methods to evaluate mechanisms that contribute to the differences in the results of randomized clinical trials (i.e., efficacy studies) and observational studies conducted in real world settings (i.e., outcomes and effectiveness research).
6th Annual NCQA Policy Conference, 12/13/11, Washington, DC - Join NCQA and others to discuss the quality aspects of health care insurance Exchanges and Exchanges' impact on federal and state regulators, businesses, consumers and health plans.
8 Reasons Why Ambulatory Care Quality Matters More Than Ever
AARP - Formerly American Association of Retired Persons. A non-profit, nonpartisan membership organization that helps people 50 and over improve the quality of their lives.
AARP Law and Legal Issues - This links to various sites and organizations providing information on the law and other legal issues related to individual aged 50 and over.
AARP Surveys and Statistics - This site houses national and state-based research on the needs, concerns, and interests of AARP members and the 50+ population as a whole.
Abuse and Neglect - National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform fact sheet.
Academic-Community Partnership Conference Series (R13)
Academy for Healthcare Improvement - The aim of this organization is to foster an interprofessional community that advances quality improvement in health care through scholarly and educational activities.
AcademyHealth
AcademyHealth Comparative Effectiveness Research Resources - Links to various CER resources.
AcademyHealth Conferences - Listing of AcademyHealth conferences and events.
AcademyHealth HSR Methods Discussion Board - This board features discussion primarily on issues surrounding methods in health services research but also provides suggested readings, events and current topics for public health and health services research.
AcademyHealth PHSR Interest Group Discussion Board - This is the discussion board sponsored and moderated by the AcademyHealth PHSR interest group.
AcademyHealth PHSR Interest Group Twitter Feed - The AcademyHealth PHSR Interest Group's Twitter feed.
AcademyHealth Public Health Systems Research Interest Group - This Interest Group of more than 1,500 individuals-including researchers, students, public health practitioners, federal agency staff, and policymakers-shares an interest in exploring and enhancing the U.S. public health system by formulating, translating, and applying the PHSR evidence base."
AcademyHealth Public Health Systems Research Interest Group Annual Meeting - An annual conference held in conjunction with the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting that features cutting edge public health research. The purpose of the meeting is to showcase research, facilitate networking, and encourage discussion on research and policy issues surrounding public health systems research.
AcademyHealth Public Health Systems Research Interest Group Policy Breakfast - An annual meeting held in conjunction with the AcademyHealth National Health Policy Conference. Previous meetings have discussed issues such as the pros and cons of rankings in public health.
AcademyHealth Reports Newsletters - Links to AcademyHealth Reports newsletters.
AcademyHealth: HIT for Actionable Knowledge - AcademyHealth and its partners are producing case studies to capture key elements of the experiences in each health system, as well as two cross-cutting, comparative papers
Accelerating Change and Transformation in Organizations and Networks (ACTION): Field Partnerships for Applied Research - ACTION is a a model of field-based research designed to promote innovation in health care delivery by accelerating the diffusion of research into practice. The ACTION network includes 15 large partnerships and collaborating organizations that provide health care to more than 100 million Americans.
Accelerating Change and Transformation in Organizations and Networks II (ACTION II) - ACTION II is a model of field-based research designed to promote innovation in health care delivery by accelerating the diffusion of research into practice. The ACTION II network includes 17 large partnerships and more than 350 collaborating organizations that provide health care to an estimated 50 percent of the U.S. population. ACTION II promotes and accelerates the development, implementation, dissemination, and sustainability of innovations in health care delivery to increase understanding of how to incorporate evidence-based improvements into routine practice to improve quality of care.
Access Tools - U.S. Census Bureau - Links to data access tools from the U.S. Census Bureau (e.g., American Fact Finder, Data Ferrett, Censtats, etc.)
ACP Journal Club - This website comprises a 10-year archive (from 2000 to the present) of the cumulative electronic contents of ACP Journal Club, with recurrent weeding of out-of-date articles. The content is carefully selected from over 100 clinical journals through reliable application of explicit criteria for scientific merit, followed by assessment of relevance to medical practice by clinical specialists.
Administration for Children and Families - This agency funds and produces publications on implementation science. Information on recent meetings as well as funding opportunities can be found on this site.
Administration for Community Living - Created by DHHS on April 16, 2012, the Administration for Community Living (ACL) has the goal of increasing access to community supports and full participation, while focusing attention and resources on the unique needs of older Americans and people with disabilities. The ACL will include the efforts and achievements of the Administration on Aging, the Office on Disability and the Administration on Developmental Disabilities in a single agency, with enhanced policy and program support for both cross-cutting initiatives and efforts focused on the unique needs of individual groups such as children with developmental disabilities, adults with physical disabilities, or seniors, including seniors with Alzheimer's.
Administration on Aging (AoA) - Part of DHHS, AoA's mission is to develop a comprehensive, coordinated and cost-effective system of home and community-based services that helps elderly individuals maintain their health and independence in their homes and communities.
Administration on Aging Funding Opportunities - Each year, Congress appropriates funds for use by AoA and the other Federal Agencies in carrying out their mission. AoA provides grant funding to States and territories, recognized Native American Tribes and Hawaiian Americans, as well as nonprofit organizations, including faith-based and academic institutions. Individuals are not eligible to apply for AoA funding.
Advances Newsletter - A monthly newsletter on RWJF's projects and progress.
Advancing the Methods for Healthcare: Quality Improvement Research 2012 Conference, Arlington, VA, May 7-8, 2012 - The Academy for Healthcare Improvement is sponsoring a two-day meeting in Arlington, VA on May 7- 8, 2012 on "Advancing the Methods for Quality Improvement Research." The meeting program includes experts on quality improvement research.
Adverse Event Reporting System (AERS) - Computerized information database designed to support the FDA's post-marketing safety surveillance program for all approved drug and therapeutic biologic products.
Affordable Care Act - Recent Developments - This site notes recent developments in the Affordable Care Act. Note: Most documents on this site are from mid 2011.
Affordable Care Act: The New Health Care Law at Two Years - This two-page brief provides information on seniors and the Affordable Health Care Act.
AFL-CIO Health Care Reform - This website provides access to legislation and political information that the AFL-CIO is interested in tracking. Recently, for example, the AFL-CIO tracked healthcare reform.
Age Data of the United States - Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Agency for Health Care Research (AHRQ), Quality Child Health Toolbox - This online resource is intended to help state and local policymakers and program directors and staff answer questions about measuring health care performance in child health programs.
Agency for Health Care Research and Quality, Center for Primary Care, Prevention and Clinical Partnerships - The Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partnerships (CP3) expands the knowledge base for clinical providers and patients and to assure the translation of new knowledge and systems improvement into primary care practice. CP3 supports and conducts research to improve the access, effectiveness, and quality of primary and preventive health care services in the United States.
Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ) Events & Announcements - Links to upcoming events, meetings, and presentations.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Centers for Education and Research on Therapeutics (CERTs) - National initiative to increase awareness of the benefits and risks of new, existing, or combined uses of therapeutics through education and research.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Process for Awarding Recovery Act Funds and Disseminating Results - According to AHRQ officials, the agency plans to disseminate the results of Recovery Act-funded CER using a range of existing mechanisms. These mechanisms include written products, training programs, social media tools, and AHRQ's website. AHRQ is also developing additional strategies to disseminate CER results. AHRQ awarded four contracts using Recovery Act funds totaling approximately $42.3 million to promote innovative approaches for disseminating CER results. A variety of efforts are conducted under these contracts, including efforts to educate clinicians and develop regional dissemination offices.
AGing Integrated Database (AGID) - On-line query system based on AoA-related data files and surveys, and includes population characteristics from the Census Bureau for comparison purposes. The system allows users to produce customized tables in a step-by-step process and output the results in print or spreadsheet form.
Aging Statistics - People 65+ represented 12.4% of the population in the year 2000 but are expected to grow to be 19% of the population by 2030. This website brings together a wide variety of statistical information--Profile of Older Americans, AGing Integrated Database, Census Data & Population Estimates, Projected Future Growth of Older Population, Minority Aging, and Key Indicators of Well-Being.
Aging Today - Bimonthly newspaper of the American Society on Aging.
AGS Foundation for Health in Aging - This Foundation is a national non-profit organization established in 1999 by The American Geriatrics Society. According to its website, its aim is to build a bridge between the research and practice of geriatrics and the public, and to advocate on behalf of older adults and their special health care needs.
AHA-NPSF Comprehensive Patient Safety Leadership Fellowship - The Fellowship consists of four in-person learning sessions, periodic teleconferences, various self and organizational assessments and individual coaching. The year long program culminates with the completion of an Action Learning Project (ALP) demonstrating the Fellow's ability to apply the concepts learned.
AHRQ - Minority Health - Links to AHRQ's minority health programs, reports, workshops, etc.
AHRQ - Tools and Resources to Help Communities Prepare for Hurricane Season - AHRQ offers tools to help communities prepare for and respond to hurricane events and other natural disasters. New additions include: Disaster Alternate Care Facilities, Hospital Evacuation Decision Guide, Hospital Assessment and Recovery Guide, and The Essentials: Mass Medical Care with Scarce Resources. Other tools featured on the Web page offer assistance with issues such as caring for children, transporting patients from one facility to another, nursing home needs, reopening shuttered hospitals to meet surge demand and using community call centers for crisis support.
AHRQ 2010 Annual Conference - AHRQ held its fourth annual conference on September 26-29, 2010, in Bethesda, MD. This conference, entitled "Better Care, Better Health: Delivering on Quality for All Americans," showcased leading authorities in health care research and policy in sessions on transforming health care delivery; developing new patient care models; strengthening preventive care and reducing health disparities; improving quality and patient safety; and measuring and reporting on provider and system performance.
AHRQ 2011 Annual Conference: Leading Through Innovation & Collaboration, September 18-21, Bethesda, MD - The AHRQ 2011 Annual Conference included several sessions about the various CAHPS surveys of patient experience. A special preconference session on Sunday, September 18 was devoted to the expanded suite of Clinician & Group Surveys.
AHRQ Awards $4.5 Million To Create Clinical Preventive Services Research Centers
AHRQ Comparative Effectiveness Clinician Guide: Lipid Modifying Agents - Clinicigan guides from The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Effective Health Care Program.
AHRQ Comparative Effectiveness News Newsletter - Newsletter producted by the Effective Health Care Program at AHRQ.
AHRQ Comparative Effectiveness Research ARRA Implementation Plan - Describes how AHRQ is using its $300 million in Recovery Act funds to expand and broaden pre-existing comparative effectiveness research activities initiated at the Agency in response to Section 1013 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003.
AHRQ Data & Surveys - AHRQ provides access to a plethora of data and surveys on healthcare access, expenditures, quality, etc.
AHRQ Effective Healthcare - The Effective Health Care Program is dedicated to facilitating decision making by providing findings from high-quality research in formats for different audiences.
AHRQ Email Updates - Sign up for updates from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
AHRQ Funding Opportunities - AHRQ supports a broad base of scientific research to promote improvements in clinical and health system practices, including the prevention of diseases and other health conditions.
AHRQ Grant Program for Large or Recurring Conferences (R13)
AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange - Comprehensive program designed to accelerate the development and adoption of innovations in health care delivery.
AHRQ Health Services Research Demonstration and Dissemination Grants (R18)
AHRQ Health Services Research Projects (R01)
AHRQ Healthcare 411 - Podcasts and Twitter - Link to news series from AHRQ. Receive updates via Twitter or podcast.
AHRQ Institutional Training Programs - AHRQ funded institutions that recruit and train predoctoral and/or postdoctoral health services researchers.
AHRQ Kids' Inpatient Database - The Kid's Inpatient Database (KID)is produced every 3 years and is a unique and powerful nationwide database of hospital stays for children. It is a sample of pediatric discharges (age 20 or younger at admission) from community, non-rehabilitation hospitals from States participating in HCUP. The KID is the only dataset on hospital use, outcomes, and charges designed to study children's use of hospital services in the United States.
AHRQ Long-Term Care - This site links to issues, research in action, and study results.
AHRQ Mentored Career Enhancement Award in Patient Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR) for Mid-Career and Senior Investigators (K18)
AHRQ National Resource Center for Health Information Technology - AHRQ initiative containing information on programs that promote the use of health information technology. Central repository for research findings from projects developing, testing, and using health IT applications.
AHRQ Pharmacy Health Literacy Center - This site provides pharmacists with recently released health literacy tools and other resources from AHRQ.
AHRQ Quality Indicators - Set of quality indicators organized into four "modules," each of which measures quality associated with processes of care that occurred in an outpatient or an inpatient setting to highlight potential quality concerns, identify areas that need further study and investigation, and track changes over time.
AHRQ Releases First in a New Facts and Stats Series Analyzing the Size and Capacity of the U.S. Primary Care Workforce
AHRQ Relevant Funding Opportunities - This link showcases relevant AHRQ funding announcements, for example PA-09-071 and PAR-08-136.
AHRQ Research Training - An array of intramural and extramural predoctoral and postdoctoral educational and career development grants and opportunities in health services research.
AHRQ Small Grant Program for Conference Support (R13)
AHRQ's Career Development and Postdoctoral Training Awards for Comparative Effectiveness Research - AHRQ will support two types of institutional research training and career development grants in FY 2010. These projects will focus on preparing new investigators to conduct comparative effectiveness research.
AHRQ's Grants Online Database - Acess all of AHRQ's projects from this database.
AHRQ's State Snapshots - Provides state-specific health care quality information, including strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for improvement.
AHRQ: Evidence-Based Practice Program - Under the Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPC) Program of five-year contracts are awarded to institutions in the United States and Canada to serve as EPCs. The EPCs review all relevant scientific literature on clinical, behavioral, and organization and financing topics to produce evidence reports and technology assessments. These reports are used for informing and developing coverage decisions, quality measures, educational materials and tools, guidelines, and research agendas. The EPCs also conduct research on methodology of systematic reviews.
Alabama Department of Public Health - The purpose of the Alabama Department of Public Health is to provide caring, high quality and professional services for the improvement and protection of the public's health through disease prevention and the assurance of public health services to resident and transient populations of the state regardless of social circumstances or the ability to pay.
Alaska Health and Social Services - Its mission is to promote and protect the well-being of all Alaskans.
Alcohol Epidemiologic Data Directory - Current listing of surveys and other relevant data suitable for epidemiologic research on alcohol.
All-Payer Claims Database (APCD) - APCDs are large-scale databases that systematically collect health care claims data from a variety of payer sources. These databases, typically created by a state mandate, generally include data derived from medical claims, pharmacy claims, eligibility files, provider (physician and facility) files, and dental claims from private and public payers. Payers include insurance carriers, third party administrators (TPAs), pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), dental benefit administrators, Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Medicare, Medicare Part D, Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB), and TRICARE.
Alliance for Aging Research
Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research - The Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research is an international collaboration based in the WHO Geneva. It has its origins in the recommendations of the 1996 report of WHO's Ad Hoc Committee on Health Research which identified lack of health policy and systems research as a key problem impeding the improvement of health outcomes in low and middle income countries.
Alliance for Health Reform - A nonpartisan, nonprofit group, the Alliance believes that all in the U.S. should have health coverage at a reasonable cost.
Alliance for Healthcare Foundation Funding - Alliance Healthcare Foundation's grant-making activities focus strategically on funding organizations whose programs benefit those under 250% of poverty, the uninsured and underinsured, children and the homeless.
Alzheimers.gov - This website provides easy-to-understand information about dementia and links to resources in various communities.
America's Health Insurance Plan Foundation - The Foundation strives to create, support, and enhance programs in health insurance plans which will improve quality, effectiveness, and value in health care through research, education, information sharing, and other activities.
America's Health Insurance Plan Foundation Upcoming Events - Conferences and educational opportunities.
America's Health Insurance Plans' Conferences - Links to calendar of educational events and seminars.
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons/American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons Comparative Effectiveness Research Symposium, May 19-21, 2011 - The AAOS/ORS Comparative Effectiveness Research symposium aims to increase understanding of the broad definition of comparative effectiveness research (CER), highlight the various research design methods available to perform CER, identify the various strategies to consider costs effectiveness of different treatments as a key aspect of CER, identify tools by which to measure effectiveness of specific treatments, and identify what will make CER initiatives successful.
American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) Meetings - Describes AAMC meetings and events.
American Association of Medical Colleges - Implementation Science - As noted on the AAMC website, "The medical community is looking forward to the day when every patient receives proven interventions and treatments based on sound knowledge. In the meantime, a new and growing field of research is attempting to address the what's, how's, and whys underlying inefficiencies and gaps in clinical delivery."
American Cancer Society - ACS is committed to fighting cancer through balanced programs of research, education, patient service, advocacy, and rehabilitation. Supports health services research.
American Cancer Society Meetings and Conferences - Information on on the National Assembly of the American Cancer Society which convenes annually. Links to bylaws and meeting dates.
American Enterprise Institute (AEI) - Private, nonpartisan, not-for-profit institution dedicated to research and education on issues of government, politics, economics, and social welfare.
American Fact Finder - Source for finding population, housing, economic, and geographic data from the national to the local level.
American Federation for Aging Research - This is a national non-profit organization whose mission is to support and advance healthy aging through biomedical research.
American Federation on Aging Research (AFAR) Funding - Since 1981, AFAR has provided approximately $132 million to more than 2,800 talented investigators and students.
American Geriatrics Society - Not-for-profit organization of over 6,700 health professionals devoted to improving the health, independence and quality of life of all older people. The Society provides leadership to healthcare professionals, policy makers and the public by implementing and advocating for programs in patient care, research, professional and public education, and public policy.
American Geriatrics Society Geriatrics Workforce Policy Studies Center - The Geriatrics Workforce Policy Studies Center provides the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) with up-to-date and essential information concerning geriatrics, geriatrics training, the geriatrics workforce, and related healthcare delivery topics.
American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) - Professional community that improves healthcare by advancing best practices and standards for health information management and the trusted source for education, research, and professional credentialing.
American Health Quality Association - Represents Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) and professionals working to improve the quality of health care in communities across America.
The American Health Quality Association (AHQA) - Represents Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) and professionals working to improve the quality of health care in communities across America. QIOs share information about best practices with physicians, hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies, and others.
American Health Quality Association (AHQA) Calendar of Events - Listing of meetings.
American Hospital Association Healthcare Statistics and Market Research Data - Provides information about American Hospital Association data resources.
American Indian/Alaska Native Center - Links to data tools within CMS that focus on American Indians and Alaskan Natives.
American Institutes of Research (AIR) - In August 2010, AHRQ awarded AIR's Health Care Section $10 million to manage the Agency's Citizens Forum on Effective Health Care. This project will serve as one of AHRQ's primary mechanisms for obtaining public input on comparative effectiveness research, and will oversee the agency's existing Effective Health Care Stakeholder Group.
American Medical Association (AMA) - The AMA's mission is to promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health.
American Medical Association (AMA) Health Care Reform - AMA's press releases, statements, and videos on health system reform.
American Medical Association - Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement (PCPI) - Comprised of more than 170 national medical specialty societies, state medical societies, the American Board of Medical Specialties and member boards, Council of Medical Specialty Societies, health care professional organizations, federal agencies, individual members and others interested in improving the quality and efficiency of patient care, PCPI is committed to enhancing quality of care and patient safety by taking the lead in the development, testing, and maintenance of evidence-based clinical performance measures and measurement resources for physicians.
American Medical Association Meeting - Information on the AMA annual meeting.
American Medical Informatics Association - Lists upcoming AMIA meetings and events.
American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) - The AMIA is the professional home for biomedical and health informatics. AMIA is dedicated to promoting the effective organization, analysis, management, and use of information in health care in support of patient care, public health, teaching, research, administration, and related policy.
American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) International Affairs Committee - The mission of AMIA's International Affairs Committee is to participate in the international scientific community for biomedical informatics research and to support the increasing use of health informatics globally to improve public health and the quality and efficiency of health care.
American Nurses Association (ANA) Health Care Form Resources - The ANA is a full-service professional organization representing the interests of the nation's registered nurses. The ANA assembled resources and links related to health care reform.
American Psychological Association - Aging - APA government relations efforts utilize the science and practice of psychology to inform federal policy efforts related to older adults and their caregivers. Policy initiatives have focused on a range of issues impacting the aging population, including mental and behavioral health, integrated care, suicide, caregiving, elder abuse and trauma, emergency and disaster preparedness and response, long-term care, aging veterans and the health care workforce.
American Public Health Association (APHA) - APHA is an Association of individuals and organizations working to improve the public's health and to achieve equity in health status for all. We promote the scientific and professional foundation of public health practice and policy, advocate the conditions for a healthy global society, emphasize prevention and enhance the ability of members to promote and protect environmental and community health.
American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meetings
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Investments in Comparative Effectiveness Research for Data Infrastructure: A Factsheet - Details how American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds for the Office of the Secretary, Health and Human Services will enhance existing infrastructure and develop new databases, networks, and registries to make both public and private comparative effectiveness research endeavors sustainable and multiplicative.
American Society for Healthcare Risk Management, October 16-19, 2011, Phoenix - ASHRM's annual meeting.
American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) - ASIS&T conferences attract members from virtually every profession. Lawyers, bankers, electronic and print publishers, government, business, librarians, engineers, social scientists, information managers, computer scientists, and many others are a part of ASIS&T, leading the information field to the next horizon.
American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASSIS&T) Special Interest Group MED (SIGMED) - SIG/MED brings together members of various disciplines to evaluate the needs and problems of developing and managing medical information systems that can handle the complex uses to which they are put.
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) - World's leading professional organization representing physicians who treat people with cancer. Members conduct health services research. Link to HSR ASCO meeting abstracts.
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Meetings - Links to upcoming ASCO (domestic and international) meetings.
American Society on Aging - Organization of multidisciplinary professionals in the field of aging; resources, publications, and educational opportunities are geared to enhance the knowledge and skills of people working with older adults and their families.
AMIA Academic Forum: Biomedical Informatics Core Competencies - AMIA has been working toward the development of informatics competencies with the academic units that constitute AMIA's Academic Forum. committee will gather to review your feedback at a two-day meeting on the Thursday immediately following the upcoming AMIA conference in Phoenix, Arizona. The committee will present a final manuscript for endorsement by Academic Forum members on June 17, 2010. If approved, the BMI Core Competencies will be presented to the AMIA Board of Directors for approval and publication in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA).
Ancillary Studies to Major Ongoing Clinical Research Studies to Advance Areas of Scientific Interest within the Mission of the NIDDK (R01)
Anticipated Regulations for 2012 - Several Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRMs) are anticipated to come from CMS and ONC this winter. This chart outlines the regulations that are currently anticipated, the agency from which they will be administered, and the date for which public comments are due to the government. Also included is the anticipated timeframe for release of final rules.
APHA Midyear Meeting: The New Public Health - Rewiring for the Future - June 26-28, 2012, Charlotte, NC. The meeting will offer public health professionals, partners and stakeholders the opportunity to learn about how the public health system must position itself to address future needs. Attendees will learn about educational, policy and advocacy tools needed for keeping up with and anticipating changes to "rewire" the public health infrastructure.
The Apothecary: A Blog on Healthcare, Policy, & Society - A weblog that seeks to explore the price and value of healthcare. It aims to address, using empirical analysis and third-party research, how policymakers can maximize the quality, innovation, efficiency, and accessibility of healthcare.
Applied Research Fellowships & Collaborative Research - Lists some of the mechanisms by which NCI has brought students and scientists in to work with them, including NIH research and training opportunities, the Division of Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, and NIH Guest Researcher/Special Volunteer Programs.
Applied Research Funding Opportunities - Lists funding opportunities within ARP that are directed towards the extramural research community focus on building capacity for cancer surveillance research to evaluate patterns and trends in cancer-related risk factors, health behaviors and health services.
Applied Research Health Services & Economics Branch (HSEB) Publications - Lists Health Services and Economics Branch (HSEB) publications by different categories, such as cancer treatment and outcomes.
Arizona Department of Health Services Health Status and Vital Statistics - Mission is to provide meaningful and timely information on patterns and trends in health status of Arizonans.
Arkansas Department of Health/Data & Research - Data, reports, and publications.
Article and Policy Forum Examine Medicare, Health Reform and the Challenges Facing People With Disabilities - On Sept. 8, 2010, the Foundation held a policy forum examining the health care issues facing people with disabilities and the opportunities and challenges presented by the new health care reform law enacted earlier this year.
Articles of Interest Alert - A weekly compilation of articles appearing in recently released journals and newsletters, including articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.
Assessing the Potential of National Strategies for Electronic Health Records for Population Health Monitoring and Research - The authors review strategies for electronic health records in Australia, Canada, England and New Zealand, and outlines key issues that must be addressed to maximize the contribution of national strategies for Electronic Health Records to population health monitoring and research.
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) - Principal advisor to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on policy development, and is responsible for major activities in policy coordination, legislation development, strategic planning, policy research, evaluation, and economic analysis.
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Quality Guidelines - This site presents the HHS Information Quality Guidelines, the supporting administrative mechanisms to request correction of information covered under the guidelines, the Annual Information Quality Reports, and the HHS Peer Review Agenda. The HHS Guidelines were developed in accordance with the provisions of P.L. 106-554 and OMB government-wide requirements directing all federal agencies to issue guidelines for ensuring the quality of the information that they disseminate to the public.
Association for Healthcare Philanthropy - Dedicated exclusively to advancing and promoting the health care development profession. Provides fundraising education and information.
Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) - Founded in 1876, conducts research and compiles and disseminates data on medical schools, students, faculty members, and teaching hospitals. A variety of publications are also available. It is "a nonprofit association of medical schools, teaching hospitals, and academic societies" whose purpose is to "improve the nation's health by enhancing the effectiveness of academic medicine."
Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) - The Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) is the only national organization representing the deans, faculty and students of the accredited member schools of public health and other programs seeking accreditation as schools of public health.
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) - National nonprofit organization representing the state and territorial public health agencies of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and the District of Columbia.
Asymmetry in the Ability to Communicate CER Findings: Ethics and Issues for Informed Decision Making - February 9, 2012 - This meeting explored an ethical framework for considering asymmetry in CER communications, identified patient and other stakeholder information needs, and looked into ensuring access to CER information.
Atlas of Rural and Small-Town America - This Internet-based information system allows one to manipulate various socioeconomic data series used in many Economic Resource Service (ERS) products. Use the interactive tools to create and manipulate charts, maps, and tables-including multidimensional tables, such as poverty rates by metro/nonmetro status.
Bandolier - The first issue of Bandolier, an independent journal about evidence-based healthcare, written by Oxford scientists, (RAM AND HJM) was printed in February 1994. It has appeared monthly ever since and has become the premier source of evidence based healthcare information in the UK and worldwide for both healthcare professionals and consumers.
The Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program - Brings talented college seniors and recent graduates to Washington, D.C., where they are placed in congressional offices and learn about health policy issues, with a focus on issues affecting racial and ethnic minority and underserved communities.
Basic Cancer Research in Cancer Health Disparities (U01)
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Beacon Community Program: Improving Health Through Health Information Technology - The Beacon Community Cooperative Agreement Program provides funding to 17 selected communities throughout the United States that have already made inroads in the development of secure, private, and accurate systems of electronic health record (EHR) adoption and health information exchange. The Beacon Program will support these communities to build and strengthen their health information technology (health IT) infrastructure and exchange capabilities to improve care coordination, increase the quality of care, and slow the growth of health care spending.
Behavioral and Social Science Research on Understanding and Reducing Health Disparities (R01)
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
Berwick: Don't Blame Medicare, Medicaid. It's The Delivery System
Best Practices for Mixed Methods Research in the Health Sciences
Best Practices Series - CDC's Best Practices User Guide: Coalitions-State and Community Interventions focuses on the critical role coalitions play in a comprehensive tobacco control program. According to Best Practices, communities need to work toward transforming the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of users and nonusers by changing the way tobacco is promoted, sold, and used.
Better health care at lower costs
Biomedical and Behavioral Research Innovations to Ensure Equity (BRITE) in Maternal and Child Health (R15)
Black heart attack patients wait longer for advanced treatment, University of Michigan study shows
Blog by the HTAi Interest Sub-Group on Conditional Coverage/Access with Evidence Development. - The blog provides a simple platform for following recent news and sharing information on CED, AED and related forms of conditional coverage and managed entry.
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association Technology Evaluation Center - Recognized for its leadership in evidence-based healthcare technology assessment. Its mission is to provide healthcare decision makers with timely, objective and scientifically rigorous assessments that synthesize the available evidence on the diagnosis, treatment, management and prevention of disease.
BMC Health Services Research - Open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of health services research.
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making - An open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in relation to the design, development, implementation, use, and evaluation of health information technologies and decision-making within the healthcare setting.
Boards of Trustees for Medicare Annual Reports - The Medicare Program is the second-largest social insurance program in the U.S., with 47.5 million beneficiaries and total expenditures of $523 billion in 2010. The Boards of Trustees for Medicare (also Boards) report annually to the Congress on the financial operations and actuarial status of the program.
Breaking New Ground: Forming Research Collaboratives to Conduct Improvement Studies, OCT 26, 2010 - Presenters will discuss: Frontline engagement in quality improvement and preventing medication errors.
Breast Cancer Patients More Satisfied When Specialists Share Care Management
Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium (BCSC): Data & Statistics - Provides information on the variables of major interest to the BCSC, such as demographic data and health history of women who come to participating radiology facilities for mammograms. Also provided are statistics that provide an overview of the data collected.
Briefing on National Survey of Consumers and Health IT - The California HealthCare Foundation hosted a briefing at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. to release the findings from a study on Americans' attitudes and experiences with health information technology. The findings document specific health benefits reported by people who have been using personal health records.
Briefing on State Medicaid Programs, the Recession and Health Reform - Panelists at this briefing examined the challenges facing states as they continue to struggle with the lingering impacts of the recession and begin preparing to implement health reform.
Brookings Institution - Nonprofit public policy organization that conducts independent research and provides recommendations.
Brookings Institution - Health - As noted on its website, With ongoing legal and political challenges to the sweeping health care reform legislation passed in 2010, the United States continues to struggle with the critical task of reforming its health care system to increase quality, access and efficiency. Brookings' experts deliver new ideas and offer policy solutions to improve health care both at home and globally.
Building Health Reform's Research Arm - This is a January 9, 2012 interview with Dr. Anne Beal, the number two person at the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute.
Bureau of the Census (U.S.), Health Insurance - The Census Bureau collects health insurance data from two national surveys:(1) The Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC) to the Current Population Survey (CPS)and (2) Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP).
CAHPS® Hospital Survey (H-CAHPS) - Public-private initiative to develop standardized surveys of patients' experiences with ambulatory and facility-level care.
CalHealthReform - Site dedicated to informing policy-makers, the health care community, and the public about approaches to expanding public and private coverage.
California and Texas: Section 1115 Medicaid Demonstration Waivers Compared - This fact sheet compares and contrasts key provisions of the California and Texas Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration waivers. The Texas waiver, approved in December 2011, is modeled, in part, on the California waiver, which has been underway in that state since November 2010. Both waivers affect hundreds of thousands of Medicaid beneficiaries, involve billions of federal Medicaid matching funds, and are designed, in part, to promote changes in the health care delivery system that will result in better care for individuals, better population health, and reductions in costs through system improvements. They have a number of key similarities and differences as summarized in the side-by-side table within this fact sheet. These 5-year demonstrations are approved under section 1115 of the Social Security Act, which authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to waive certain federal Medicaid requirements to enable states to conduct demonstrations with federal Medicaid funds.
California Endowment Grant Application Guide - The California Endowment makes grants to organizations and institutions that directly benefit the health and well-being of Californians. Support is provided to nonprofit organizations with a valid tax exemption status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that are classified as a public charity and not as a "private foundation" under Section 509(a). If a proposal is from an unincorporated collaboration or community project, tax exemption verification and a letter of agreement signed by a lead applicant agency that is eligible for funding are required.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
California HealthCare Foundation Grants and RFPs - This resource is designed to assist applicants and grantees by providing guidelines, answers to frequently asked questions, and related forms.
California Office of Health Information and Research - Responsible for stewardship and distribution of vital statistics data (births, deaths, fetal deaths, marriage) and provides written reports and data tables analyzing these data.
Call for Abstracts - Evidence for Informing the Next Generation of Quality Improvement Initiatives: Models, Methods, Measures and Outcomes
Can Shared Decisionmaking Improve Health Care Delivery and Control Costs? Current Perspectives and Possible Policy Levers, September 21, 2011, 11:30 a.m. EST - This is a forum/webcast to discuss study designs and outcome measures that can be used to address different comparative effectiveness research questions effectively.
Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health - National body that provides Canada's federal, provincial and territorial health care decision makers with credible, impartial advice and evidence-based information about the effectiveness and efficiency of drugs and other health technologies. It was formerly known as the Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology Assessment (CCOHTA)
Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF) - The Foundation has brought researchers and decision makers together to create and apply knowledge to improve health services for Canadians. The Foundation is an independent, not-for-profit corporation, established with endowed funds from the federal government and its agencies, and incorporated under the Canada Corporations Act.
Canadian Health Services Research Foundation Events - Information on past and upcoming events.
Canadian Health Services Research Foundation Glossary - Definitions the CHSRF uses in its health services research work.
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Funding Overview - CIHR provides funding opportunities for four themes of health research including health systems services, social, cultural, environmental and population health.
Canadian Statistics - Summary tables are organized by Subject including Health, Population and Demography and Social Conditions.
Cancer Care Outcomes Research & Surveillance Consortium - Supports prospective cohort studies on 10,000 patients with newly diagnosed lung or colorectal cancers recruited in geographically diverse populations and health care systems.
Cancer Control & Population Sciences Funding Opportunities - Lists links to cancer control funding opportunities and NIH resources
Cancer Control & Population Sciences Research on Tailored Messages - Presents research on tailored health messages, including the Personally Relevant Information About Screening Mammography (PRISM) project and a bibliography.
Cancer Control and Population Sciences Web-based Reports - Lists links to cancer control and population sciences web-based reports and resources.
Cancer Control P.L.A.N.E.T. (Plan, Link, Act, Network with Evidence-based Tools) - This NCI web portal provides cancer control planners, program staff, and researchers with access to web-based resources.
Cancer Quality of Care Measures Project - In this project, NCI is collaborating with other agencies and organizations to identify evidence-based quality measures for diagnosing and treating certain major types of cancer
Cancer statistics - Provides cancer statistics on incidence and survival data from 14 population-based cancer registries and three supplemental registries covering approximately 26 percent of the US population.
Capacity for Applied and Developmental Research and Evaluation (CADRE) in Health Services and Nursing - Training and grant awards to develop increased capacity in applied health services and policy research
Capturing the real value of medical technology to society - The European Health Technology Institute for Socio-Economic Research (EHTI) has received a grant from the Institute for Health Technology Studies (InHealth) to provide evidence on the value of medical technology in improving health-related quality of life. Link to more information on this study.
CAQH (Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare) - Nonprofit alliance of health plans and trade associations. Seeks industry collaboration on initiatives that simplify healthcare administration and promotes quality interactions between plans, providers and other stakeholders.
Carotid Revascularization: Present Patterns of Use, What Will the Future Hold? (8/19/2010) - Upcoming AHRQ webcast.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) - Government-wide compendium of all federal programs, projects, services, and activities that provide assistance or benefits to the American public. Users can contact the office that administers a program for application instructions.
CDC Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Online Tools - The Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention has developed several online tools related to heart disease and stroke prevention data trends, policy, and training pieces for states.
CDC Health Disparities and Inequalities Report - United States, 2011 - Health disparities are differences in health outcomes between groups that reflect social inequalities. Despite progress over the past 20 years in reducing this problem, racial/ethnic, economic and other social disparities in health still exists and need to be addressed. This report is the first in a periodic series examining health disparities in the United States.
The CDC Public Health Law News - The CDC Public Health Law News is a monthly e-mail digest of current, worldwide news stories, court opinions, announcements and special features related to public health law and legislation. The News is free and available to anyone with an interest in public health law.
CDC Wonder - Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research. Access statistical research data published by CDC; Public-use data sets about deaths, cancer incidence, HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis, vaccinations, births, census data and many other topics are available for query.
CDC's Prevention Research Centers - The Prevention Research Centers work as an interdependent network of community, academic, and public health partners to conduct prevention research and promote the wide use of practices proven to promote good health.
CDC's Procurement and Grants Office - Information on grants and business opportunities with the CDC.
Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research - The Center seeks to improve the health of individuals, families, and populations by understanding the problems, issues and alternatives in the design and delivery of health care services. This is accomplished through an interdisciplinary program of research, consultation, technical assistance and training that focuses on timely and policy-relevant questions concerning the accessibility, adequacy, organization, cost and effectiveness of health care services and the dissemination of this information to policy makers and the general public.
Center for Advancing Health - CFAH conducts research, communicates findings and advocates for policies that support everyone's ability to benefit from advances in health science.
Center for Comparative Effectiveness in Genomic Medicine (CEGeM) - Coordinated, multidisciplinary center is the generation and synthesis of evidence to support the translation of genomic tools/markers into improvements in cancer prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment and survivorship.
Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc., Meetings - Upcoming meetings and events.
Center for Health Education Dissemination and Implementation Research (CHEDIR) - CHEDIR's mission is to conduct research on the production and dissemination of applicable concepts and practical tools for the integration of health care research and practice. To serve as a collaborative learning laboratory and a resource to stimulate, support, and evaluate high-priority translational research.
Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion - An HSR&D Center of Excellence whose mission is to reduce disparities and promote equity in health and health care among vulnerable groups of veterans and other populations.
Center for Health Quality, Outcomes, & Economic Research (CHQOER) - The Center's three research priority areas are: patient-centered care, medication effectiveness, and patient safety. Across these domains, researchers develop innovative methodologies and models of care to provide the most effective, efficient and appropriate care to our nation's veterans.
Center for Healthcare Strategies, Inc. - This is a non-profit health policy resource center dedicated to improving health care quality for low-income children, adults, people with chronic illnesses and disabilities, frail elders and racially and ethnically diverse populations experiencing disparities in care.
Center for Medical Technology Policy (CMTP) - Private, non-profit organization that provides a neutral forum in which patients, clinicians, payers, manufacturers and researchers can work together to design and implement prospective, real world studies to inform health care decisions.
Center for Medical Technology Policy (CMTP) Papers and Issue Briefs - These papers cover a range of topics, from comparative effectiveness methodologies to how clinical results may be used for evidence-based decision making.
Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation - Established by the Affordable Care Act, the Center for Innovation is a new engine for revitalizing and sustaining Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) as well as for improving the health care system for all Americans. The Innovation Center tests innovative care and payment models and encourages widespread adoption of practices that deliver better health care at lower costs.
Center for Mental Health Services Research Listserv - Electronic listserv of the Center. The mission of the Center for Mental Health Services Research is to be an internationally recognized academic center that conducts research on the nature, structure, effectiveness, and regulation of services for individuals with mental health conditions, and develops and disseminates knowledge to improve the lives of these individuals, their families, and other community members.
Center for Public Health Systems and Services Research - Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, these grants encourage young investigators, including junior faculty and dissertation candidates, to submit proposals for an award of $10,000 to conduct research using PHSSR datasets from NLM's Health Services Research Resources (HSRR). New funding opportunities will become available in 2011.
Center for Public Health Systems and Services Research Discussion Board - The CPHSSR discussion board features discussions on various topics for each of the partners: CPHSSR, PBRN, and PHF.
Center for Public Health Systems and Services Research Discussion Twitter Feed - The CPHSSR's Twitter feed.
Center for Public Health Systems and Services Research Discussion YouTube Channel - The CPHSSR's YouTube channel.
The Center for Social Gerontology, Inc. - A non-profit research, training and social policy organization dedicated to promoting the individual autonomy of older persons and advancing their well-being in society. TCSG has pursued this goal through a wide variety of projects, including serving since 1985 as an Administration on Aging-funded National Support Center in Law & Aging.
Center for Studying Health System Change - The CTS includes periodic national surveys of households and physicians. For the first four rounds, the survey samples were concentrated in 60 communities that were randomly selected to provide a representative profile of change across the U.S. Among these communities, are 48 "large" metropolitan areas (with populations greater than 200,000), from which 12 communities were randomly selected to be studied in depth. Those 12 communities have larger survey samples and also comprise the communities used for the site visits. The latest rounds of the physician and household surveys, which are currently underway, are nationally representative but will not support community-level analyses.
Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) - A nonpartisan policy research organization located in Washington, D.C. HSC designs and conducts studies focused on the U.S. health care system to inform the thinking and decisions of policy makers in government and private industry.
Center for Studying Health System Change Conferences - Information on upcoming conferences.
Center of Excellence in Public Health Workforce Research and Policy - Based at the University of Kentucky, College of Public Health, the COEWRP is funded through a partnership between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Public Health Foundation to address the dearth of organized, interdiscipinary research about the characteristics and functions of the nation's public health workforce and the ability to develop cohesive policy and to fully understand the effect of that workforce on the public health system and population health.
Center of Excellence in Public Health Workforce Studies - The Office of Public Health Practice established a Center of Excellence in Public Health Workforce Studies in 2009 to conduct research on public health workforce capacity. Based at the Univeristy of Michigan, School of Public Health, funding support is provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through a cooperative agreement with the Public Health Foundation.
Center on Health Care Effectiveness - Resource for policymakers, the public, and other stakeholders, offering broad-based expertise to provide objective evidence to inform today's difficult health care decisions. Link to reports, publications, webinars.
Center on Health Disparities - The Center on Health Disparities was created to raise community awareness about local health disparities, improve capacity to deliver population-based care, and develop solutions to eliminate local disparities in health care.
Centers for Comparative and Health Systems Effectiveness - Developed to facilitate multidisciplinary, high impact comparative and systems effectiveness research and implementation. The CHASE Alliance consists of UW researchers and community partners interested in comparative effectiveness research, health disparities, health system evaluation, technology assessment, patient-centered outcomes, economic evaluation, and dissemination and translation.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - The Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) is one of the operating components of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. CDC's mission is to promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Conferences and Events - Highlights CDC conferences and events.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Implementation Science - For the next phase of PEPFAR (President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief), increased attention will be given to evaluating the effectiveness and impact of PEPFAR programs; comparing evidence-based program models in complex health, social and economic contexts; and addressing operational questions related to program implementation within existing and developing health systems infrastructures.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Calendar - Upcoming events and conferences.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) Grant Opportunities - This website provides access to CMS Research & Demonstration grants, for example, the Hispanic Health Services Research grant program and the Historically Black Colleges and Universities grant.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. CMS is the federal agency which administers Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program. Provides information for health professionals, regional governments, and consumers.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Calendar of Events - Provides information about upcoming and past CMS events.
Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine - Aims to develop, teach and promote evidence-based health care and provide support and resources to doctors and health care professionals to help maintain the highest standards of medicine.
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination - Part of the National Institute for Health Research, CRD undertakes high quality systematic reviews that evaluate the effects of health and social care interventions and the delivery and organisation of health care.
CER Daily Newsfeed - Daily newsletter providing the latest CER news.
CER Database - Compiles comparative studies funded by NIH and AHRQ. The majority of these reviews are funded through the $1.1 billion in CER funding allocated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The database is accessible from the NPAF's website.
CER Evidence Summit - April 3-4 2012, Washington, DC - ExL Pharma's CER Evidence Summit: Counteracting the Impact of Generating Comparative Effectiveness Research Winners & Losers conference seeks to assist participants in developing a clear understanding of the role CER plays in both drug development and post-approval processes, as well as discovering new strategies in communicating CER evidence for life cycle management.
CER Inventory - Database intended to provide an inventory of comparative effectiveness research projects currently being funded by agencies within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), with the $1.1 billion dollars for comparative effectiveness research allocated in the 2009 stimulus legislation and projects being funded by the Effective Health Care Program at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
CER Newsfeed - Produced by the National Pharmaceutical Council, CER Newsfeed provides daily updates and information on CER.
CER Resources - This website provides access to CER datasets, CER presentations, and CER-related links.
Child and Adolescent Health - Tools, resources, and research findings.
Child Health Evaluation and Research Unit (CHEAR) - Research conducted by the CHEAR Unit provides information to improve the delivery of child health care and enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of public and private health care programs.
Child Health Insurance Research Initiative (CHIRI™) - CHIRI™ studies seek to uncover which health insurance and delivery features work best for low-income children, particularly minority children and those with special health care needs. Seven of the nine projects focus exclusively on or have separate analyses of children with special health care needs, and five explore disparities between minority and non-minority children.
Child Health Services Program at Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research - This program sponsors research and evaluation to assure that the health services available to children and women in their childbearing years are accessible, affordable, comprehensive, coordinated, community-based, culturally competent, and family-centered.
Child Health Services Research Discussion Board - The Child Health Services Research Interest Group provides a forum for researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and trainees to interact on health issues related to children. The Group provides opportunities to disseminate results, inform policy and clinical decision-making, build researchers' skills, and create networking opportunities for those interested in child health services.
Child Health Services Research Meeting Abstracts - Links to past meeting abstracts and poster presentations of the annual Child Health Services Research one-day meeting co-sponsored by AcademyHealth and AHRQ.
Child Health Services Research Speaker Series - AHRQ has sponsored a series of presentations on child health research issues since September 1999.
Child Trends - Nonprofit, nonpartisan research center that studies children at all stages of development and provides research, data, and analysis to the people and institutions whose decisions and actions affect children, including program providers, the policy community, researchers and educators, and the media.
Children of Immigrants Data Tool - Interactive tool designed to generate charts and tables with indicators on children, age 0 to 17, for the United States and for the 50 states and the District of Columbia using data from the American Community Survey.
The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act: Progress After One Year - This issue of States in Action looks at progress in implementing these provisions and further opportunities for states a year after CHIPRA's enactment.
ChildStats.gov
CHIRr: Consumer Health Informatics Research Resource
Chronic Conditions Account For Rise In Medicare Spending From 1987 To 2006 - This study finds Health Care Reform must reflect changing health needs. The study notes that Medicare beneficiaries increasingly receive services for chronic conditions, including mental health conditions, rather than intensive inpatient services, such as episodic onsets of heart disease.
Citywide study shows racial disparities in emergency stroke treatment
Clinical & Translational Science Awards - The Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSAs) program creates a definable academic home for clinical and translational research. CTSA institutions work to transform the local, regional, and national environment to increase the efficiency and speed of clinical and translational research across the country. In 2011, the CTSA Consortium reached its expected size of 60 medical research institutions located throughout the nation; linking them together to energize the discipline of clinical and translational science. The CTSA Consortium is funded by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Clinical & Translational Science Large Dataset Inventory - Inventory of datasets searchable by domain, population, unit of observation, publisher, time frame, and study design.
Clinical Practice Guidelines - Links to clinical practice guidelines.
Clinical Practice Guidelines We Can Trust - Eight standards are promoted in this report, including recommendations for establishing transparency in the practice, managing conflict of interest, external review, and group composition development.
Clinical/Research Electives Program: Health Services Research - This elective is intended for students who are interested in population-level health services research and disability-related public health issues. Previous coursework in research methods is helpful, but not required. Selection is based upon evidence of motivation to explore a breadth of topics included in health services research and appreciate potential policy implications. Applicants must possess good standing in medical school.
ClinicalTrials.gov - Registry of federally and privately supported clinical trials conducted in the United States and around the world.
Closing the Disparities Gap in Healthcare Quality With Performance Measurement and Public Reporting - This Issue Brief highlights the challenges the healthcare system faces as a result of disparities in care and summarizes initiatives at the national, regional, and local levels.
CMA Infobase - Clinical practice guidelines produced or endorsed in Canada.
CMS 202 Comparative Effectiveness Research workshop scheduled for April 2011 - This workshop will familiarize attendees with the definition and principles of Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER), and how to conduct CER using quasi-experimental study designs in Medicare claims data.
CMS Announces Health Care Innovation Awards
CMS Chart Series
CMS Glossary - This searchable glossary explains terms found on the cms.hhs.gov Web site.
CMS Health Literacy Toolkit - Provides a detailed and comprehensive set of tools to help make written material in printed formats easier for people to read, understand, and use.
CMS Office of Legislation - The CMS Office of Legislation serves as a liaison and resource for the U.S. Congress to explain the polices, payment systems, and operations of the Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). The Office of Legislation responds to inquiries from Members of Congress and Congressional Committees.
CMS Office of the Actuary Health Reform Report - The report notes that 34 million uninsured people will gain coverage under the law, but that 23 million people, including 5 million illegal immigrants, will still be uninsured in 2019.
CMS Research Data Assistance Center (ResDAC) - Provides free assistance and training to academic and non-profit researchers interested in using CMS data for research.
CMS Research, Statistics, Data & Systems - This site provides access to CMS computer data and systems; research studies and reports; statistics, series, and trends; and files for order.
CMS Solicitation for Public Comment on CED in Medicare
CMS: Join Pilot, Meet Meaningful Use Quality Reporting Criteria
CMTP's Past Presentations - Links to various presentations on CER by CMTP staff.
Coalition for Health Services Research - Advocacy arm of AcademyHealth and is supported by portions of AcademyHealth members' dues. Its mission is to build and advance the field of health services research.
Cochrane Collaboration - Improving healthcare decision-making globally, through systematic reviews of the effects of healthcare interventions.
Cochrane Collaboration Podcasts - Download podcasts on evidence-based healthcare.
The Cochrane Collaboration Top 50 Reviews - Cochrane Reviews are published in The Cochrane Library - an online collection of databases that brings together in one place rigorous and up-to-date research on the effectiveness of healthcare treatments and interventions, as well as methodology and diagnostic tests.
Colorado Department of Health: Health Data - Data from many programs within the State Health Department can be accessed at this site.
Colorado Trust - The Trust issues requests for proposals (RFP) and welcomes responses from nonprofit organizations and governmental entities across Colorado.
Commonwealth Fund - Established in 1918 with the broad charge to enhance the common good, the mission of The Commonwealth Fund is to promote a high performing health care system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society's most vulnerable, including low-income people, the uninsured, minority Americans, young children, and elderly adults. This site provides access to data, surveys and numerous publications.
Commonwealth Fund - Implementation Science - Commonwealth has supported articles and conferences on implementation science.
Commonwealth Fund - Long-Term Care - Established in 1918 with the broad charge to enhance the common good, the mission of The Commonwealth Fund is to promote a high performing health care system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society's most vulnerable, including low-income people, the uninsured, minority Americans, young children, and elderly adults. This site provides access to data, surveys and numerous publications.
Commonwealth Fund - Quality - Links to publications, surveys, and other resources on health care quality.
The Commonwealth Fund Blog - Health policy blog from Commonwealth.
Commonwealth Fund E-mail Alerts - Sign up and manage e-alert subscriptions, publicly comment on select publications and other Web content, and save content to a personal library for easy reference.
Commonwealth Fund Health Care Disparities - The goals of the program are to improve the overall quality of health care delivered to low-income and minority Americans, and to eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities. The program builds on efforts to improve quality of care overall in the United States, focusing on safety-net hospitals and ambulatory care providers serving large numbers of low-income and minority patients.
The Commonwealth Fund Health Care Reform Resources - Links to various multi-media formats featuring information on health care reform.
Commonwealth Fund Information for Grant Seekers - The Fund supports independent research on health and social issues and makes grants to improve health care practice and policy. We are dedicated to helping people become more informed about their health care and improving care for vulnerable populations such as children, the elderly, low-income families, minorities, and the uninsured.
The Commonwealth Fund's 2009 International Symposium on Health Care Policy - Highlights of the ministers' roundtable from The Commonwealth Fund's 2009 International Symposium on Health Care Policy, "Top Priorities for Achieving a High Performance Health Care System." Participants included Carolyn Clancy, M.D., director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Andy Burnham MP, Secretary of State for Health, England; Thomas Björn Zeltner, M.D., former Secretary of State for Health, Switzerland; Abraham (Ab) Klink, Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport, The Netherlands; Dr. Jonathan Coleman, Associate Minister of Health, New Zealand; Karin Johansson, State Secretary for Health, Sweden; Lord Ara Darzi, KBE, M.D., Former Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, England.
The Communication Toolkit: Using Information to Get High Quality Care - Contains customizable materials to support consumers in identifying, understanding, and using health care information and evidence.
Community Benefit: Moving Forward with Evidence-Based Policy and PracticeProceedings of a National Conference (Fall 2009) - Published by Saint Louis University and Missouri Foundation for Health, this report describes the results of a June 27, 2009, preconference to the Annual Research Meeting of Academy Health.
The Community Guide (Guide to Community Preventive Services) - Free resource to help choose programs and policies to improve health and prevent disease in communities.
Community Health Data Initiative - The Community Health Data Initiative is a collaborative effort among government and non-government partners to establish a network of suppliers and demanders of community health data, indicators, and interventions. Its purpose is to help Americans understand health and health care system performance in their communities, thereby sparking and facilitating action to improve performance and value.
Community Health Indicators for the Washington Metropolitan Region - Report highlights some health problems in the Washington area and indicates that health can differ quite dramatically depending upon where one lives in the region. Race and ethnicity, education and income, family history and early life experience, even the neighborhoods and homes in which people live are important factors in determining health. These factors are collectively referred to as the social determinants of health.
Community Health Status Indicators (CHSI) - County-specific data and reports on health status indicators. States and counties can use the indicators to check county health status, compare one's county to peers and the U.S., and characterize the overall health of the county and its citizens to support health planning.
Community Tool Box - The Community Tool Box is a global resource for free information on essential skills for building healthy communities. Its goal is to promote community health and development by connecting people, ideas and resources
Community Tool to Align Measurement - NQF's Community Tool to Align Measurement (Alignment Tool), developed in collaboration with the 16 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) community alliances, supports decisions to align measurement and public reporting. The Alignment Tool is a snapshot in time (as of February 2012) of the measures in use by the 16 AF4Q Alliances.
Community Tracking Study Physician Survey - The Community Tracking Study (CTS) Physician Survey was conducted in 1996-97, 1998-99, 2000-01 and 2004-05. Each of the first three surveys included responses from approximately 12,000 physicians; the fourth included more than 6,600 physicians. Data collection was focused primarily on physicians practicing in 60 randomly selected U.S. communities, allowing analyses to be conducted at both the national and community level. The CTS Physician Surveys were conducted by telephone by The Gallup Organization. Many of the same questions were asked during each round of the CTS Physician Survey, allowing researchers to track changes over time. In 2008, the CTS Physician Survey was replaced by the HSC Health Tracking Physician Survey, which included information from more than 4,700 physicians.
Community-Based Participatory Research at NIMH (R21)
Comparative Effectiveness and Personalized Medicine: An Essential Interface - Conference Blog - Post conference blog to the October 19-20, 2010, CER conference. Panelists participated in the blog for one week after the conference.
Comparative Effectiveness and Personalized Medicine: An Essential Interface - Videocast of Day One (10/19/2010) - A national conference on the status of comparative effectiveness research and its use in policy and practice.
Comparative Effectiveness and Personalized Medicine: An Essential Interface - Videocast of Day Two (10/20/2010) - Videocast of day two of a national conference on the status of comparative effectiveness research and its use in policy and practice.
Comparative Effectiveness News - Quarterly newsletter produced by the AHRQ Effective Health Care Program, covering the Program's recent activities and new research findings.
Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) Funded by ARRA in FY 2009 - Map and table show the number of grants funded and the total dollars awarded for research by state, territory, or district.
Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) Survey Course - This course will discuss the process, concepts and value of CER.
Comparative Effectiveness Research and Payers - During the recent Drug Information Association Annual Meeting, the National Pharmaceutical Council caught up with several health care experts to ask their thoughts on how payers are using comparative effectiveness research (CER). Visitors can view video interviews from this link.
Comparative Effectiveness Research and the Environment for Health Care Decision Making: A 2012 Survey of Health Care Stakeholders - NPC conducted a baseline survey (2010-2011) on a series of issues that describe elements of the changing decision-making environment. In 2011-2012, they re-surveyed stakeholders to assess changes in perceptions.
Comparative Effectiveness Research Funding - Information on ARRA, links to listening sessions on public comment on CER, and links to research plans from NIH, AHRQ, and the Office of the Secretary.
Comparative Effectiveness Research Glossary of Terms - Glossary of terms used in comparative effectiveness research.
Comparative Effectiveness Research Grant and ARRA Awards - These grants are funded by AHRQ as part of its comparative effectiveness portfolio.
Comparative Effectiveness Research Key Function Committee - Builds the field of CER by creating a learning community across CTSA institutions, spurring methods development, expanding training/education, promoting community/public engagement, and application of CER findings.
Comparative Effectiveness Research Online Training Center - These resources were developed with funding from the National Institutes of Health to provide training in Comparative Effectiveness Research methodology and application. While the IOM Priority Area for this program was Birth Outcomes, the modules were created to addresses CER methods and application more generally. There are 16 modules.
Comparative Effectiveness Research Public Use Data Pilot Project - Chronic Conditions - As part of the Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) Public Use Data Pilot Project, IMPAQ completed the CMS 2008 Chronic Conditions Public Use File (PUF). This PUF is an aggregated file in which each record is a profile or cell defined by the characteristics of Medicare beneficiaries. A profile is defined by all combinations of age category, gender, various chronic conditions, and dual-eligibility status of the beneficiaries. For each profile many claim related variables are provided in the form of averages.
Comparative Effectiveness Research Webinar - Join Winifred S. Hayes, MS, PhD, RN, President and CEO of Hayes, Inc. as she moderates a timely discussion on Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER).
Comparative Effectiveness Research: Methods and Applications, May 11-12, 2011 - The conference is being sponsored by The North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute, the UNC-GSK Center of Excellence in Pharmacoepidemiology and Public Health, and the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research. The conference's theme will be "Comparative Effectiveness Research: Methods and Applications."
Comparative Effectiveness Resource Center - Educational site with access to resources ranging from national policy conference recordings to perspectives from leading experts, as well as links to position statements by stakeholder groups.
Comparing Health Care Quality: A National Directory - This website provides access to publicly available, free reports with information about the process of delivering care, actual outcome for patients, what patients said in surveys about their experience with physicians or hospitals, and/or cost.
Compendium of Health Services Research to Inform Health Reform - AcademyHealth developed this compendium of ongoing or recently-completed health services research that has been funded by federal agencies and national foundations as a resource to inform health reform activities over the next few years.
Competency Assessments for Public Health Professionals
Complementary Medicine Used More by Health Care Workers
Complicating Tears during Coronary Angioplasty: Where are they Most Prevalent and how do They Affect Patient Outcomes? Read more: Complicating Tears during Coronary Angioplasty: Where are they Most Prevalent and how do They Affect Patient Outcomes?
Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource (CEDR) - CEDR is a public-use repository of data from occupational and environmental health studies of workers at DOE facilities and nearby community residents.
Comprehensive Meta-Analysis Software - Created with NIH funds and developed by experts in the United Stated and the United Kingdom.
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) - CBO provides budgetary and economic information in a variety of ways and at various points in the legislative process.
Congressional Budget Office Director's Blog - Since its founding in 1974, the Congressional Budget Office has produced independent, nonpartisan, timely analysis of economic and budgetary issues to support the Congressional budget process. The agency's long tradition of nonpartisanship is evident in each of the dozens of reports and hundreds of cost estimates its economists and policy analysts produce each year.
Connecticut Department of Public Health Statistics & Research - Access a variety of data (i.e., disparities, health statistics, population statistics) at this site.
Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine - Mission is to help transform medicine and healthcare through rigorous scientific studies, new models of clinical care, and innovative educational programs that integrate biomedicine, the complexity of human beings, the intrinsic nature of healing and the rich diversity of therapeutic systems. Conducts health services research.
Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine Events - Links to calendar of events.
Consumer Voices for Coverage: Fostering Advocacy Infrastructures - Mathematica Policy Research evaluated Consumer Voices for Coverage, a grant program established by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, supporting coalitions of consumer advocacy organizations in 12 states. The evaluation looked at the program's effects over a three-year grant period.
Controlling Health Insurance Premiums: Perspectives from the States, the Federal Government and Industry - The Affordable Care Act creates a process for states and the Department of Health and Human Services to review "unreasonable" premium increases and provide information to consumers about the process. The rules governing this rate review process went into effect September 1, 2011. This briefing by the Kaiser Family Foundation, held on September 22, 2011, addressed how these new rules might work and what the implications may be for the growth in health insurance premiums and the underlying cost of health care.
Core Health Policy Library Recommendations, 2011 - This list focuses on core (essential/indispensible) health policy materials-books (print and e-books), journals (print and online), bibliographic databases, and select electronic resources such as alerts, blogs, newsletters, and Websites.
County Health Rankings & Roadmaps - Provides county-by-county health rankings in each of the 50 states, explanations of each health factor, and actionable strategies to improve the health of communities across the nation.
Current OBSSR Funding Opportunities
Current RFAs
Cyber Seminars - Cyber seminars provide state-of-the-art training and special interest sessions as live Web conferences and as on demand archived presentations.
Daily HealthBeat Tip Podcasts - Link to various HealthBeat podcasts, many of which are HSR-related.
Data Briefs - Data Briefs are statistical publications that provide information about current public health topics in a straightforward format. Each report takes a complex data subject and summarizes it into text and graphics that provide readers with easily comprehensible information in a compact publication.
Data Harmonization Advisory Committee - Consists of members from the PHSSR community including: National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO), Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH), local, state and federal systems researchers and academic institutions. Its main goal is to review the primary data survey instruments used by NACCHO, ASTHO and NALBOH to collect program activity data, governance and population data of local & state governing bodies of health throughout the nation.
Data Methods Toolkit - Provides information on qualitative methods which are most often used in implementation research and quantitative methods most often used in impact evaluation
Data Resource Center for Children and Adolescent Health Glossary of Terms - Glossary of terms.
A Data Resource for Analyzing Blood and Marrow Transplants (Limited Competition U24)
Data Sets: Open Government at HHS
Database of HSR&D Citations - Updated monthly, this searchable database contains citations from journals, meetings, conferences, and reports that are credited to VA HSR&D researchers.
Database of Promoting Health Effectiveness Reviews (DoPHER) - Focused coverage of systematic and non-systematic reviews of effectiveness in health promotion and public health worldwide. This register currently contains details of over 2,500 reviews of health promotion and public health effectiveness.
David and Lucile Packard Foundation - The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is a private foundation located in California that invests in and takes smart risks with innovative people and organizations to improve the lives of children, enable the creative pursuit of science, advance reproductive health, and conserve and restore earth's natural systems.
DEcIDE (Developing Evidence to Inform Decisions about Effectiveness) Network - Collection of research centers that conduct studies on the outcomes, effectiveness, safety, and usefulness of medical treatments and services.
Decrease in observed rate of TB at a time of economic recession
Delaware Health Information and Statistics - Access statistics and demographics.
Department of Defense (DOD) - The DOD funds health services research studies, e.g., impact of discrimination on medical care and quality of life for breast cancer survivors; quality of care indicators for early-stage prostate cancer.
Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) - DHSS is the government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services.
Department of Veterans Affairs HSR&D Funding Opportunities - This page provides information on Veterans Administration HSR&D funding programs and research solicitations.
Department of Veterans Affairs/Health Services Research and Development Services (HSR&D) - Highlights HSR&D's upcoming and past meetings.
Developing a Distributed Research Network to Conduct Population-based Studies and Safety Surveillance - Addresses the design specifications, such as technical design, key infrastructure components, and organizational structure, for a scalable, distributed health information network and research cooperative required for supporting large-scale, population-based studies.
Developing a Plan to Evaluate Delivery of Health Care Treatments and Services for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)
Directory of Health Organizations - This link provides access to a database containing location and descriptive information about a wide variety of information resources including organizations, research resources, projects, and databases concerned with health and biomedicine. Each record may contain information on the publications, holdings, and services provided.
Directory of Implementation Science Training Programs (March, 2011) - This training directory lists fellowships, short-term training programs and other resources for training in the field of dissemination and implementation science (and related fields such as Knowledge Translation, etc.).
Directory of Training Programs in Health Services Research and Health Policy - A searchable database of information about U.S. and international post-baccalaureate certificate, master's, doctoral, and postdoctoral programs in the fields of health services research and health policy
Disparities in Mental Health Services Research - This program plans, stimulates, disseminates, and supports research on the complex factors that influence disparities in mental health services, particularly across special population groups such as racial and ethnic groups, as well as women and children, and persons living in rural and frontier areas.
Dissemination & Implementation Measurement Compendium - This white paper provides researchers with a synthesis of validated measurement tools designed to assess D&I-related constructs.
Dissemination and Implementation Science Data Sources - This website provides access to related data sources and tools, compiled by CHEDIR.
Dissemination and Implementation Science Glossary - This is a glossary of dissemination and implementation science terms.
District of Columbia's Department of Health - The Mission of the Department of Health is to promote and protect the health, safety and quality of life of residents, visitors and those doing business in the District of Columbia.
Diversitydata.org - Diversitydata.org allows visitors to explore how metropolitan areas throughout the U.S. perform on a diverse range of social measures that comprise a well-rounded life experience. The site provides access to socioeconomic indicators for metropolitan areas in the form of tables, thematic maps, and customizable reports.
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP) - Mission is to protect patients and healthcare personnel and promote safety, quality, and value in the healthcare delivery system by providing national leadership.
Division of Public Health of The New York Academy of Medicine
Doctors, Nurses Often Use Holistic Medicine for Themselves
DOD Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs - Provides a brief description and key elements of all award mechanisms.
Drug Abuse Dissertation Research: Epidemiology, Prevention, Treatment, Services, and/or Women and Sex/Gender Differences (R36)
Drug Approvals and Databases - Links to various FDA databases, i.e., Adverse Event Reporting post-marketing safety surveillance program, Orange Book, Clinical Investigator Inspection List, Bioresearch Monitoring Information System, Dissolution Methods, etc.
Drug Effectiveness Review Project (DERP) - Collaboration of the Center for Evidence-based Policy and the Oregon Evidence-based Practice Center who have joined together to produce systematic, evidence-based reviews of the comparative effectiveness and safety of drugs in many widely used drug classes, and to apply the findings to inform public policy and related activities in local settings.
e-Source Online Resource for Behavioral and Social Sciences Research - Provides an easy means by which investigators can efficiently obtain answers to emerging methodological concerns.
e-Source: Behavioral and Social Science Research - This website provides access to 20 interactive chapters with authoritative answers to methodological questions on behavioral and social science research. With contributions from a team of international experts, this anthology provides the latest information on addressing emerging challenges in public health.
Early Releases - The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Early Release Program provides very timely estimates of key health and health-related indicators.
EBRI/Commonwealth Fund Consumerism in Health Care Survey - The first EBRI/Commonwealth Fund Consumerism in Health Care Survey was conducted to provide reliable national data on the growth of high deductible plans and their impact on the behavior and attitudes of health care consumers.
ECRI - An independent, nonprofit health services research agency that works to improve the quality, safety, and cost-effectiveness of patient care. Provides a wide range of services dealing with healthcare technology, including research, evaluation, assessment, publications, and databases. Other areas of interest include: healthcare risk and quality management, and healthcare environmental management.
ECRI Events - Education and events.
ECRI Institute - Nonprofit technology assessment organization.
ECRI Institute - Horizon Scanning - ECRI was awarded a multi-year AHRQ contract (Nov. 2010) to establish the first national Healthcare Horizon Scanning System. The goal of horizon scanning is to provide a comprehensive, systematic, transparent process for identifying, tracking, and monitoring new healthcare technologies, including drugs, medical devices, procedures, services, and care delivery innovations that could signal important changes in patient care, health outcomes, or the healthcare system.
ECRI Institute's 15th Annual Conference Report: Key Questions and Issues - On October 17 and 18, 2007, ECRI Institute's 15th Annual Conference: Comparative Effectiveness of Health Interventions: Strategies to Change Policy and Practice brought together more than 200 representatives from state and federal government agencies, device manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, provider organizations, health plans and insurers for a dialogue with 30 of the nation's leading health policy experts and stakeholders.
ECRI Institute's Patient-Centeredness in Policy and Practice: A conference on evidence, programs, and implications, November 29-30, 2011, Silver Spring, MD - ECRI Institute's 18th Annual Conference, Patient-Centeredness in Policy and Practice: A conference on evidence, programs, and implications, was planned and co-organized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; in cooperation with the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Health Affairs, Foundation for Informed Medical Decision-Making, Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy, American Board of Internal Medicine, Milbank Memorial Fund, and the Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania. Access presentations and notes from this link.
Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) - Online digital library of education research and information. Information on health services research can be found via this resource.
The Effect of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination/Bias on Health Care Delivery
Effective Health Care Program's CME/CE Activities - Link to AHRQ's Training Modules for the Systematic Reviews Methods Guide as well as specific CME/CE activities on various health conditions and methods areas.
Effective Healthcare Program - Funds individual researchers, research centers, and academic organizations to work together with AHRQ to produce effectiveness and comparative effectiveness research for clinicians, consumers, and policymakers.
Effectiveness of Treatment for Oral Diseases in Medically Compromised Patients (R01)
Eisenberg Center Conference Series 2010: The Prospect for Web 2.0 Technologies for Engagement, Communication and Dissemination in the Era of Patient-Centered Outcomes Research - This conference took place on September 14, 2010, in Gaithersburg, MD. The conference explored the key tasks of the Effective Health Care (EHC) Program and proposed Web 2.0 solutions that can enhance public interaction throughout the research process, expand the dissemination of EHC Program products, increase the use of EHC Program materials at the point of care, and boost the comprehension and use of evidence among vulnerable and disparate populations.
Elderly Healthcare - This site provices access to comparative effectiveness reviews, evidence reports, and Medical Expenditure Panel Surveys (MEPS)reports on elderly healthcare.
Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Programs - The Official Web Site for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Records. The Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs will provide incentive payments to eligible professionals, eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) as they adopt, implement, upgrade or demonstrate meaningful use of certified EHR technology.
Electronic Health Records: Selection Guidelines for Health Centers - Electronic Health Records: Selection Guidelines for Health Centers The Guidelines is a tool designed to help health centers evaluate electronic health record (EHR) products and develop requests for proposals (RFP) or requests for information (RFI).
Electronic Medical Record/Electronic Health Record Systems of Office-based Physicians: United States, 2009 and Preliminary 2010 State Estimates - Annual, nationally representative survey of patient visits that includes office-based physicians and collects information on the adoption and use of electronic medical records/electronic health records (EMRs/EHRs).
Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) - EPIC is a public interest research center in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging civil liberties issues and to protect privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional values.
eMeasure Implementation: Implications in Small Practice Settings - March 15, 2012, 12:30 - 2:00 p.m., EST - This free webinar, "eMeasure Implementation: Implications in Small Practice Settings," introduces NQF staff and eMeasure experts from the provider and implementer community.
Emergency Department Visitors and Visits - Who Used the ER in 2007? - Report released in May 2010. Key findings include Older adults (aged 75 and over), non-Hispanic black persons, poor persons, and persons with Medicaid coverage were more likely to have had at least one emergency department (ED) visit in a 12-month period than those in other age, race, income, and insurance groups.
Emergency Response Safety and Health Database - The Emergency Response Safety and Health Database (ERSH-DB) is an occupational safety and health database developed by NIOSH for the emergency response community. The ERSH-DB contains accurate and concise information on high-priority chemical, biological and radiological agents that could be encountered by personnel responding to a terrorist event.
Employer-based health insurance premiums have spiked unexpectedly,
Enabling Medication Management Through Health Information Technology (Health IT) - This report reviews the literature on the effects of health IT on medication management and synthesizes available evidence regarding the effectiveness and effects of health IT in all phases of medication management as well as reconciliation and education. Gaps are identified; recommendations are made.
Encyclopedia of Health Services Research - With more than 400 entries, this two volume reference book investigate the relationship between the factors of cost, quality, and access to healthcare and their impact upon medical outcomes such as death, disability, disease, discomfort, and dissatisfaction with care.
EPC Evidence Reports - AHRQ is developing scientific information for other agencies and organizations on which to base clinical guidelines, performance measures, and other quality improvement tools. Contractor institutions review all relevant scientific literature on assigned clinical care topics and produce evidence reports and technology assessments, conduct research on methodologies and the effectiveness of their implementation, and participate in technical assistance activities.
Equity-Oriented Toolkit for Health Technology Assessment (HTA) - The Equity -Oriented Toolkit is based on a needs-based model of HTA. It provides tools that explicitly consider health equity at the following steps of health technology assessment: Burden of illness, community effectiveness, economic evaluation, and knowledge translation and implementation.
Established Child Health Care Quality Measures - CAHPS®: Consumer Assessment of Health Plans - CAHPS®, formerly known as the Consumer Assessment of Health Plans, is a research-based survey measurement tool that is widely used for assessing access, communication, and other aspects of the experience of health care. The child questionnaires (Child Commercial and Child Medicaid) are administered to parents or guardians. There are several sets of supplemental questions on selected topics, including children with chronic conditions.
Etext on Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Information Resource - An online introduction to basic concepts in HTA and to key sources of information.
EUnetHTA (European Network for Health Technology Assessment) - Focusing on scientific cooperation in HTA in Europe, thirty four government appointed organisations from the EU Member States, Accession Countries and EEA work together to help developing reliable, timely, transparent and transferable information to contribute to HTAs in European countries. The EUnetHTA Joint Action builds on the achievements of a number of the previous European initiatives including the EUnetHTA Project (2006-2008) and the Pharmaceutical Forum (on relative effectiveness).
European Data Center for Work and Welfare(WOWE): Indicators & Statistics - Links to a listing of relevant European and international comparative data banks and their data/services on health and safety.
European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies - The European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies supports and promotes evidence-based health policy-making through comprehensive and rigorous analysis of the dynamics of health care systems in Europe.
Evidence Based Quality Improvement (EBQI): Can this approach be helpful in improving healthcare for women Veterans?m July 28, 2011, Noon, EST - This webinar will be presented by Dr Lisa Rubenstein, Professor of Medicine at VA Greater Los Angeles and UCLA, and a Senior Natural Scientist at RAND. She directs the VA Health Services Research & Development Center of Excellence for the Study Healthcare Provider Behavior, and is a practicing general internist and geriatrician.
Evidence Database on Aging Care (EDAC) - An online database to help scholars, policy analysts, and advocates stay on top of the latest research in aging care, including social services, and care coordination. The database is maintained by The Social Work leadership Academy at The New York Academy of Medicine.
Evidence Syntheses and Systematic Evidence Reviews - This series was formerly known as Systematic Evidence Reviews (SERs). These are comprehensive reviews of the scientific evidence on the effectiveness of particular clinical preventive services.
Evidence-Based Health Care Resources - Developed by the New York University Libraries, this page provides access to evidence-based health care resources and searching tools. Please note that not all of the resources can be accessed by those outside of the NYU system.
Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) Glossary - Glossary of EBM-related terminology.
Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) Tutorial - Intended for any health care practitioner or student who needs a basic introduction to the principles of Evidence-Based Medicine.
Evidence-Based Nursing Tutorial - This tutorial is designed to support both curriculum-based EBP instruction and the ongoing education of practicing professionals. The tutorial consists of five instructional modules: Introduction to Evidence-Based Nursing; structure of literature; research design; searching the literature; and evaluating the quality of research.
Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPCs) - Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPCs) are top-ranking institutions where research reviews for the AHRQ Effective Health Care Program are made. EPCs are housed at 15 of the nation's top medical schools, universities, or medical centers. Access research reviews, original research reports, and summary guides.
Evidence-Based Practice: An Interprofessional Tutorial - This tutorial is designed for students in healthcare fields, medical professionals, faculty, and anyone else interested in evidence-based practice.
Evidence-based Synthesis Program - The Evidence-based Synthesis Program (ESP) was established to provide timely and accurate syntheses of targeted health care topics of particular importance to VA managers and policy makers and to disseminate these reports broadly throughout VA. Access published reports as well as reports in progress.
Explaining Health Reform: What is Comparative Effectiveness Research? - October 2009 brief explaining CER.
Exploratory and Developmental Grant to Improve Health Care Quality through Health Information Technology (IT) (R21)
Exploratory/Developmental Grants Program for Basic Cancer Research in Cancer Health Disparities (R21)
Extramural Loan Repayment Program for Health Disparities Research (LRP-HDR): Program Specific Information
Families USA - A national nonprofit working for the consumer in national and state health policy debates.
Families USA Meetings - Upcoming meetings.
Families USA: Children's Health - Information and resourches on children's health collected by Families USA.
FastStats A-Z - The FastStats site provides quick access to statistics on topics of public health importance and is organized alphabetically. Links are provided to publications that include the statistics presented, to sources of more data, and to related web pages.
FDA Strategic Priorities 2011-2015 - The FDA regulates the entry of products (drugs, medical devices, etc.) into the marketplace. All such products must meet FDA's quality standards. This document outlines the goals and priority areas that will guide the FDA into 2015.
FDA's Sentinel Initiative - Launched in May 2008 by FDA, the Sentinel Initiative aims to develop and implement a proactive system that will complement existing systems that the Agency has in place to track reports of adverse events linked to the use of its regulated products.
Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research Report to the President and the Congress, June 30, 2009 - This report provides the strategic framework for comparative effectiveness research (4 pillars): Research, human & scientific capital for CER, data infrastructure, and dissemination and translation across 3 themes: Priority conditions, patient populations, and types of intervention.
Federal Economic Development Funding - Table of the urban-rural continuum and modified RUCA Codes for all counties in the United States.
Federal Employees Health Plan (FEHP) Disparity Index - An actuarial benchmark of health coverage for American Indians and Alaskan Natives that is equivalent to benefits in the Federal Employees Health Plan.
Federal Health Reform: State Legislative Tracking Database - This website enables one to search bills filed in response to the Affordable Care Act as well as 2011 and 2012 legislation by state, year, topic, keyword, status, and/or primary sponsor.
Federal Laws and Regulations - Maintained by NORC, this page provides access to federal and state laws/regulations relationed to aging issues. For example, the Older Americans Act and the Nursing Home Reform Law of 1987.
Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP)
The Federal Register - The Office of the Federal Register (OFR) provides access to the official text of federal laws, presidential documents, and to administrative regulations and notices.
Federal Register E-mail Updates - Link to sign up for daily table of contents from the Federal Register.
Federal Register: Health & Public Welfare Searches - This site links directly to searches related to health and public welfare, for example, health care reform, electronic health information technology, controlled substances, etc. Note that each day ederal agencies publish numerous documents (articles) in the Federal Register, including proposed rules, final rules, public notices, and Presidential actions.
FedStats - Provides links to Federal data access tools as well as statistics from more than 100 agencies.
Fellowship Opportunities - Fellowship programs in health and public policy.
Field of Health Policy Guide - This guide provides links to resources on various aspects of health policy.
Filling the Information Needs for Healthcare Reform: Expert Meeting Summary and Identification of Next Steps - To help meet the information needs of health care reform, and to inform our own work, AHRQ convened a small group of policymakers, researchers, and producers of health care data. The purpose of the meeting was to begin developing a strategy to optimize the availability of information and data for enactment and implementation of health care reform. This document provides a summary of the objectives and major conclusions from this meeting, as well as an update on early steps taken to date to put the strategy into effect.
Finding and Using Health Statistics: A Self-Study Course
Finding Funders - Provides grantseekers with several ways to find funders.
Finding What Works in Health Care: Standards for Systematic Reviews - This report addresses the myriad and often competing guidelines for clinical recommendations by offering what it said are 21 standards to ensure objective, transparent, and scientifically valid reviews.
FireceHealthIT - Leading source of Healthcare IT news with a special focus on CPOE, EMR adoption, HIPAA compliance and other critical areas.
First Annual CER Symposium: Responding to the National CER Agenda: Evolving Data Sources and Analytics - Held 6/15/2010, the focus of the symposium was the role that data will play in the implementation of CER projects. Speakers and panels covered the uses of new data sources in CER and ways to link claims data to outcomes; the limits of randomized clinical trials in CER; propensity scoring, selection bias, and decomposition analysis; and HIPAA constraints, privacy and confidentiality. Access agenda and presentations.
A First Look at the Volume and Cost of Comparative Effectiveness Research in the United States - This report provides an environmental scan of the volume and the range of cost of recent comparative effectiveness research.
First Tuesdays/Public Policy Events - Series of public policy events on a wide variety of current topics. Drawing from Institute researchers and area experts, these lunchtime discussions offer authoritative analysis and audience interaction on topics ranging from social services and politics to faith well-being. Audio-recordings of past events are accessible at this site.
Flex Monitoring Team - The Rural Health Research Centers at the Universities of Minnesota, North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and Southern Maine (the Flex Monitoring Team), are the recipients of a 5-year cooperative agreement award from the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy to continue to monitor and evaluate the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Grant Program (Flex Program). The monitoring project is assessing the impact of the Flex Program on Critical Access Hospitals and their communities and the role of states in achieving overall program objectives.
Florida HealthFinder - A web-based tool which allows easy access to comprehensive Florida health care information.
Fogarty International Center, NIH - The Fogarty International Center is investing in implementation science to help researchers determine the most effective way to implement known efficacious interventions in global health settings. This website provides links to resources on implementation science.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - Produces reports, presentations, etc., related to CER. Provides drug and medical device surveillance.
For the Public's Health: The Role of Measurement in Action and Accountability - To inform the public health community and all other sectors that contribute to population health, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation commissioned the IOM to examine three major topics that influence the health of the public-measurement, laws, and funding. In this, the first of three reports, the IOM reviews current approaches for measuring the health of individuals and communities and suggests changes in the processes, tools, and approaches used to gather information about health outcomes and their determinants.
For Your Health - University of Central Florida alumni Ayanna O'Connor and Karen van Caulil speak about their work conducting health services research and policy administration.
Foundation Center - The Center provides information for grantseekers, grantmakers, researchers, policymakers, the media, and the general public.
A Foundation for Evidence-Driven Practice A Rapid Learning System for Cancer Care - The IOM's National Cancer Policy Forum held a workshop October 5-6, 2009, to examine how to apply the concept of a "rapid learning health system" to the problem of cancer. This document summarizes the workshop.
Friends of Cancer Research Comparative Effectiveness Research Information - Links to meetings on CER, reports, briefings, and appropriations information.
Front and Center: Ensuring that Health Reform Puts People First - This report focuses on those who would benefit from health reform.
Frontiers in Public Health Services & Systems Research
Fundamentals of Quality Improvement Video Tutorials - Access four tutorials on the fundamentals of quality improvement.
The Future of Healthcare Innovations and Health Information Technology - Video Presentation - On 20 January 2011, healthcare leaders gathered for influential roundtable on health information technology to look at innovative technologies from the perspective of key stakenholders.
The G8 Muskoka and G20 Toronto Summits Health and Development Outcomes - The session examined the Canadian-led maternal and child health initiative, the Muskoka Accountability Report tracking G8 member performance in meeting past commitments, and action on food security and related development issues.
Gateway for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Public Health Professionals - This online resource provides information, tools, and resources selected specifically for state, tribal, local, and territorial (STLT) health professionals.
Genamics Journal Seek - Genamics JournalSeek is a completely categorized database of freely available journal information available on the internet. The database presently contains 94859 titles. Journal information includes the description (aims and scope), journal abbreviation, journal homepage link, subject category and ISSN. JournalSeek does not contain articles or abstracts.
Genetics and Social Science: Expanding Transdisciplinary Research - The overarching goal of this course is to improve social and behavioral scientists' genetics literacy in several key areas, broadly grouped into conversation, imagination, evaluation and integration. The course will provide sufficient knowledge to support the integration of genetics concepts in the behavioral or social scientist's own research and will allow for collaborative studies with geneticists. The course will provide users with the ability to conceive of progressive but feasible studies. Scientists will develop the skills necessary to assess genetics research for validity and utility.
Genomics & Health Impact Update
Geographic Information Systems - Serves as a central source of information about GIS and related resources. It consists primarily of links to other relevant sites.
Georgetown University Health Policy Institute (HPI) - The Health Policy Institute is a multi-disciplinary group of faculty and staff dedicated to conducting research on key issues in health policy and health services research.
Georgetown University Researcher's Study Finds Gaps in Cancer Survivor Care
Georgia Health Data & Information - Point of entry to access data made available by the Georgia Division of Public Health.
GIS and Public Health - produced by National Center for Health Statistics
Global Health Observatory (GHO) - WHO's gateway to health-related statistics from around the world. GHO covers global health priorities such as the health-related Millennium Development Goals, women and health, mortality and burden of disease, disease outbreaks, health equity, and health systems.
GlobalHealthFacts.org - Global data on HIV/AIDS, malaria, TB and other key health and socio-economic indicators. The data are displayed in tables, charts, and color-coded maps and can be downloaded for custom analyses.
Glossary of Clinical Trials Terms - has many of the common terms used in clinical trials.
Glossary of Frequently Encountered Terms in Health Economics - provides easy to understand defintions of health economic terms.
Glossary of Health Care Quality Terms - A glossary of key terms in the fields of health care quality, disparities reduction and quality improvement.
Glossary of NIH Terms - This site serves as a glossary of NIH terms.
Glossary of Terms Commonly Used in Health Care, 2004 ed. - This glossary is divided into 3 sections: a) health care delivery and financing terms; b) epidemiological and statistical terms; and c) accounting and economic terms.
Government Technology - Link to government technology news articles, magazine, and resources.
GovTrack - An independent tool to help the public research and track the activities in the U.S. Congress.
GRACE Principles on CER - The GRACE Principles provide high-level guidance to decision-makers to help them evaluate the quality of observational studies comparing the effectiveness of various medical products and services. The GRACE initiative developed a core set of good practice principles to address the design, conduct, analysis, and reporting of observational studies of comparative effectiveness. In addition, a checklist to assess observational CER quality and usefulness for decision-making is under development.
Grand Challenges in Global Mental Health: Integrating Mental Health into Chronic Disease Care Provision in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (R01)
Grantmakers in Health - Nonprofit, educational organization dedicated to helping foundations and corporate giving programs improve the health of all people. Its mission is to foster communication and collaboration among grantmakers and others, and to help strengthen the grantmaking community's knowledge, skills, and effectiveness.
Grantmakers in Health: Health Reform - In 2010 GIH established the GIH Health Reform Resource Center Fund. The fund allows GIH to increase staff resources and programming in order to inform and connect funders sponsoring work related to health reform, and to provide sound, strategic, and actionable information to funders in a timely fashion.
Grants to Support the Hispanic Health Services Research Grant Program
Grants to Support the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Health Services
Grants.gov
Grey Literature Report - Bimonthly publication that alerts readers to new grey literature publications in health services research and selected public health topics.
Grey Literature Web Conference Series - This three-part Web conference series, held in April 2011, provided an overview of grey literature and approaches to searching the grey literature for health services research; a consumer's guide to conducting advanced searches of grey literature; and a producer's perspective on the "searchability" of grey literature and how to effectively produce and distribute research.
A Guide to Achieving High Performance in Multi-Hospital Health Systems - Distills the good being done by top-performing health systems into a quick, easily read format
A Guide To Evidence-Based Practices (EBP) on The Web - SAMHSA provides this Web Guide to assist the public with simple and direct connections to Web sites that contain information about interventions to prevent and/or treat mental and substance use disorders. The Web Guide provides a list of Web sites that contain information about specific evidence-based practices (EBPs) or provide comprehensive reviews of research findings. The Web Guide can be used by stakeholders throughout the behavioral health field to promote awareness of current intervention research and to increase the implementation and availability of EBPs.
H.R. 2502 - Comparative Effectiveness Research Act of 2009 - On May 19, 2009, Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-OH), joined by 11 co-sponsors, introduced H.R. 2502, "The Comparative Effectiveness Research Act of 2009." This legislation would establish a private, non-profit organization, the Health Care Comparative Effectiveness Research Institute, to conduct research evaluating and comparing the implications and outcomes of two or more health care therapies in treating a particular medical condition.
Handbook of Health Economics - The 35 chapters of The Handbook of Health Economics provide an up-to-date survey of the burgeoning literature in health economics. Published by Elsevier.
HandsNet - 5000 public interest and human services groups working on health issues
Harkness Fellowships in Health Care Policy and Practice - The Commonwealth Fund's Harkness Fellowships in Health Care Policy and Practice provide a unique opportunity for mid-career health services researchers and practitioners from Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom to spend up to 12 months in the United States, conducting original research and working with leading U.S. health policy experts.
Harnessing Advanced Health Technologies to Drive Mental Health Improvement (R01)
Harnessing Advanced Health Technologies to Drive Mental Health Improvement (R34)
Hawaii State Department of Health - The mission of the Department of Health is to protect and improve the health and environment for all people in Hawaii .
HCFO (Changes in Health Care Financing & Organization) - The Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO) initiative, a program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, strives to bridge the health policy and health services research communities.
HCUP On-line Tutorial Series - The HCUP Online Tutorial Series provides HCUP data users with information about HCUP data and tools, and training on technical methods for conducting research with HCUP data.
HCUPnet - On-line query system based on data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) that provides access to health statistics and information on hospital inpatient and emergency department utilization.
Healing Rural Patients With A Dose Of Broadband - As part of its National Broadband Plan, the Federal Communications Commission has pledged $400 million a year to connect nearly 12,000 rural health care providers. Link to article.
Health & Aging Organizations Directory - This searchable database lists more than 350 national health and aging organizations reviewed by NIA for relevance and accessibility.
Health Affairs - Leading journal of health policy thought and research. The peer-reviewed journal was founded in 1981 under the aegis of Project HOPE, a nonprofit international health education organization. Health Affairs explores health policy issues of current concern in both domestic and international spheres.
Health Affairs Blog/E-mail Alerts - New content will be posted on the blog at least weekly. Some weeks there will be new posts every day as Health Affairs runs a cluster of invited posts on a hot topic. Individuals can sign up for e-mail alerts or an RSS feed to be alerted when new content is posted. For e-mail alerts, visit:http://content.healthaffairs.org/subscriptions/etoc.dtl.
Health and Retirement Study (HRS) - The University of Michigan HRS surveys more than 22,000 Americans over the age of 50 every two years. A Longitudinal Study of Health, Retirement, and Aging, sponsored by the National Institute on Aging.
Health Behavior News Service - Disseminates news stories on the latest findings from peer-reviewed research journals. HBNS covers both new studies and systematic reviews of studies on (1) the effects of behavior on health, (2) health disparities data and (3) patient engagement research.
The Health Care Blog - A respected, independent voice in the healthcare industry.
Health Care Criteria for Performance Excellence - Used by organizations that are primarily engaged in furnishing medical, surgical, or other health services directly to people. Provides a systems perspective for understanding performance management. Link to report and self-analysis worksheet.
Health Care Disparity-related Links - This site provides access to a listing of health care disparity-related resources, organizations, and links.
Health Care Financing Review - Subscription journal of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The "Review" seeks to contribute to an improved understanding of the Medicare and Medicaid Programs and the U.S. health care system by presenting information and analyses on a broad range of health care financing and delivery issues.
Health Care Opinion Leaders' Views on Health Reform, Implementation, and Post-Reform Priorities - Commonwealth Fund/Modern Healthcare Health Care Opinion Leaders survey which was fielded while the legislation was still pending in Congress also found that virtually all key features of the health reform law are supported by a large majority of opinion leaders.
Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review Blog - A Health Care Blog with reviewz of the latest developments in federal health policy and marketplace activities in the health care financing business.
Health Care Quality Measurement: The National Quality Forum Has Begun a 4-Year Contract with HHS - GAO's July 2010 report to Congressional Committees with a focused review on the status of the National Quality Forum's (NQF) work related to the five Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (MIPPA) duties as of the end of the first contract year, January 13, 2010.
Health Care Reform Educational Institute - Founded for educational purposes, the Institute's goal is to provide information so individuals can better understand how different health care systems effect the quality of the health care provided and their effect on the professionals who provide the care.
Health Care Reform Resources from the National Business Coalition on Health (NBCH) - Find information on health care reform compliance updates.
Health Care Reform: Critical to Closing the Gap for Communities of Color - Presents data on the uninsured, which reveal racial and ethnic disparities in health coverage.
Health Center Program : Accreditation Initiative - Encourages and supports health centers to undergo rigorous and comprehensive survey processes and achieve national benchmarks that demonstrate the highest standards of health care quality.
Health Communication & Informatics Research Resources - Lists links to health communication and informatics research. Topics include health informatics, health communication, cancer information, general health information, digital divide, risk communication bibliography, and conference information.
Health Data Interactive - Tables with national health statistics for infants, children, adolescents, adults, and older adults. Tables can be customized by age, gender, race/ethnicity, and geographic location to explore different trends and patterns.
Health Disparities and Racial/Ethnic Minority Youth - Link to summary information as well as national Youth Risk Behavior Survey.
Health Disparities Calculator - Statistical software designed to generate multiple summary measures to evaluate and monitor health disparities (HD). HD*Calc was created as an extension of SEER*Stat that allows the user to import SEER Data or other population based health data such as National Health Interview Survey, California Health Interview Survey, Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey, and National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
Health Disparities Cost Impact Tool - This interactive tool was designed to help you estimate the economic impact of health disparities in a company's diverse workforce, in terms of direct medical costs and lost workdays for a variety of health conditions. It utilizes annual employer-sponsored insurance data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS).
Health Disparities Defined - Provides access to several definitions and a link to NCI health disparities research.
Health Disparities in NIDDK Diseases
Health Disparities Resources for Researchers - Lists links to resources for researchers of health disparities. Incldues instruments and questionnaires, surveys, various studies, and links to health disparities reports.
Health Disparities Toolkit for Public Health Agencies to Improve Their Practices - Researchers at the University of Washington School of Nursing in Seattle created a Health Disparities Toolkit, a searchable database of summaries of 27 programs and tools to address health disparities from local health departments. The toolkit was designed to provide policy-makers, public health systems researchers, and public health leaders with inspiration and ideas for implementing programs to address health disparities and inequities.
Health Disparities: A Case for Closing the Gap - Highlights some of the glaring disparities that exist in the current health system.
Health Economics - Publishes articles on all aspects of health economics: theoretical contributions, empirical studies and analyses of health policy from the economic perspective. Its scope includes the determinants of health and its definition and valuation, as well as the demand for and supply of health care; planning and market mechanisms; micro-economic evaluation of individual procedures and treatments; and evaluation of the performance of health care systems.
Health Economics Core Library Recommendations, 2011 - Lists of journals, books and other resources recommended for a basic library collection in health economics.
Health Economics Information Resources: A Self-Study Course - A four-module, online, interactive introduction to basic concepts in health economics and to key sources of information.
Health Economics Program (HEP) - The Health Economics Program conducts research and applied policy analysis to monitor changes in the health care marketplace; to understand factors influencing health care cost, quality and access; and to provide technical assistance in the development of state health care policy.
Health Economics Resource Center - National center located in Menlo Park, CA that assists VA researchers in assessing the cost-effectiveness of medical care, evaluating the efficiency of VA programs and providers, and conducting high-quality health economics research. Provides aggregate data and findings about veterans. This site includes socio-economic data, the demographic characteristics of veterans, the geographical distribution of the veteran population, and other statistical data and information by veteran program.
Health Equity and Prevention Primer - The Health Equity and Prevention Primer (HEPP) serves as a web-based training series for public health practitioners and advocates interested in policy advocacy, community change, and multi-sector engagement to achieve health equity.
Health in Aging Advocacy Center - Provides legislative alerts and information regarding current aging issues as well as links to bills and their summaries.
Health Indicators 2011 - Annual report containing the most recently available health indicators data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information and Statistics Canada. Presents national trends over time for selected indicators focusing on the following six themes: heart attacks and cardiac revascularization; stroke; women's health and men's health-selected surgical procedures; hip fractures; joint replacements; and preventing hospital admissions. Download PDF version.
Health Indicators Warehouse (HIW) - The Health Indicators Warehouse serves as the data hub for the HHS Community Health Data Initiative by providing a single source for national, state, and community health indicators.
Health Indicators: a 4-Part Webinar Series - Recorded webinar series that provides an overview of health indicators, an in-depth review of a county-level indicator project, practical approaches in using health indicator data to engage with communities, and an exploration of several important new indicator efforts.
Health Informatics Forum - The Health Informatics Forum is an online community of over 4,500 Health Informatics professionals, academics and students.
Health Information Research Unit, HIRU, McMaster University - Conducts research in the field of health information science and is dedicated to the generation of new knowledge about the nature of health and clinical information problems, the development of new information resources to support evidence-based health care, and the evaluation of various innovations in overcoming health care information problems.
The Health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration (HISPC) Reports on State Law, Business Practices, and Policy Variations - Conducted during 2009 as part of HISPC, this compendium of five reports detail variations in state law, business practices and policy related to privacy and security and the electronic exchange of health information.
Health Information Technology - Web Tutorial - This program provides information to physicians about the link between workflow redesign and effective use of health information technology (health IT). The workflows will be presented in a series of short video tutorials. From this learning exercise, practices can proceed with greater confidence and develop the skill set to prepare for integrating technology to transform care delivery. The target audience for this program is physicians and practice staff in small practices who are faced with decisions regarding health IT.
Health Information Technology and Health Data Standards at NLM - Describes the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) role in the development of health information technology (HIT) and data standards. Also provides links to additional federal resources in the areas of HIT and data standards.
Health Information Technology State Profiles - Health information technology profiles for each state.
Health Information Technology: Best Practices Transforming Quality, Safety, and Efficiency - This AHRQ initiative includes more than $260 million in grants and contracts in 41 states to support and stimulate investment in health IT, especially in rural and underserved areas. Through these and other projects, AHRQ and its partners will identify challenges to health IT adoption and use, solutions and best practices for making health IT work, and tools that will help hospitals and clinicians successfully incorporate new IT.
Health Information Technology: Initial Set of Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for Electronic Health Record Technology - The HHS Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria Final Rule.
Health Insurance Coverage - The Census Bureau collects health insurance data from three surveys: The Annual Social and Ecomonic Supplement to the Current Population Survey; The American Community Survey; and, The Survey of Income and Program Participation. The surveys differ in length and detail of the questionnaire, the number of households interviewed, the methodology used to collect and process the data, and, consequently, in the health insurance estimates produced. Access questionnaires and data.
Health Insurance Exchange Development: Innovation in the States - Under health reform, state-based health insurance exchanges are a mechanism to buy private insurance beginning in 2014. Access this webcast to view panel discussions with state leaders and stakeholders as they explored states' progress on the exchanges and identified next steps.
Health Insurance Premiums: Commonwealth Fund Resources - Resources from Commonwealth that provide background information on the topic of health insurance premiums.
The Health Insurance Provisions of the 2009 Congressional Health Reform Bills: Implications for Coverage, Affordability, and Costs - This report analyzes the provisions of the health reform bills passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate that seek to expand and improve health insurance coverage.
Health IT Buzz - From the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), this blog was created to answer questions about the nation's transition to electronic health records and to create a conversation about the challenges and successes health care providers, physicians, practices, and organizations are experiencing as they transition from paper to electronic health records.
Health Literacy for Public Health Professionals - Free web-based course to educate public health professionals on the importance of health literacy and their role in providing health information and services and promoting public health literacy.
The Health Needs of Rural Veterans - Links to the October 2010 issue of the VA's HSR&D that focuses on rural health issues, to include access and quality of care.
Health Outcomes Among Children and Families Living in Rural Communities, 12/1-12/2, 2011, Bethesda, MD - This trans-agency conference brings together a panel of community members and experts from NIH Institutes and Centers, federal agencies, and organizations to identify gaps in research that address emerging differences between health outcomes for children and families living in rural communities compared to those in urban areas.
Health Outcomes Core Library Recommendations, 2011 - An introduction answers the questions - What are health outcomes? and Why are they important? Lists of core journals, books, databases, and Websites are recommended for a basic library collection in health outcomes.
The Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS®) - Tool used by more than 90 percent of America's health plans to measure performance on important dimensions of care and service.
The Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS®)
The Health Policy 100: The 100 Best Health Care Policy Blogs - To help inform individuals on the myriad health care policy issues, the Radiology Technician Schools selected what they believe to be the 100 best blogs at explaining news, viewpoints, facts, and opinion relating to health care policy.
Health Policy and Planning Online - Health Policy and Planning's aim is to improve the design and implementation of health policies in low- and middle-income countries through providing a forum for publishing high quality research and original ideas for an audience of policy and public health researchers and practitioners. HPP is published six times a year (bimonthly) by Oxford University Press.
Health Policy Brief: Comparative Effectiveness Research - This OCT 2010 brief from the Health Affairs/RWJF Health Policy series examines comparative effectiveness research.
Health Policy Core Library Recommendations, 2000 - List of journals, books and other resources recommended for a basic library collection in health policy.
Health Policy Fellowships - Compilation of fellowships available to students, researchers, journalists and other professionals.
Health Policy Forum - Altarum Institute is a nonprofit health systems research and consulting organization. This blog is published on Tuesdays and Thursdays and contains content by health policy authorities.
The Health Policy Group - The Health Policy Group provides policy analysis and innovative programming for state health policy leaders in the legislative and executive branches. This group also develops many publications and health forums for state leaders.
Health Policy Monitor - A 20-country project initiated and sponsored by the Bertelsmann Stiftung since 2002, associated with the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies. Every six months, the experts report and comment on five or more health policy trends and developments from their countries.
Health Policy Orientation Program - Provides in-depth introduction to the key players, formal and informal policymaking processes, and critical health policy issues.
Health Policy Picks - Monthly selection of recent publications, such as technical reports, conference proceedings, and other material produced by organizations and government agencies that conduct health care policy analysis and research.
Health Policy Recommendations from the National Business Coalition on Health (NBCH) - NBCH and its members are dedicated to value-based purchasing of health care services through the collective action of public and private purchasers. NBCH provides recommendations on health policy on its website.
Health Reform Resource Center and Timeline - Comprehensive tool for exploring and understanding the provisions of the Affordable Care Act. Visitors to the Center can view a timeline of the law's major provisions and use the "Find Health Reform Provisions" tool to search for clear, detailed summaries of specific provisions by year, category, and/or stakeholder group.
Health Reform Watch - Web log of the Seton Hall University School of Law, Health Law & Policy Program. It seeks to provide an open forum for academics, medical professionals, policy makers, journalists, lawyers, students, and concerned citizens.
Health Research & Educational Trust - HRET's goal is to advance ideas and practices beneficial to health care practitioners, institutions, consumers, and society at large. Its principal activities focus on identifying, exploring, demonstrating, and evaluating key strategic health care issues affecting innovative health care delivery systems, educating the field about the implications of changing health policies and developing strategies for community health improvement.
Health Research Evaluation Frameworks: An International Comparison - The main part of the report is based upon, and compares, eight international research evaluation frameworks in use: the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) framework; MORIA; PART; the Vinnova; Payback and UK Department of Innovation Universities and Skills (DIUS) frameworks and the frameworks of the European Union and the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs.
Health Research with Diverse Populations (R01)
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) - HRSA works to improve and extend life for people living with HIV/AIDS, provide primary health care to medically underserved people, serve women and children through state programs, and train a health workforce that is both diverse and motivated to work in underserved communities.
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and CER - HRSA is the primary Federal agency for improving access to health care services for people who are uninsured, isolated or medically vulnerable. Multiple HRSA programs incorporate CER activities. This links to a specific example within Maternal and Child Health.
Health Services & Economics Branch Areas of Research - Examines the dissemination of effective cancer-related health services into community practice. Monitors demographic, social, economic, and health system factors that influence preventive, screening, diagnostic, and treatment services for cancer.
Health Services & Economics Survey Instruments - Provides access to several survey instruments for studies related to health services and economics, as well as links to the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) and the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS).
Health Services and Economic Research on the Prevention and Treatment of Drug, Alcohol, and Tobacco Abuse (R01)
Health Services and Economic Research on the Prevention and Treatment of Drug, Alcohol, and Tobacco Abuse (R03)
Health Services and Economic Research on the Prevention and Treatment of Drug, Alcohol, and Tobacco Abuse (R21)
Health Services and Sciences Research Resources (HSRR)
Health Services Management Journal - Health Services Management Research is a journal providing expert information on all aspects of healthcare management. It examines the real issues confronting health services management, analyses policy initiatives and healthcare systems worldwide and provides evidence-based research to guide management decision making. Being research-based it also provides an independent view, as well as cutting edge information to support management action.
Health Services Research & Development Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, Implementation Science - The VA's HSR&D is interested in scientific approaches to developing methods that promote evidence based practices and translate research findings into mainstream practice in clinical settings. Studies in this portfolio explore the context for the implementation of a successful trial or method and actual implementation trials that will encourage the spread of clinical best practices across the VA Healthcare System.
Health Services Research (HSR) - Published on behalf of Health Research and Educational Trust in cooperation with AcademyHealth.
Health Services Research (HSR) Methods Glossary - was developed to facilitate communication across the multi-disciplary field of HSR. Developers acknowledged the varied use of terms and suggest a consensus definition for the field. Related terms and synonyms are referenced to assist translation of terms across the disciplines that comprise HSR.
Health Services Research (HSR) Methods Web site - HSRmethods.org provides current information on key research methods and resources in HSR
Health Services Research (HSR) Special Issue on PHSSR - This issue was co-edited by Dr. F. Douglas Scutchfield, at the University of Kentucky College of Public Health, and Dr Nicole Lurie, assistant secretary for preparedness and response for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Health Services Research - A Historical Perspective (Captioned version) - Available via the Web, this 48-minute video presentation requires RealPlayer; VHS copies of the video also are available free from nichsr@nlm.nih.gov.
Health Services Research - A Podcast and a Webcast - This short podcast defines health services research, notes what the National MS Society is learning from health services research and covers positive trends in MS research.
Health Services Research and Health Policy Grey Literature Project: Summary Report - Grey literature is "that which is produced on all levels of government, academics, business and industry in print and electronic formats, but which is not controlled by commercial publishers" according to the Luxembourg convention.
Health Services Research and Public Health: University Courses and Programs
Health Services Research as a Source of Legisltative Analysis and Input: The Role of the California Health Benefits Review Program - Article examining the role of the California Health Benefits Review Program as a source of information in state health policy making.
Health Services Research Association of Australia and New Zealand - Incorporated in Sydney in April 2001. It has been set up in response to a growing need to promote health services research in both Australia and New Zealand. Its purpose is to facilitate communication across researchers, and between researchers and policymakers, to promote education and training in health services research, and to ensure sustainable capacity in health services research in Australia and New Zealand.
Health Services Research Association of Australia and New Zealand Upcoming Events - Information on upcoming events.
Health Services Research Doctoral Core Competencies - This manuscript, by Dr . Christopher Forrest and colleagues, presents an initial description of doctoral level core competencies for health services research (HSR). The competencies are described in broad terms which reflect the unique expertise, interests, and preferred learning methods of academic HSR programs. The paper discusses the important learning objectives and methods for HSR training, and clarifies the unique skills of HSR graduates.
Health Services Research Methodology Core Library Recommendations, 2007 - The scope of methods employed by health services researchers is very wide. HSR methods encompass a variety of study frameworks, designs, and analytic techniques. These include a spectrum of methods, from understanding of various epistemological perspectives on research, to study designs including focus groups and randomized controlled trials, to specific analytic techniques such as longitudinal data analysis. These lists of core and desired books, journals, bibliographic databases, web sites, and other media in the field of health services research methods are intended to serve as guides for librarians and recent health services researchers.
Health Services Research Methods Seminars - Full-day June Annual Research Meeting Seminars, 2-hour live and archived Web-based Cyber Seminars, and full-day Fall Methods Seminars on using Federal and state databases.
Health Services Research on the Prevention and Treatment of Drug and Alcohol Abuse (R01)
Health Services Research: A Definition - Link to full text of article that provides a definition of health services research.
Health Services Researcher of 2020 Summit Series - AcademyHealth conducted an exploratory study to assess the needs of the field as viewed from multiple perspectives. Based on recommendations from this report, AcademyHealth launched a series of high level meetings on the field's infrastructure needs. The Summits covered the topics of workforce, methods and data, and knowledge transfer.
Health Services/Technology Assessment Text (HSTAT) - Health Services/Technology Assessment Text is a searchable collection of large, full-text practice guidelines (including the Guide to Community Preventive Services), technology assessments and health information.
Health System Measurement Project - This web tool enables the viewing of data on a given topical area from multiple sources, comparing trends across measures and national trends with those at the state and regional level. For example, an individual could use the Measurement Project to monitor the percentage of people who have a specific source of ongoing medical care or track avoidable hospitalizations for adults and children by region or ethnic group.
Health Systems Evidence - Health Systems Evidence is a continuously updated repository of syntheses of research evidence about governance, financial and delivery arrangements within health systems, and about implementation strategies that can support change in health systems.
Health Technology Assessment - The primary purpose of HTA is to ensure medical treatments and services paid for with state health care dollars are safe and proven to work. HTA serves as a resource for state agencies purchasing health care. HTA contracts for scientific, evidence-based reports about whether certain medical devices, procedures, and tests are safe and work as promoted. An independent clinical committee of health care practitioners then uses the reports to determine if programs should pay for the medical device, procedure, or test.
Health Technology Assessment Database - Brings together details of completed and ongoing health technology assessments (studies of the medical, social, ethical, and economic implications of healthcare interventions) from around the world. The aim of the HTA Database is to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of health care.
Health Technology Assessment International - Access information on past and upcoming meetings.
Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi) - Focuses uniquely on health technology assessment (HTA) and provides the key forum for all those from the worlds of health care, academia and business interested in the science, development and application of HTA. Health technology assessment (HTA) offers "supporting evidence based decision making in health care policy and practice".
Health Technology Assessment International Newsletter - International Health Technology Assessment journal that is published quarterly.
Health Technology Assessment of Medical Devices - WHO has developed a reference document to provide an introduction to the concept and programme of health technology assessment (HTA) around the world and to highlight the contribution that HTA can make to informed policy and decision-making, particularly in developing and emerging countries. It further aims to describe strategic actions that countries can take for introducing HTA into their health systems.
Health Technology Assessment on the Net: A Guide to Internet Sources of Information - Guide published by the Canadian Institute of Health Economics.
Health Tracking Poll: Exploring the Public's Views on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) - This tool enables users to explore the public's views of the health reform law over time, including differences by party identification, race, age, income and other demographic breakdowns.
Health Workforce Information Center - State Resources - This website provides access to resources (data, statistics, surveys), funding, events, and guides for each state in the United States.
Health Workforce Information Center Funding - High level Web site collects listings from government and private organizations.
Health, United States - Annual report on trends in health statistics. The report consists of a chartbook that illustrates major trends in the health of Americans, and a trend tables section of detailed data tables. Refer to Appendix I for data sources.
Health, United States, 2009 with Special Feature on Medical Technology - Prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics from data gathered by state and federal health agencies and through ongoing national surveys. Features a special section on medical technology, and finds that the rate of magnetic resonance imaging, known as MRI, and computed and positron emission tomography or CT/PET scans, ordered or provided, tripled between 1996 and 2007.
HealthCare Association of New York State (HANY) - HANY's mission is to advance the health of individuals and communities by providing leadership, representation, and service to health providers and systems across the entire continuum of care.
Healthcare Communities - HealthcareCommunities.org (HC) is a web-based knowledge management system that provides multiple means for the healthcare quality improvement community to share knowledge and contribute to each others' QI work.
Healthcare Cost & Utilization Project (HCUP) - Family of healthcare databases and related software tools and products that provide national information and data on patient-level health care.
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) - The healthcare industry's membership organization exclusively focused on providing leadership for the optimal use of healthcare information technology (IT) and management systems for the betterment of healthcare.
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) International Divisions - Links to HIMSS Europe. There are Asia Pacific and Middle East divisions as well.
Healthcare.Gov - This tool provides a listing of U.S. hospitals, including hospital demographics (location, hospital type) and 44 quality measures. Hospital Compare includes information on some Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers.
HealthEcon-Discuss - General health economics discussion list. Membership is open to all health economists (and all those interested in health economics) worldwide. It is also the recommended discussion list for members of iHEA. The purpose of healthecon-discuss is to give a (previously unavailable) forum for general discussion on health economics matters.
HealthReform.gov - Provides information on the Administration's activities surrounding health care reform. Web site sections include reports, forums, and events.
HealthReformGPS.org - This site has been designed to present unbiased information about the health reform legislation while also setting forth implementation issues that may arise from a full range of stakeholder views on any particular topic.
Healthy People 2010 Final Review - The Healthy People 2010 Final Review presents a quantitative end-of-decade assessment of progress in achieving the Healthy People 2010 objectives and goals over the course of the decade.
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - An independent philanthropy focusing on the major health care issues, including comparative effectiveness research, facing the nation. The Foundation is an independent voice and source of facts analysis for policymakers, the media, the health care community, and the general public.
HHS and The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology introduce new Investing in Innovations (i2) Initiative
HHS Initiative on Multiple Chronic Conditions - Link to report, press release, and newsletter on multiple chronic conditions.
HHS Launches Health It Challenge: Ensuring Safe Transitions from Hospital to Home
HHS Research Awards: Use of Recovery Act and Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Funds for Comparative Effectiveness Research - The 2011 Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, required GAO to report on HHS's funding of CER under the Recovery Act and PPACA (Patient Protectin and Affordable Care Act). This June 2011 report includes information on the expenditures HHS has made using these funds, the entities that have received such funding, and the purpose of the funding.
HHS Strategic Plan, Fiscal Years 2007-2012 (Strategic Plan) - Presents the Department's goals - many of which involve quality, quality improvement, and patient safety.
HHS' Action Plan to Reduce Health Disparities (Webcast Transcript) - The April 25, 2011 program addressed the contents of the strategy and its timeline for implementation as well as its implications for providers. The panelists also discussed how the new strategy relates to other recently released HHS strategies including the National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care, the National Prevention and Health Promotion Strategy, the Healthy People 2020 initiative and the National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States. Panelists also consider what the strategy's role as it relates to health reform implementation.
HIMSS Foundation - Established in 1986, the HIMSS Foundation serves as the philanthropic arm of HIMSS, providing support and assistance to the organization, its members, and the industry.
HiPHIVE - Hawaii Public Health Information Virtual Emporium
Hispanic Elders Learning Network - Links to a slide presentation on Reducing Health Disparities Among Hispanic Elders: Lessons from a Learning Network.
Hispanic Health Services Research Grant Program - The purpose of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Hispanic Grant Program is to implement Hispanic American health services research activities to meet the needs of diverse CMS beneficiary populations.
Hospice Statistics & Research - This website provides access to statistics and research related to hospice and palliative care from the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization.
Hospital Compare - Hospital Compare is a consumer-oriented website that provides information on how well hospitals provide recommended care to their patients. On this site, the consumer can see the recommended care that an adult should get if being treated for a heart attack, heart failure, or pneumonia or having surgery
Hospital patients suffer in shift shuffle
Hospital Quality Alliance - National public-private collaboration that is committed to making meaningful, relevant, and easily understood information about hospital performance accessible to the public and to informing and encouraging efforts to improve quality.
Hospitals vary widely in ICU admissions
How good one's health care is, how much it costs, and how easy it is to access can vary widely from community to community
How Health Services Research Was Used in Health Care Reform - View the video of a panel at the June 2010 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, "How Health Services Research Was Used in Health Care Reform."
How Will CER Get Us to Personalized Medicine? - Link to a previously recorded webinar and slides on the role CER will play health care.
HRET (Health Research & Educational Trust) Quality/Cost/Disparities - Management research to provide operational advice on improving quality, reducing costs and eliminating disparities. Link to toolkits, resources, and reports.
HRET Disparities Toolkit - The Toolkit is a Web-based tool that provides hospitals, health systems, clinics, and health plans information and resources for systematically collecting race, ethnicity, and primary language data from patients.
HRET Newsletter - Newsletter produced by Health Research & Educational Trust.
HRSA Data Snapshot - Access HRSA health centers data, by year, by using HRSA Access Data Tools such as Data Snapshot, demographic trends, and data comparisons.
HRSA Data Warehouse - Provides access to information about HRSA programs and related health resources including data on health professional shortage areas, medically underserved areas, and primary care service areas.
HRSA Health Information Technology and Quality Webinar: Tips For Generating and Utilizing Quality Data Reports Using Health IT, July 22, 2:: to 3:30 p.m. EST - This webinar focuses on how safety net providers such as healthcenters and rural providers can generate quality reports and utilize this data for improving healthcare outcomes.
HRSA National Health Center Data - Each year HRSA health center grantees are required to report core set of information that is appropriate for monitoring and evaluating performance and for reporting on annual trends. Access national data by year.
HRSA Quality Improvement and Safety Net Providers - The HRSA-supported health care safety net cares for millions of people in the U.S. each year. The services and patients are diverse, but the providers are united in their commitment to quality health care. Quality health care is the provision of appropriate services to individuals and populations that are consistent with current professional knowledge, in a technically competent manner, with good communication, shared decision-making, and cultural sensitivity.
HSC Alerts - HSC Alerts are sent via e-mail to announce new HSC research available on the HSC Web site.
HSR Article Indexes and Databases - Links to article indexes and databases.
HSR Core Competencies - In November of 2005, AHRQ held a conference to define the knowledge-based and skills-based competencies common to all health services research professionals trained at the doctoral level. Access Table 1, highlighting 14 HSR Core Competencies.
HSR Information Program Reports - Reports and subject bibliographies related to HSR.
HSR Training Opportunities for Minorities - Information on training opportunities for health services researchers, with a special focus on minorities.
HSR&D Career Development Program - A description of Career Development and other mentoring and training opportunities within VA HSR&D for clinicians and non-clinicians.
HSR&D E-News - Provides monthly E-news updates on new information posted to the HSR&D web site.
HSR&D Funding Opportunities - This page provides information on HSR&D funding programs and research solicitations.
HSR: Opportunities for an Expanding Field of Inquiry - Examines HSR work force and training issues.
HSRProj - Database of ongoing health services research projects. Search for studies relating to access, cost, and quality of health care, including patient outcomes, health services research methods, etc.
HSRProj Updates - Periodic factsheet highlighting information and analysis on research in the field of health services research (HSR) based on the HSRProj database.
HSRR (Health Services and Sciences Research Resources) - HSRR is a searchable database of information about research datasets, instruments/indices and software. Users may examine and compare characteristics of some of the resources employed in Health Services Research, the Behavioral and Social Sciences and Public Health. The database includes brief descriptions of research resources and links to PubMed. It also includes URLs of providers for additional information or access to the resources. HSRR is not a repository of the actual resources.
HSRR (Health Services and Sciences Research Resources)Public Health Systems Research Subset - HSRR is a searchable database of information about research datasets, instruments/indices and software. Users may examine and compare characteristics of some of the resources employed in Health Services Research, the Behavioral and Social Sciences and Public Health. The database includes brief descriptions of research resources and links to PubMed. It also includes URLs of providers for additional information or access to the resources.
HTA 101 - Introduction to Health Technology Assessment - This online e-book explains the 10 basic steps of Health Technology Assessment.
HTA 101: Glossary - This glossary is an appendix to the e-text HTA101. It lists and defines terms used in the field of health technology assessment.
HTA Glossary - Provides a common vocabulary for work in HTA. Entries in this glossary have been created by selecting terms from existing glossaries (eg. Dr. Clifford Goodman's guide HTA 101) and from terms and sources suggested by many individuals working in the field of HTA.
The HTAi Interest Group on Patient/Citizen Involvement Methodology and References - Patient and provider resources, including methodologies, qualitative studies, information on shared decision making, and other resources.
Human Development Report (United Nations) - The Human Development Report (HDR) presents a wealth of statistical information on different aspects of human development. Links to other background materials, data resources and on-going debates and discussions on human development statistics.
iCollaborative - The iCollaborative is a service provided by AAMC's MedEdPORTAL that features innovative approaches to medical education, health care delivery, and research. This website provides access to data and publications.
Idaho Department of Health & Welfare - Access health statistics and health-related information.
Illinois Department of Public Health: Health Statistics - The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) collects and evaluates thousands of health statistics to measure progress toward state and national health objectives. These numbers also provide the basis for developing and implementing public health strategies for disease prevention and health promotion.
Impact Case Studies and Knowledge Transfer Case Studies: Comparative Effectiveness - Link to comparative effectiveness portfolios designed to provide health care decisionmakers--including patients, clinicians, purchasers, and policymakers-with up-to-date, evidence-based information about their treatment options to make informed health care decisions.
The Impact of Comparative Effectiveness Research on the U.S. Health Care System - Held on 2/24/2010 at Rice University, experts discussed comparative effectiveness research and U.S. health care reform.
Implementation Research Institute (IRI) Washington University in St. Louis - The IRI was established to advance the field of implementation science in mental health by enhancing the career development of early to mid-career investigators.
Implementation Research: A Synthesis of the Literature - This 2005 monograph summarizes findings from the review of the research literature on implementation. The review process began by identifying literature reporting any efforts to collect data on attempts to implement practices or programs in any domain, including agriculture, business, child welfare, engineering, health, juvenile justice, manufacturing, medicine, mental health, nursing and social services.
Implementation Science (Biomed Central) - Implementation Science is an open access, peer-reviewed online journal that aims to publish research relevant to the scientific study of methods to promote the uptake of research findings into routine healthcare in both clinical and policy contexts.
Implementing Comparative Effectiveness Research: Priorities, Methods and Impact - Access June 9, 2009 Forum transcript, event materials, and video from this site.
Implementing the Affordable Care Act: State Action on Early Market Reforms - This issue brief examines new state action on a subset of these "early market reforms." The analysis finds that 49 states and the District of Columbia have passed new legislation, issued a new regulation, issued new subregulatory guidance, or are actively reviewing insurer policy forms for compliance with these protections. These findings suggest that states have required or encouraged compliance with the early market reforms, and that efforts to understand how states are responding cannot focus on legislative action alone.
Improvement Science Research Network - A NIH-supported improvement research network. The ISRN's primary mission is to accelerate interprofessional improvement science in a systems context across multiple hospital sites.
Improving Access to Essential Medicines Through Public-Private Partnerships - This June 2011 report asks why products like Coca-Cola can reach remote destinations while essential medicines like antibiotics cannot always be found.
Improving Access to Hearing Health Care (STTR) [R41/R42]
Improving Diet and Physical Activity Assessment (R01)
Improving Diet and Physical Activity Assessment (R21)
Improving Quality and the Patient Experience: Creating Culturally Competent Healthcare Organizations, Free Webinar, May 3, 3-4:30p.m. EST
Independent Scientist Award (K02)
Indian Health Service (IHS) - Part of DHHS, IHS provides health services to 1.8 million American Indians and Alaska Natives of more than 560 federally recognized tribes. Has supported health services research projects such as cost-effectiveness studies of rural telemedicine consultation services, the effects of fluoridation, etc.
Indian Health Services (IHS) Divisions of Grants Management - Grant opportunities within the IHS.
Indiana Child Health Services Research - Indiana Children's Health Services Research strives to improve the health and healthcare of children by developing and applying the best scientific evidence and methods in health services research and informatics.
Indiana State Department of Health: Reports and Statistics - Access reports and statistics on various health topics.
Informatics for Consumer Health - InformaticsForConsumerHealth.org involves stakeholders from various sectors-commercial IT, government, health care, education and research, advocacy-exchanging ideas and resources to bridge information technology and health care with the goal of improving behavioral support for all consumers. Access news and reports, articles, funding announcements, and events.
Information on the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act - This site provides information on meaningful use and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act.
Informed Consent and Authorization - Section of AHRQ toolkit offers some strategies for those who seek to serve as change agents in their organizations to improve the informed consent and authorization process.
Infrastructure Development Program in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR) (R24)
Initial National Priorities for Comparative Effectiveness Research - Congress, in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, tasked the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to recommend national priorities for research questions to be addressed by CER and supported by ARRA funds. These are the 100 priority topics for comparative effectiveness research. The list provides a starting point for what should be a sustained effort to conduct comparative effectiveness research. As this research initiative progresses, the priorities will evolve as well.
Injury Prevention & Control: Data & Statistics (WISQARS) - WISQARS (Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System) is an interactive database system that provides customized reports of injury-related data
The Innovation Center: How Much Can It Improve Quality and Reduce Costs - and How Quickly? - The new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) seeks to test new health care payment and service delivery models that can potentially enhance quality of care for beneficiaries while reducing costs. How is the agency planning to administer its $10 billion in funding? What early projects is the center undertaking? Is there private sector evidence that its goals can be achieved? What will happen to existing innovations now being rolled out by providers and hospitals? This July 2011 briefing addressed these and related questions.
Inquiry - The journal of health care organization, provision and financing.
Insitute of Health Economics - The IHE strives to assist decision makers in health policy and practice with the results from economic evaluations, costing and cost-effectiveness analyses, and with syntheses of findings from research in health technology assessment.
Institute 2011: The Road Map for Health Care Reform Implementation Continues, June 15-17 - Institute 2011 provided insight and answers at both a global and a day-to-day level.
Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) - Mission is to lead innovation in comparative effectiveness research through methods that integrate considerations of clinical benefit and economic value.
Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement - Non-profit organization that brings together diverse groups to transform the health care system so that it delivers patient-centered and value-driven care.
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) - IHI focuses on motivating and building the will for change; identifying and testing new models of care in partnership with both patients and health care professionals; and ensuring the broadest possible adoption of best practices and effective innovations.
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Map - This map is a free, open resource for those interested in sharing IHI's mission of improving health care. This includes access to various "How To Guides," for example, prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia; prevent surgical site infection; prevent adverse drug events, etc.
Institute of Medicine - The IOM is an independent, nonprofit organization that works outside of government to provide unbiased and authoritative advice to decision makers and the public. The IOM asks and answers the nation's most pressing questions about health and health care.
Institute of Medicine (IOM) - Minority Health - Links to current projects, events, and reports concerning minority health as well as information about the work IOM has done in the area of racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare.
Institute of Medicine (IOM) Current and Recent Activities - Download PDF of current and recent IOM activities.
Institute of Medicine - Aging
Insurance Education - Current, comprehensive, and economically priced self-study courses for professionals seeking to advance their understanding of the health insurance industry.
Integrated Health Interview Series - NHIS provides invaluable data on health behaviors, conditions, and care. With thousands of variables, large sample size, and sampling frame representative of the non-institutionalized civilian population, NHIS is also a potential tool for teaching statistics.
Integrated Health Interview Series
Integrating Comparative Effectiveness Research into Everyday Practice (10/12/2010) - This Webcast highlights AHRQ's existing patient-centered outcomes research and ways that it can be used by clinicians for day-to-day decisionmaking in their practices.
Integrative Approaches to Qualitative and Quantitative Evidence - This 2004 report is an informal review of the literature on integrating qualitative and quantitative forms of evidence. The report seeks to address five related questions: 1. What is the role of qualitative approaches in traditional trials and experimental studies? 2. At what point in the development of a field of knowledge is it appropriate to pull qualitative and quantitative learning together? 3. What constitutes good evidence from qualitative studies? 4. Are there hierarchies of evidence within the different types of qualitative investigation? 5. How may the findings of qualitative and quantitative research be synthesised?
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
International Forum on Quality & Safety in Healthcare, 5-8 April 2011 - The Forum has as its mission to support the movement for health care improvement.
International Health Economics Association (iHEA) - Formed to increase communication among health economists, foster a high standard of debate in the application of economics to health and health care systems, and assist young researchers at the start of their careers.
International Health Economics Association (IHEA)Conferences - Listing of conferences.
International Health Economics Association Annual Congress - Information on the annual congress.
International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO) - Not-for-profit association that develops and promotes use of SNOMED CT to support safe and effective health information exchange. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology and is considered to be the most comprehensive, multilingual healthcare terminology in the world.
International Journal for Quality in Health Care - Publishes papers in all disciplines related to the quality and safety of health care, including health services research, health care evaluation, technology assessment, health economics, utilization review, cost containment, nursing care research, and clinical research.
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care - Serves as a forum for the wide range of health policy makers and professionals interested in the economic, social, ethical, medical and public health implications of health technology. It covers the development, evaluation, diffusion and use of health technology, as well as its impact on the organization and management of health care systems and public health. In addition to general essays and research reports, regular columns on technology assessment reports and thematic sections are published.
International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) - Independent organization established under Swiss law in 1989. IMIA plays a major global role in the application of information science and technology in the fields of healthcare and research in medical, health and bio informatics.
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) - ISO is a network of the national standards institutes of 163 countries, one member per country, with a Central Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland, that coordinates the system.
International Programs - Links to interational statistical agencies.
International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) - ISPOR promotes the science of pharmacoeconomics (health economics) and outcomes research (the scientific discipline that evaluates the effect of health care interventions on patient well-being including clinical outcomes, economic outcomes, and patient-reported outcomes) and facilitates the translation of this research into useful information for healthcare decision-makers to ensure that society allocates scarce health care resources wisely, fairly and efficiently. ISPOR embraces all health technology assessors, government health technology regulators & payers of health care including governments, insurers, and other health care payers who use health care outcomes research information in their decisions.
International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua) - International membership organization including leading quality health care providers and agencies in just under 70 countries. The ISQua Secretariat is located in Australia.
Internationl Forum on Quality and & Safety in Healthcare, 17-20 April 2012, Le Palais des Congrès de Paris, France - There are 9 streams for the 17th annual Forum in 2012, these will capture the current international priorites in quality improvement and patient safety.
Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice - This tutorial is intended for any health care practitioner or student who needs a basic introduction to the principles of Evidence-Based Practice.
Slides" href="javascript:popUp('http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/ihcm/hsrcsec1.html')">Introduction to HSR Class Manual and Slides - An online introduction to the issues and methodologies of health services research.
Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research - Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research supports researchers whose crosscutting and innovative ideas promise to contribute meaningfully to improving health and health care policy. The program provides one of the few funding opportunities in the United States for investigator-initiated projects that are broad in scope, innovative in approach, and have national policy relevance.
Investing in Health IT: What the U.S. and Other Countries Are Learning: 10/29/10 Podcast - This briefing addressed questions such as: What have the U.S. and other countries learned from their experience with health IT? How is the adoption of this technology progressing in the U.S. across the many different types of health care settings? How are we developing standards for "meaningful use" of health IT?
Investing In Population Health: A Roadmap For The Future
Iowa Department of Public Health: Bureau of Health Statistics - Download statistics and briefs in PDF format.
ISPOR 14th Annual European Congress, November 5-8, 2011, Madrid - The meeting theme is rational health care decision making in challenging economic times.
ISPOR 17th Annual International Meeting, Washington, D.C., June 2-6, 2012 - The International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research will hold its 17th annual meeting June 2-6, 2012. Topics will include health care reform and comparative effectiveness research.
ISPOR Good Outcomes Research Practices & Issues Index - Consensus documents on key outcomes research methods. ISPOR's role as a scientific educational organization is to assist in the development and dissemination of good practices in health outcomes research
ISPOR Good Outcomes Research Practices & Issues Index/Research Tools - Consensus documents on key outcomes research methods. ISPOR convenes experts in outcomes research to develop guidance for researchers on contentious outcomes research methods.
ISPOR International Digest of Databases - Electronic index (Digest) of key attributes of health care databases around the world available at the ISPOR website, which is accessible to the public. The Digest is a compendium of 194 databases. These databases list key attributes of health care data from around the world.
ISPOR Outcomes Research Digest - Electronic database of research papers presented at ISPOR Annual International Meetings, ISPOR Annual European Congresses, ISPOR Asia-Pacific Conferences, and ISPOR Latin America Conferences from 1998 to date.
ISQua's 28thInternational Conference, Patient Safety: Sustaining the Global Momentum, using e-health, health technology, education, research and policy,14-17 September, 2011 - This conference will take place in Hong Kong, China.
Issue Briefs for Older Americans - The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and Administration on Aging (AoA) commissioned a series of Issue Briefs to address behavioral health issues that are important to older Americans. The Issue Briefs identify key information and opportunities for action that can improve the lives of older people. The first brief offers an overview of issues, facts, evidence-based programs and practices, partnering opportunities, financing and other resources.
JHSPH OpenCourseWare Project
The Joint Commission (TJC), formerly known as the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations - Independent, not-for-profit organization, The Joint Commission accredits and certifies more than 17,000 health care organizations and programs in the US. Joint Commission accreditation and certification is recognized nationwide as a symbol of quality that reflects an organization's commitment to meeting certain performance standards.
Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research (Future Medicine) - Articles published in Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research cover key areas such as: studies of effectiveness or comparative effectiveness yielding new findings relating to diagnostics, therapeutics, surgical procedures, or other healthcare services or options; systematic reviews of available evidence relating to the pros and cons of healthcare options for specific patient groups including comparative safety; perspectives and debate relating to the performance of comparative effectiveness studies and best practice issues; commentary on both patient-relevant outcomes and economic implications; direct 'head-to-head' comparisons of available diagnostic and therapeutic options - evaluating clinical alternatives with current standard of care; clinical trial commentaries - evaluating and interpreting the findings of recently completed CER trials as well as presenting the design and rationale of newly commenced studies; and pharmacoeconomic studies, health economics and outcomes research.
Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research (open access) - This is an international, peer-reviewed open access journal focusing on comparative effectiveness of health care including preventative health care strategies, diagnostic strategies, diagnostic technology, medical devices, drugs, medical technology, health systems and organization.
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved - Focuses exclusively on contemporary health care issues of low-income, under-represented, and other medically underserved communities. JHCPU is the official journal of the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved.
Journal of Health Management - The Journal of Health Management is designed as a forum for exploring major issues of health policy and health management (including population and family welfare) in developing countries with a view to assisting the better implementation of desired changes. It caters to the needs of health policy-makers, health managers, reflective practitioners and action-oriented researchers.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law - Focuses on the initiation, formulation, and implementation of health policy and analyzes the relations between government and health-past, present, and future.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, vol 31, no 1 Feb 2006, focuses on Comparative Perspectives on Health Disparities - Focuses on the initiation, formulation, and implementation of health policy and analyzes the relations between government and health-past, present, and future.
Journal of Health Services Research & Policy - An e-journal that explores the ideas, policies, and decisions shaping health services worldwide.
Journal of Public Health Management and Practice (JPHMP) Special Issue on Accreditation - Supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, this special issue of the Journal of Public Health Management & Practice (JPHMP) looks at efforts to establish a national voluntary accreditation program for public health agencies and examines accreditation models.
JSTOR - An online archive of multidiscipline journal articles.
Kaiser Daily Health Policy Reports on Comparative Effectiveness Research - Links to various Kaiser Daily Health Policy Reports that are CER-related.
Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) Health Reform Gateway - As noted on its website, KFF is a leader in health policy and communications. KFF is a non-profit, private operating foundation focusing on the major health care issues facing the United States.
Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF)Videos on HSR Topics - Links to numerous KFF videos on health reform.
Kaiser Family Foundation Twitter Feed - Follow the Kaiser Family Foundation on Twitter to get daily updates on the latest facts, figures, polling information and analysis on health policy issues and health reform implementation.
Kaiser Family Foundation's State Health Facts Online - Provides free, up-to-date, and easy-to-use health data on all 50 states with data on health status, health coverage and uninsured, and more than other 700 health topics.
Kaiser Fast Facts - This is a health policy resource featuring "QuickTakes" and "Kaiser Slides"- two tools providing direct access to facts, data and slides about the nation's health care system and programs.
Kaiser Global Health - Designed to serve as a resource for those working on global health policy issues, reporting on global health for the news media, or conducting research more broadly. Prepared and maintained by the Kaiser Family Foundation, it provides an edited compilation of definitions of key terms in global health. It is based on multiple source documents and Kaiser Family Foundation products, and several reference links are provided at the end of this resource.
Kaiser Health News -Quality - Nonprofit news organization committed to in-depth coverage of health care policy and politics. Link to articles that focus on quality.
Kaiser Health News Blog - Link to blog, videos, and daily reports. Covers health care policy and politics as well as trends in industry and delivery of care. KHN is a nonprofit news organization committed to in-depth coverage of health care policy and politics.
Kaiser Permanente: Division of Research/Comparative Effectiveness Research - Access current studies and publications.
Kaiser's Monthly Update on Health Disparities - This free, monthly update synthesizes news coverage from hundreds of print and broadcast news sources related to health and health care issues affecting underserved and racial and ethnic communities. The update also summarizes recent journal articles and other research developments in the field and features a data slide from a relevant Kaiser Family Foundation publication.
Kaiser.edu Tutorials & Presentations - These tutorials are multimedia presentations on health policy issues, research methodology or the workings of government.
Kansas Department of Health and Environment - Its vision is healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments.
Keeping it REaL: An Analysis of Health Care Quality Among Priority Patient Populations- May 30, 2012, 1:00 p.m. EST
Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services: Surveillance and Health Data - Link to data warehouse.
Key Indicator Systems: Experiences of Other National and Subnational Systems Offer Insights for the United States - This March 2011 report report concludes that key indicator systems are used for multiple purposes and cites "increasing transparency and public awareness; fostering civic engagement and collaboration; and monitoring progress, aiding decision making, and promoting accountability" among the uses of the systems studied. For example, the study found that many systems, particularly ones that have a local focus, incorporate public input in identifying goals and priorities, which in turn influence indicator selection. Systems may facilitate conversations among diverse members of a community about ways to address problems, and may identify problems that were previously unrecognized.
Key Resources in Health Economics - Links to a PDF core list of materials (books, journals, websites and bibliographic databases) and a desired list of books and journals in the field of health economics. The lists are primarily geared to individuals who are new to the field or unfamiliar with the various resources on health economics and need to acquire and/or access publications, databases, and websites in the health economics domain.
Key Topic Guide on Public Health / Bioterrorism Alerting - Provides information on public health surveillance and bioterrorism alerting systems that are being developed within the U.S.
Kibbe & Klepper on Health Care Blog - Blog by Drs. Kibbe and Klepper covering various issues related to health care (i.e., health IT standards, health care markets, technology, etc.) Link to blog archives.
Knowing What Works in Health Care: A Roadmap for the Nation - Looks at the three fundamental health care issues in the United States--setting priorities for evidence assessment, assessing evidence (systematic review), and developing evidence-based clinical practice guidelines--and how each of these contributes to the end goal of effective, practical health care systems. Also links to podcast.
Knowledge Translation (KT+) - KT+ provides access to articles on the current evidence on knowledge translation including articles on quality improvement, continuing medical education, computerized clinical decision support, health services research and patient adherence. Its purpose is to inform those working in the knowledge translation area of current research as it is published.
Laboratory Quality Assurance and Standardization Programs - Given the importance of laboratory test results, the CDC has programs to help assure the quality of these data so patients and healthcare providers (as well as researchers and public health officials) can be confident that laboratory test results they receive are accurate.
Leadership Council of Aging Organizations
LeadingAge - The LeadingAge community includes U.S. not-for-profit organizations, state partners, businesses, research partners, consumer organizations, foundations and a broad global network of aging services organizations that reach over 30 countries. The work of LeadingAge is focused on advocacy, leadership development, and applied research and promotion of effective services, home health, hospice, community services, senior housing, assisted living residences, continuing care communities, nursing homes, as well as technology solutions, to seniors, children, and others with special needs.
The LeapFrog Group - Voluntary program aimed at mobilizing employer purchasing power to alert America's health industry that big leaps in health care safety, quality and customer value will be recognized and rewarded.
Learning What Works: Infrastructure Required for Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER): Workshop Summary - This 2011 publication provides a summary of an IOM CER publication.
Legal Analysis and Law Articles on Health Care, HIPPA, Stark law, Medicare and Medicaid, Anti-Kickback Statutes, Fraud and Abuse - The National Law Review is a free resource of health care legal articles addressing regulatory developments, contractual obligations and disputes for both profit and not for profit health care organizations.
Legislation and Congressional Activities - Allows users to learn about recent events on the Hill as they relate to cancer research, or check the status of pending legislation and find out about hearings of interest to cancer research and advocacy communities.
Lessons from High- and Low-Performing States for Raising Overall Health System Performance - The authors find that while socioeconomic and demographic factors certainly play a large role in overall health system performance, high-performing states share a number of additional attributes not typically found among the low performers. These include a history of continuous reform and government leadership in this area; a culture of collaboration among health care stakeholders; transparency of information on price and quality; and a congruent set of policies focusing on system improvement.
The Lewin Group Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research - The Center manages, conducts, interprets, and supports the use of comparative effectiveness research (CER) to inform decisions that help achieve the most effective patient outcomes, health care policies, and deployment of health care resources.
Life Challenges Prevent Those with Lupus from Keeping Doctors' Appointments
Limited Competition: Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Program Infrastructure for Clinical and Translational Research [IDeA-CTR][U54]
Limited Competition: Revision Applications to Advance Evidence-Based Research Related to Protections for Human Subjects (U01)
Limited Competition: Revision Applications to Advance Evidence-Based Research Related to Protections for Human Subjects (U10)
Limited Competition: Revision Applications to Advance Evidence-Based Research Related to Protections for Human Subjects (U54)
Limited Competition: Strengthening Behavioral and Social Science in Medical School Education (R25)
Lister Hill Center for Health Policy, UAB - Located in the School of Public Health of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, this endowed Center has a university-wide mission to facilitate the conduct of health policy research and to disseminate the findings of that research beyond the usual academic channels.
Local Health Departments in the News - Ongoing, publicly-available collection of news stories about public health issues facing communities across the nation. News clips are searchable by state or in the following subject areas: budget cuts, County Health Rankings, H1N1, good news and more.
LocatorPlus - Search for books, journals and audiovisuals in the NLM collections.
Long-Term Care Interest Group - The mission of the Long-Term Care Interest Group is to foster the development of the information base needed for policy and practice to meet the growing need for Long-Term Care.
Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals - The mission of the Department of Health and Hospitals is to protect and promote health and to ensure access to medical, preventive, and rehabilitative services for all citizens of the State of Louisiana.
Low-Quality, High-Cost Hospitals, Mainly in South, Care for Sharply Higher Shares of Elderly Black, Hispanic, and Medicaid Patients
Making Informed Decisions: Assessing the Strengths and Weaknesses of Study Designs and Analytic Methods for Comparative Effectiveness Research - This publication outlines each approach as well as its advantages and disadvantages so researchers can more easily select the most appropriate design to answer specific research questions.
Mammography Quality Standards Act and Program - Information for mammography facility personnel, inspectors, and consumers about the implementation of the Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992 (MQSA). The FDA adminsters several quality and standards activities. This is one example.
Mary Barton is NCQA's New Vice President for Performance Measurement
Maryland Health Care Commission - Independent regulatory agency whose mission is to plan for health system needs,promote informed decision-making, increase accountability, and improve access in a rapidly changing health care environment by providing timely and accurate information on availability,cost, and quality of services to policy makers, purchasers, providers and the public.
Maternal and Child Health Bureau - The Children's Bureau was established in 1912. In 1935, the U.S. Congress enacted Title V of the Social Security Act, which authorized the Maternal and Child Health Services programs and provided a foundation and structure for assuring the health of American mothers and children.
Mathematica - Health Care Reform - Access research and data on health care reform.
Mathematica - Quality and Efficiency Measures - Mathematica develops, uses, and reports on measurement tools essential to understanding the performance of health care providers and organizations.
Mathematica - State Health Policy - Access research on state health policy questions such as "What are the implications of state health insurance expansions and reforms? How can states and localities help to ensure health care coverage for children?"
Mathematica Health Policy Research - Access data, reports, and articles from Mathematica's researchers on people who lack health insurance, efficient operation of government health insurance programs, effective care delivery, chronic disease and long-term care, health care financing, and public health.
Mathematica Policy Research - Implementation Science - Mathematica's Head Start Oral Health Initiative project is using Implementation Science and has produced several reports, for example: http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/publications/PDFs/OHI_Techrpt.pdf. Various Mathematica researchers have written pieces on Implementation Sciences. For additional information, checkout Mathematica's New & Noteworthy newsletter.
Mathematica's Briefs on Health Care Reform - This series is intended to help policymakers understand the research base for the critical choices they will make in implementing the federal health reform law.
Measuring Health Disparities - This interactive course focuses on some basic issues for public health practice -- how to understand, define and measure health disparity. This course examines the language of health disparity to come to some common understanding of what that term means, explains key measures of health disparity and shows how to calculate them. This computer-based course provides a durable tool that is useful to daily activities in the practice of public health.
Mechanism for Time-Sensitive Drug Abuse Research (R01) - This FOA responds to the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Health Services Research at the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Medicaid Benefits Online Database Updated To Include 2010 Data For All 50 States
Medicaid, CHIPS, and Next Steps: View Video from 11/13/09 Briefing - The Alliance for Health Reform and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation co-sponsored this briefing to examine the factors which influence children's coverage. Questions addressed included: What are the trends in private sector coverage? How well are the enrollment simplification and outreach tools that are included in this year's CHIP reauthorization helping to reach those children who are eligible but unenrolled? How much does a child's coverage depend on where he or she lives?
Medicaid.gov - This website is devoted to the policies - and the people - of Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
Medical Care - official journal of the Medical Care Section of the American Public Health Association; publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Medical Care Research and Review - Formerly Medical Care Review, this journal has been a pioneering force in the area of health services research. Carries critical reviews of literature on organizational structure, economics, and the financing of health and medical care systems. Has expanded to reflect the growth of the field and the increasing importance of health services research. Published by Sage.
Medical Decision Making - Medical Decision Making (MDM), the official journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making, publishes articles designed to improve the health and clinical care of individuals and to assist with health policy development. Presenting theoretical, statistical, and modeling methods from a variety of disciplines, including decision psychology, health economics, clinical epidemiology, and evidence synthesis, the journal promotes understanding of human decision-making processes so that individuals can make more informed and satisfying choices regarding their health.
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) - The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) is a set of large-scale surveys of families and individuals, their medical providers, and employers across the United States. MEPS is the most complete source of data on the cost and use of health care and health insurance coverage.
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Statistical Briefs - MEPS Statistical Briefs are easy-to-read, quick graphical summaries of MEPS data very much like MEPS Highlights. These statistical brief are only available on the MEPS website.
Medical Informatics Section, Medical Librarians Association (MLA) - The Medical Informatics Section, established in 1988, provides a forum for education and communication among medical librarians, health professionals and other information sciences professionals. Access blogs, reports, professional development resources, etc..
Medical Outcomes Trust - Not for profit organization dedicated to improving health and health care by promoting the science of outcomes measurement, and the development, evaluation, and distribution of standardized, high quality instruments that measure health and the outcomes of medical care.
Medical societies: Exclude cost analysis from outcomes research
Medical Technology and Practice Patterns Institute (MTPPI) - A nonprofit organization established in 1986 to conduct research on the clinical, economic, and social implications of new and emerging health care technologies.
Medicare Chartbook, 2010 - This chartbook provides the most recent and reliable data available about the Medicare program and the 47 million seniors and younger people with disabilities who get health insurance coverage through the program.
Medicare Contractor Provider Satisfaction Survey (MCPSS) Public Report. - The Medicare Contractor Provider Satisfaction Survey elicits information from a sample of hospitals, physicians, skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies, clinical laboratories, and other providers and suppliers. Medicare contractors perform a variety of services for providers including claims processing, provider inquiries, enrollment, education, appeals, audits, and medical review.
Medicare Coverage Database - The Medicare Coverage Database (MCD) contains all National Coverage Determinations (NCDs) and Local Coverage Determinations (LCDs), local policy articles, and proposed NCD decisions. The database also includes several other types of national coverage policy related documents, including national coverage analyses (NCAs), coding analyses for labs (CALs), Medicare Evidence Development & Coverage Advisory Committee (MedCAC) proceedings, and Medicare coverage guidance documents.
Medicare demonstration project demonstrates that care coordination supported by content-based remote patient monitoring results in improved patient care and reduced costs
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) - Established in 1997 by the merger of the Physician Payment Review Commission (PPRC) and the Prospective Payment Assessment Commission (ProPAC). Created by congressional mandate (Public Law 105-33), the 15-member nonpartisan Commission advises the Congress on Medicare Payment policies. MedPAC is also tasked with analyzing access to care, quality of care, and other issues affecting Medicare.
Medicare Quality Improvement Community (MedQIC) - Free on-line resource for quality improvement interventions and associated tools, toolkits, presentations, and links to other resources.
Medicare.gov - This link provides access to Quality Care Finder, a website which provides consumers with access to all of Medicare's Compare tools -- e.g., comparison information on hospitals, nursing homes and plans.
Medication Error Quality Initiative - Mandatory annual reporting of all medication errors observed in nursing homes in the State of North Carolina.
Medpac Meetings - The Commission meets publicly in Washington, DC to discuss Medicare issues and policy questions and to develop and approve its reports and recommendations to the Congress. All meetings are held at the Ronald Reagan Building, The International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC.
Mental Health, United States, 2010 - This document reports on the nation's mental health system across three themes: people; treatment facility characteristics; and payers and payment mechanisms. Includes state-level data, needs of children and military personnel, and services in non-traditional settings.
Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (K08)
Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award to Promote Diversity (K08)
Mentored Quantitative Research Development Award (Parent K25)
Mentored Research Scientist Research Career Development Award (K01)
MEPSnet Query Tools - Provides easy access to Medical Expenditure Survey Panel statistics on health care use, expenditures, sources of payment, and insurance coverage.
Methodological Challenges in Comparative Effectiveness Research - Sponsored by AHRQ and NIH, the conference made use of case studies that pose difficult questions about what kinds of research, methods and analyses should be used to address limitations in current evidence for interventions and tests being examined by decision-making bodies.
Methodology And Measurement In The Behavioral And Social Sciences (R21)
Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews - Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews, systematic reviews of existing research on the effectiveness, comparative effectiveness, and comparative harms of different health care interventions, are intended to provide relevant evidence to inform real-world health care decisions for patients, providers, and policymakers. In an effort to improve the transparency, consistency, and scientific rigor of the work of the Effective Health Care (EHC) Program, through a collaborative effort, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the Scientific Resource Center, and the Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPCs) have developed a Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews. We intend that these documents will serve as a resource for our EPCs as well as for other investigators interested in conducting Comparative Effectiveness Reviews.
Michigan Department of Community Health: Statistics and Reports - The Department of Community Health is responsible for the collection of information on a range of health related issues. The information is collected to monitor the general health and well-being of Michigan's citizens. These data are useful for health program development, targeting and evaluation of program progress.
The Milbank Quarterly - Features peer-reviewed original research, policy review, and analysis, as well as commentary from academics, clinicians, and policymakers
Milliman Medical Index - The fifth annual Milliman Medical Index™ (MMI™) measures average annual medical spending for a typical American family of four covered by an employer-sponsored preferred provider organization (PPO) program. The MMI provides a consistent benchmark of healthcare benefit costs by annually assessing the changes in those costs over the most recent five-year period.
Minnesota Data Collection and Sources - Database of nearly 5 million records dating back to 1980 for Twin Cities metropolitan hospitals.
Minnesota Health Reform Resources - Collection of resources that the State Health Access Data Assistance Center(SHADAC) has for the health reform initiatives in Minnesota, including the Minnesota state health reform of 2008, the implementation issues surrounding the federal health reform legislation of 2010, and related reports and presentations.
Minority Fellowship Program
Minority Health Briefs, Webcasts, and Documents - A compilation of Kaiser Family Foundation reports and Web links on various aspects of minority health.
Mississippi Department of Human Services - Link to statistical reports.
MLA Educational Clearinghouse - List of courses, educational webcasts, and resources related to the use of health information resources.
MMRR - Medicare & Medicaid Research Review - Peer-reviewed, online journal reporting data and research that informs current and future directions of the Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's Health Insurance programs. The journal seeks to examine and evaluate health care coverage, quality and access to care for beneficiaries, and payment for health services.
Montana Health Data and Statistical Information - Link to data profiles and reports.
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) - The agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations.
Most nurse managers 'negative' about tackling staff absence
Moving from Policy to Practice in Research and Delivery, March 14-15, 2012, Washington, DC - This meeting will highlight the changing nature of evidence standards within the marketplace; specifically, the continued push for increased levels of evidence of comparative effectiveness applied within health technology assessments (HTAs). The goal of the meeting is to focus less on definitions and theoretic concepts, and more on the application of comparative effectiveness research (CER) and HTA within drug development and research planning.
Moving from Research to Large-Scale Change in Child Health Care - Dissemination, diffusion, and implementation (DD&I) science offers a model to identify innovations and understand the preferences, capabilities, and social networks likely to help facilitate adoption. This Commonwealth Fund-supported study outlines how the DD&I model can be used to enhance widespread adoption of innovative care practices that can improve the overall health of children. The authors detail the DD&I process from the initial exploration for practice change to planning, pilot implementation, and organization-wide implementation. The success and sustainability of each model requires constant surveillance and assessment to enable continuous improvement, the authors write.
Moving Research Into Practice: Lessons from the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's IDSRN Program - AHRQ's Integrated Delivery Systems Research Network (IDSRN) program was established to foster public-private collaboration between health services researchers and health care delivery systems. Its broad goal was to link researchers and delivery systems to encourage implementation of research into practice. The authors evaluated the program to address two primary questions: 1) How successful was IDSRN in generating research findings that could be applied in practice? and 2) What factors facilitate or impede such success?
Moving Science into Coverage: An Employer's Guide to Preventive Services - Developed in collaboration with the CDC and AHRQ, the Purchaser's Guide provides guidance for the selection of clinical preventive services shown to be effective by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, CDC and other authoritative organizations; translates clinical guidelines and medical evidence into lay terms; and provides large employers with the information they need to select, define, and implement comprehensive and structured preventive service benefits.
Multilevel Interventions in Health Care: Building the Foundation for Future Research Goals, MAR 4-5, 2011 - The goal of the meeting is to expand the scientific base of multilevel interventions in cancer care as well as other health conditions. For the purposes of this meeting, a multilevel intervention addresses the health outcomes for patients, as well as at least two additional levels of contextual influence.
Multinational Comparisons of Health Systems Data, 2008 - This chartbook uses data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development to compare the health care systems of nine countries: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Topics include: health care spending and health insurance coverage, hospitals, long-term care, physicians, pharmaceuticals, prevention, and mortality.
My Own Network, Powered by AHRQ (MONAHRQ) - MONAHRQ is a software product that enables organizations to input their own inpatient hospital administrative data and generate a data-driven Web site. MONAHRQ analyzes, summarizes, and presents information in a format ready for use by consumers and other decision-makers. Organizations host the new tool on their own Web server and populate it with their own hospital administrative data.
NACCHO Career Network - Interactive job board for online employment connections with a focus on local health departments and public health professions. Employers can post jobs online and search for qualified candidates. Job seekers can learn about employers and employment opportunities in public health, post resumes, browse and view available jobs.
National Academies Press: Healthcare and Quality Publications - Healthcare and Quality is a subtopic of interest within the Health and Medicine topic at the National Academies Press. This site displays relevant titles.
National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) - Independent academy of state health policymakers working together to identify emerging issues, develop policy solutions, and improve state health policy and practice.
National Academy of Social Insurance - Nonprofit, nonpartisan organization made up of the nation's leading experts on social insurance. Its mission is to promote understanding of how social insurance contributes to economic security and a vibrant economy.
National Academy of Social Insurance Conferences and Meetings - Information on congressional briefings, workshops, and seminars.
National Advisory Council Subcommittee: Identifying Quality Measures for Medicaid-Eligible Adults (Background Report) - To help facilitate an evidence-based and transparent process for prioritizing measures, the National Advisory Council of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) created a Subcommittee for identifying quality measures for Medicaid-eligible adults. This report documents the process, deliberations, and results of the Subcommittee's efforts.
National Alliance for Caregiving - The National Alliance for Caregiving is a non-profit coalition of national organizations focusing on issues of family caregiving. Alliance members include grassroots organizations, professional associations, service organizations, disease-specific organizations, a government agency, and corporations. The Alliance was created to conduct research, do policy analysis, develop national programs, increase public awareness of family caregiving issues, work to strengthen state and local caregiving coalitions, and represent the US caregiving community internationally.
National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA) - NACDA acquires and preserves data relevant to gerontological research. Housed within ICPSR it is the largest library of electronic data on aging in the United States.
National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) - Nation's leading organization for healthcare quality professionals.
National Association for Public Health Statistics and Information Systems (NAPHSIS)
National Association of Area Agencies on Aging
National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) - NACCHO is the national organization representing local public health agencies. NACCHO works to support efforts that protect and improve the health of all people and all communities by promoting national policy, developing resources and programs, seeking health equity and supporting effective local public health practice and systems.
National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO) - National, not-for-profit membership organization dedicated to improving health care through the collection, analysis, dissemination, public availability, and use of health data.
National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO) Events - List of meetings and other events.
National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) - The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) is the U.S. standard-setting and regulatory support organization created and governed by the chief insurance regulators from the 50 states, the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories. Through the NAIC, state insurance regulators establish standards and best practices, conduct peer review, and coordinate their regulatory oversight. NAIC staff supports these efforts and represents the collective views of state regulators domestically and internationally. NAIC members, together with the central resources of the NAIC, form the national system of state-based insurance regulation in the U.S.
National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH)
National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) - Represents state chief information officers and information technology executives and managers from the states, territories, and the District of Columbia.
National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) Publications and Research - Link to various PDFs on state IT initiatives, surveys, reports, etc.
National Association of States United for Aging and Disabilities - This organization represents the nation's 56 state and territorial agencies on aging and disabilities and supports visionary state leadership, the advancement of state systems innovation and the articulation of national policies that support home and community based services for older adults and individuals with disabilities.
The National Call to Action to Eliminate Health Care Disparities: Hospitals Answering the Call, 10/4/11, 3:00-4:30 p.m., EST
National Cancer Institute Support and Resources - Provides general support information for those with cancer, lists support organizations, details information about finances and insurance, and offers information about hospices and home care, and support for children with cancer.
National Cancer Institute, Cancer Control & Population Sciences - Implementation Science - The vision of this group is to achieve the rapid integration of scientific evidence, practice and policy, with the ultimate goal of improving the impact of research on cancer outcomes and promoting health across individual, organizational and community levels. This website provides access to publications, presentations, and funding opportunities.
National Cancer Institute, Implementation Science Funding Opportunities - This website provides access to new and archived funding opportunities.
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) - Working in partnership with the public and private sectors, this NIH Center will develop innovative ways to reduce, remove or bypass bottlenecks in the research translational pipeline. The mission of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences is to catalyze the generation of innovative methods and technologies that will enhance the development, testing, and implementation of diagnostics and therapeutics across a wide range of human diseases and conditions.
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Journals Database - Journals database for NCBI.
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Summary of Surveys and Data Systems - Links to informations sheets on all of NCHS' survyes and data systems.
National Center for Health Statistics Health E Stats - Health statistics, links to publications, working papers, and electronic medical record use.
National Center for Nursing Quality - Created by ANA to address patient safety and quality in nursing care and nurses' work lives.
National Center on Elder Abuse
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) - Private, not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving health care quality. NCQA helps to elevate the issue of health care quality to the top of the national agenda.
National Committee on Vital Health Statistics - NCVHS is the public advisory body to the Secretary, HHS, regarding vital health statistics; it has a subcommittee on quality. Note the 12/01/09 NCVHS letter re Meaningful Measurement of Quality Health Care using Electronic Health Records, under hot topics on the home page.
National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) - Bipartisan organization that serves the legislators and staffs of the nation's 50 states, its commonwealths and territories. NCSL provides research, technical assistance and opportunities for policymakers to exchange ideas on the most pressing state issues.
National Conference of State Legislatures - Health - This is the portal to NCSL's health resources which include over 30 legislative tracking pages as well as information on many state health and public health policy areas.
National Conference of State Legislatures Health IT Tools and Resources - This website provides access to a health information technology legislative tracking database as well as other resources and webinars related to health information technology.
National Coordinating Center for Public Health Services & Systems Research - The National Coordinating Center for Public Health Services and Systems Research seeks to explore the impact of specific public health strategies on the quality and performance of the United States public health system. Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and housed at the University Of Kentucky College Of Public Health, the Center offers grants for researchers, sponsors an annual conference for the discipline and increases the data available for researchers to use. Ultimately, the answers uncovered through this supported research will help practitioners and researchers to become more effective and productive in the mission to improve health status.
National Council on Aging
National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators - Proprietary database of the American Nurses Association. The database collects and evaluates unit-specific nurse-sensitive data from hospitals in the United States.
National Evidence-Based Practice Conference, May 3-4, 2012 - This University of Iowa, College of Nursing conference will be held in Iowa.
National Guideline Clearinghouse Glossary - The National Guideline Clearinghouse™ (NGC), sponsored by AHRQ, provides a glossary of clarifying definitions and examples of terms used to describe common properties of evidence-based clinical practice guideline summaries.
National Guideline Clearinghouse Update Service - Subscription Management - Free e-mail subscription service that allows users to receive notification by e-mail when new information is available.
National Guideline Clearinghouse™ (NGC) - Resources for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.
National Guideline Clearinghouse™ (NGC)
National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Cancer Control Module - Provides information about NHIS, a nationwide survey of about 36,000 households in the U.S. and a principal source of information on the health of the civilian noninstitutionalized population.
National Health Interview Survey - Data Brief: Access to and Utilization of Medical Care for Young Adults Aged 20-29 Years: United States, 2008 - The majority of young adults aged 20-29 years (58%) had private health insurance coverage. Although young men and young women were equally likely to have private health insurance coverage, young women with private coverage were more likely to utilize medical services than young men with the same coverage. This data brief provides highlights from the National Health Interview Survey.
National Health Policy Forum (NHPF) - The National Health Policy Forum is a participant-driven, nonpartisan information exchange program that works to foster more informed government decision making.
National Health Reform Law and Policy Project - At this site, readers will find an analysis of national health reform proposals, i.e., A user's guide to navigating project contents; A taxonomy that identifies the major themes guiding the comparative legislative analysis; Comparative legislative tables showing provisions in each analyzed proposal and viewable independently or comparatively (side by side); and Comprehensive summaries of each proposal and links to the actual legislation.
National Healthcare Disparities Report - Tracks disparities in both quality of and access to health care in the United States for both the general population and for AHRQ's congressionally designated priority populations.
National Healthcare Quality Report - A comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care -effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.
National Healthcare Quality Report, 2008
National Healthcare Reform, October 24-26, 2012, Miami Beach - The theme of the 2012 conference is is Compliance and Preparedness for 2014.
National Home and Hospice Care Survey (NHHCS) - The 2007 National Home and Hospice Care Survey (NHHCS) is one in a continuing series of nationally representative sample surveys of U.S. home health and hospice agencies. It is designed to provide descriptive information on home health and hospice agencies, their staffs, their services, and their patients. NHHCS was first conducted in 1992 and was repeated in 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, and 2000, and most recently in 2007.
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization - This is the largest nonprofit membership organization representing hospice and palliative care programs and professionals in the United States. The organization is committed to improving end of life care and expanding access to hospice care with the goal of profoundly enhancing quality of life for people dying in America and their loved ones.
National Implementation Research Network - The mission of the National Implementation Research Network (NIRN) is to close the gap between science and service by improving the science and practice of implementation in relation to evidence-based programs and practices. This site provides access to publications and research resources.
National Indian Council on Aging - National nonprofit advocates for improved, comprehensive health and social services to American Indian and Alaska Native Elders.
National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology (NICHSR) - The 1993 NIH Revitalization Acts created NICHSR at the National Library of Medicine to improve "...the collection, storage, analysis, retrieval, and dissemination of information on health services research, clinical practice guidelines, and on health care technology, including the assessment of such technology."
National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality (NICHQ) - NICHQ is an independent, not-for-profit, quality improvement organization dedicated to achieving a world in which all children receive the high quality healthcare they need.
National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) - Set up as a Special Health Authority for England and Wales on 1 April 1999. It is part of the National Health Service (NHS), and its role is to provide patients, health professionals and the public with authoritative, robust and reliable guidance on current "best practice".
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) - NICE produces guidance in health technologies with guidance on the use of new and existing medicines, treatments and procedures within the NHS clinical practice; and guidance on the appropriate treatment and care of people with specific diseases and conditions within the NHS.
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence Quality Outcomes Framework Programme - QOF is a voluntary incentive scheme for GP practices in the UK, rewarding them for how well they care for patients. NICE's role is to manage the process to develop the clinical and health improvement indicators for the QOF. This involves prioritising areas for new indicator development, developing and selecting indicators, and ensuring consultation with individuals and stakeholder groups.
National Institute for Health Care Reform - Conducts objective research and policy analyses of the organization, financing and delivery of health care in the United States. Works to identify key health policy issues, explore policy options, and assess the advantages and disadvantages of policy options to help inform policy makers and other decision makers about how to expand access to high-quality, affordable health care to all Americans.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Listserv - This listserv provides announcements about NICHD news releases and media events, outreach, education campaigns, and other items of interest.
National Institute of Mental Health - Implementation Science - This program includes studies that will contribute to the development of a sound knowledge base on the effective transmission of mental health information to multiple stakeholders and of the process by which efficacious interventions can be adopted within clinical settings.
National Institute on Aging
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Databases Resources - Links to datasets such as COMBINE (Combined Pharmacotherapies and Behavioral Interventions for Alcohol Dependence), Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science Database (commonly referred to as ETOH), the Alcohol Policy Information System (APIS), etc.
National Institutes of Health (NIH) - Part of DHHS, NIH is the world's premiere medical research organization. A number of its Centers and Institutes conduct health services research, e.g., outcomes, patient safety, data sources, epidemiology, health disparities, access to care, quality of care, pharmacogenetics, data sources, implementation research, research diffusion, research dissemination.
National Institutes of Health (NIH)Calendar of Events - NIH Calendar of Events.
National Institutes of Health and CER - The NIH identified a range of Challenge Areas that focus on specific knowledge gaps, scientific opportunities, new technologies, data generation, or research methods. Within each broad Challenge Area the NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices have specified particular Challenge Topics that address their missions. Link to additional information on the Challenge Topics.
National Institutes of Health Grants and Funding Opportunities - Extensive information about grants, research funding, and policies. Please scroll to bottom of Grants and Funding page for specific information on NIH HSR Funding Opportunities, PAs and RFAs.
National Library of Medicine (NLM) CER Efforts and Resources - Links to NLM Technical Bulletin outlining NLM's various CER-related efforts and resources.
National Library of Medicine (NLM) Exhibit Schedule - Highlights training and outreach offered by the NLM.
National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center (NORC) - The National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center provides support, technical assistance and training to the 53 State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs and their statewide networks of almost 600 regional (local) programs. The Center's objectives are to enhance the skills, knowledge, and management capacity of the State programs to enable them to handle residents' complaints and represent resident interests (individual and systemic advocacy).
National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM), MidContentinental Region Blog - The NNLM Blog.
National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) - Membership organization that fosters networking and collaboration among public health institutes and multi-sector partners. Programs include the National Public Health Performance Standards Program and a program dedicated specifically to PHSSR.
National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) - NOSORH was created in 1995 by State Offices of Rural Health to promote a healthy rural America through state and community leadership.
National Partnership for Action to End Health Disparities - The mission of the National Partnership for Action is to mobilize and connect individuals and organizations across the country to create a Nation free of health disparities, with quality health outcomes for all people.
National Partnership for Action to End Health Disparities (NPA) - The mission of the National Partnership for Action is to mobilize and connect individuals and organizations across the country to create a Nation free of health disparities, with quality health outcomes for all people. The campaign, launched by the Office of Minority Health (OMH) focuses on health status and health outcomes among racial and ethnic minority populations.
National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) - The NPSF's vision is to be the indispensable resource for individuals and organizations committed to improving the safety of patients.
National Patient Safety Foundation Annual Congress - Information on the Annual Congress.
National Public Health Leadership Development Network - is a consortium of organizations represented by both academics and practitioners dedicated to building public health leadership programs and skills in order to achieve optimal health outcomes in communities.
National Public Health Performance Standards Program - The National Public Health Performance Standards Program (NPHPSP) is a collaborative effort to enhance the Nation's public health systems. Seven national public health organizations have partnered to develop national performance standards for state and local public health systems.
National Public Health Performance Standards Program (NPHPSP) - National Partnership initiative that has developed National Public Health Performance Standards for state and local public health systems and for public health governing bodies to support performance assessment and systems improvement.
National Quality Forum (NQF) - Not-for-profit membership organization created to develop and implement a national strategy for health care quality measurement and reporting.
National Quality Forum's Annual Conference - Each year the National Quality Forum hosts a conference in Washington, DC. The two-day event includes a membership meeting and public sessions addressing key policy and implementation issues.
National Quality Measures Clearinghouse - A public resource for evidence-based quality measures and measure sets.
National Quality Measures Clearinghouse
National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP) - Searchable database of interventions for the prevention and treatment of mental and substance use disorders
National Rural Health Association - National nonprofit membership organization with more than 18,000 members. The association's mission is to provide leadership on rural health issues.
National Science Foundation - An independent agency to promote the progress of science; advance national health, prosperity, and welfare, and secure national defense. Supports health service research projects, for example, ensuring security and privacy for electronic records, theory and implementation of scheduling patients, econometric models, etc.
National Science Foundation (NSF) Calendar of Events - NSF's calendar of events.
National Senior Citizens Law Center - NSCLC seeks to ensure that low-income older adults understand and have access to affordable health care benefits and medicine and that more people receive long term care at home. To achieve its objectives, NSCLC uses advocacy and litigation as well as provides education and counseling to local advocates who work with low-income older adults. This website provides information on topics such as dual eligibles, Medicaid/Medicare, health reform law, health disparities, etc.
National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) - Six years of private sector experience has demonstrated the effectiveness of the NSQIP as a quality improvement tool and as a source of new clinical knowledge for hospitals outside the VA system. The ACS NSQIP is available to all private sector hospitals that meet the minimum participation requirements, complete a hospital agreement, and pay an annual fee of $35,000.
National Survey of Ambulatory Surgery (NSAS) Public Use Data Set - Download revised 2006 data.
National Survey of Children's Health and National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs - Access interactive, online access national and state data from these two surveys. View state-specific profiles.
National Survey of Colorectal Cancer Screening Practices - Provides information about the National Survey of Colorectal Cancer Sreening Practices and its methodology, as well an analysis of the results.
National Survey of Family Growth - The National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) gathers information on family life, marriage and divorce, pregnancy, infertility, use of contraception, and men's and women's health.
National Survey on Drug Use & Health - Links to the various surveys and data collected by the Office of Applied Studies via ther National Survey on Drug Use & Health.
National Training Center and Clearinghouse - Classes, tutorials and training materials on National Library of Medicine products and services (including PubMed, NLM Gateway, LocatorPlus, Loansome Doc, ClinicalTrials.gov) and on non-NLM sites.
Nationwide Emergency Department Sample - The Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS) is one in a family of databases and software tools developed as part of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), a Federal-State-Industry partnership sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. HCUP data inform decision-making at the national, State, and community levels.
Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) - The HCUP Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) is a set of longitudinal hospital inpatient databases included in the HCUP family. These databases are created by AHRQ through a Federal-State-Industry partnership.
NCCOR Funding Opportunities
NCHS Listservs - NCHS set up several electronic distribution lists, or listservs. The lists provide e-mail announcements to list members regarding updates, releases, or technical assistance.
NCI Calendar of Scientific Meetings - NCI meetings and conferences can be found in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Calendar of Events (Yellow Sheet).
NCI Cancer Control & Population Sciences: Comparative Effectiveness Research - Access NCI studies funded by CER dollars. For example, smoking cessation trials and risk behavior interventions in health care settings.
NCI Cancer Mortality Maps & Graphs - Provides interactive maps, graphs (accessible to the blind and visually-impaired), text, tables and figures showing geographic patterns and time trends of cancer death rates for the time period 1950-1994 for more than 40 cancers
NCI Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award to Promote Diversity (K08)
NCI Mentored Research Scientist Development Award to Promote Diversity (K01)
NCQA's Report Cards - Free online resources to help individuals select a health plan or physician that provides top-notch care.
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services: Statistics and Reports - Download various data reports.
NEHI - A non-profit, health policy institute, NEHI is a member-based organization that brings together diverse perspectives from the health care community across the country - including patients, payers, providers, universities, hospitals and not-for-profit institutions, and for-profit companies and associations - to find mutual solutions to mutual health care problems through collaboration, research and transformation.
NEI Research Grant for Secondary Data Analysis (R21)
Nemours Child Health Services Research Award - The Nemours Child Health Services Research Award recognizes the scientific work of emerging scholars in the field of child health services research, particularly research on quality improvement of pediatric health services. Recipients must be within seven years of entry into the field of child health services research as of December 31, 2009. Year of entry will be judged by the nominee's first publication in child health services research. The winner will receive $1,000 in recognition of his/her contribution to child health services research, and the award will be presented at the Eleventh Child Health Services Research Meeting on June 26, 2010.
Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement (NRHI) - NHRI is a National Coalition of Regional Health Improvement Collaboratives -- regionally-based, multi-stakeholder organizations that are working to improve the quality and value of health care delivery.
Network on Inequality, Complexity, and Health - Created by NIH in August 2010, the Network consists of experts who will explore new approaches to understanding the origins of health disparities, or differences in the burden of disease among population groups. Using state-of-the-science conceptual and computational models, the network's goal is to identify important areas where interventions or policy changes could have the greatest impact in eliminating health disparities.
Nevada State Health Division - Promotes and protects the health of all Nevadans and visitors to the state through its leadership in public health and enforcement of laws and regulations pertaining to public health. Link to interactive health databases.
New America Foundation - The New America Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy institute that invests in new thinkers and new ideas to address the next generation of challenges facing the United States. Link to policy papers and briefs on health care reform
New Comparative Effectiveness Research training now available
New Directions in Health Care - New Directions in Health Care aims to bring the work of our programs to life though audio interviews with the health care professionals, administrators, policymakers, advocates, and patients on the frontlines of health care.
New England Healthcare Institute (NEHI) - Link to various reports and publications on health policy produced by the NEHI.
New England Journal of Medicine Health Care Reform 2009 - Focused website where physicians contribute their ideas and concerns and keep up with important policy developments.
New Hampshire Department of Health & Human Services - Link to public health statistics.
The New Health Reform Law and Medicaid - This briefing explores the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (HCERA). A panel of experts explain how PPACA and HCERA affect Medicaid, and answer questions about their Medicaid-specific provisions, including Medicaid eligibility, financing, and other implementation issues.
New Jersey: Rutgers Center for State Health Policy - The Center combines Rutgers University's traditional academic strengths in public health, health services research, and social science with applied research and policy analysis initiatives. It serves as the focal point within the University for research and related activities relevant to state health policy.
New Mexico: Health Data - Health data for New Mexico at the state and community levels, organized in one place.
New report highlights need for action on health in the aftermath of war
New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM) - NYAM has been advancing the health of people in cities since 1847. An independent organization, NYAM addresses the health challenges facing the world's urban populations through interdisciplinary approaches to innovative research, education, community engagement and policy leadership. Drawing on the expertise of diverse partners worldwide and more than 2,000 elected Fellows from across the professions, our current priorities are to create environments in cities that support healthy aging; to strengthen systems that prevent disease and promote the public's health; and to implement interventions that eliminate health disparities. Provides New York City and New York State health and community data resources.
New York State Department of Health Grants and Funding Opportunities - listing of opportunities offered by the Department
Newsletter of the International Society for Evidence-Based Health Care - Published quarterly, contains news, tips, and teaching materials as well as covers the global interests of the Society.
NHANES Web Tutorial - Access NHANES course tutorial as well as Survey Orientation, Preparing an Analytic Dataset, and Survey Design courses.
NHQRDRNet Online Query System - Online query system that allows you to access national and state data on the quality of, and access to, health care from scientifically credible measures and data sources. This is an interactive tool to explore data from the National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports.
NHS Health Technology Assessment Programme - The HTA programme is part of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). It produces independent research information about the effectiveness, costs and broader impact of healthcare treatments and tests for those who plan, provide or receive care in the NHS.
NIA MSTEM: Advancing Diversity in Aging Research (ADAR) through Undergraduate Education (R25)
NIA Research & Funding Opportunities - This site lists funding opportunities from the National Institute on Aging.
NIDCD Research On Hearing Health Care (R21/R33)
NIDCR Small Research Grants for Oral Health Data Analysis and Statistical Methodology Development (R03)
NIH grant funding opportunities supported by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)
NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts - Link to the NIH Guide for grants and contracts.
NIH Office of Extramural Research - Provides links to funding opportunities as well as grant application basics.
NIH Podcasts and Other Subscriptions - Visit this link to subscribe, or download, podcasts, newsletters, Twitter, or RSS.
NIH RePORTER (RePORT Expenditures & Results) - The RePORT (Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools) website provides access to a variety of reporting tools, reports, data, and analyses of NIH research activities. One of the tools available on the RePORT site is the RePORTER (RePORT Expenditures and Results) module. RePORTER is an electronic tool that allows users to search a repository of NIH-funded research projects and access publications and patents resulting from NIH funding.
NIH SeniorHealth.gov - NIHSeniorHealth features authoritative and up-to-date health information from Institutes and Centers at NIH. In addition, the American Geriatrics Society provides expert and independent review of some of the material found on this Web site. Health topics include general background information, open-captioned videos, quizzes and frequently asked questions (FAQs). New topics are added to the site on a regular basis.
NIH Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings (R13 and U13) - The NIH recognizes the value of supporting scientific meetings that are relevant to its scientific mission and to the public health. A scientific meeting is defined as a gathering, symposium, seminar, conference, workshop, or any other organized, formal meeting where persons assemble to coordinate, exchange, and disseminate information or to explore or clarify a defined subject, problem, or area of knowledge.
NIMH Limited Access Data Sets - Web page provides information on limited access data sets and how to gain access to them.
NIMHD Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Initiative in Reducing and Eliminating Health Disparities: Planning Phase (R24)
NIMHD Social, Behavioral, Health Services, and Policy Research on Minority Health and Health Disparities (R01)
NIST Guide to the Processes Approach for Improving the Usability of Electronic Health Records - Provides NIST guidance for those developing electronic health record (EHR) applications who need to know more about processes of user-centered design (UCD).
NLM Email Lists - Service which allows users to subscribe to announcement and discussion lists hosted by the National Library of Medicine. Users can receive list postings, access list archives, and post messages to a list. NLM also offers RSS feeds, podcasts, and webcasts.
NLM Extramural Programs: Career Development and Training Support - Links to NLM extramural grant programs, including career development and training support.
NLM Extramural Programs: Career Development and Training Support
NLM Gateway - Searches multiple databases for information on meeting abstracts, health services research projects, health-related organizations, journal articles and books.
NLM Opportunities for Training and Education - A variety of education and training opportunities for health professionals.
NLM Resources for Informing Comparative Effectiveness - Provides specialized searches of published research - PubMed - and research still in progress - HSRProj, and ClinicalTrials.gov - to help inform investigations of comparative effectiveness.
NLM University Informatics Research Training Programs - NLM-supported predoctoral and postdoctoral training in medical informatics or special training tracks combining informatics with health services research, health administration, or public health
NLM's National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Releases Updated Core Library Resources
NLM/AHRQ Medical Informatics and HSR Bridging the Gap Conference Slides - AHRQ and NLM cosponsored a medical informatics and health services research training meeting, Bridging the Gap at the NLM on January 6-7, 2000. Information on the slide presentations and recommendations are available at this link.
NNLM's SouthCentral Region Blogadillo - News from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine South Central Region.
North Carolina Health Professions Data System - Collects and disseminates timely and reliable data on selected licensed health professionals in North Carolina.
North Carolina Health Topics and Data - Links to North Carolina health topics and data.
North Carolina Institute of Medicine Publications - The NC IOM publishes a variety of health-related material from consumer guides to final reports from task forces, many focusing on child health services research-related issues.
North Carolina Rural Health Policy Cartographic Archive - Maps on all aspects of rural health care.
North Dakota Department of Health/Health Data Resources - Portal for data summaries, tools, and data sources.
Now@NEJM - Blog produced by the publishing communications team about the web content in the New England Journal of Medicine.
NRHA Conference Calendar - list of upcoming NRHA meetings
NRSA Mental Health & Substance Abuse Systems and Services Fellowship Program - Provides experience in applying research methods to the systematic analysis and evaluation of mental health, substance abuse services, and their associated public policy issues.
NRSA Pre-Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Training Program - Emphasizes the organization, financing, utilization, quality and evaluation of personal health care services and public policies for ensuring access to such services.
NRSA Primary Care Research Fellowship - Trains primary care physicians for academic careers with an emphasis on research.
Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) Program - Interprofessional Collaborative Practice
Nurse staffing mandates debated at hospitals: Studies predict fewer patient deaths; hospitals say flexibility key.
Nursing Home Compare - This tool has detailed information about every Medicare and Medicaid-certified nursing home in the country.
Nursing Home Quality Initiative Website - Provides consumer and provider information regarding the quality of care in nursing homes.
Nutrition and Alcohol-Related Health Outcomes (R01)
Nutrition and Alcohol-Related Health Outcomes (R03)
Nutrition and Alcohol-Related Health Outcomes (R21)
NZHTA Clearing House - New Zealand Health Technology Assessment (NZHTA) was a clearing house for health outcomes and health technology assessment, operating from 1997-June 2007. NZHTA is no longer active but publications can still be accessed from this site.
Obesity Policy Research: Evaluation and Measures (R01)
Obesity Policy Research: Evaluation and Measures (R03)
Obesity Policy Research: Evaluation and Measures (R21)
Observational Medical Outcomes Project - This is a public-private partnership designed to help improve the monitoring of drugs for safety. The partnership is conducting a multi-year initiative to research methods that are feasible and useful to analyze existing healthcare databases to identify and evaluate safety and benefit issues of drugs already on the market.
Office of Adolescent Health (OAH) - Coordinates adolescent health programs and initiatives across DHHS related to adolescent health promotion and disease prevention. Supports multi-disciplinary projects focused on improving adolescent health, collects and disseminates information on adolescent health to health professionals and the general public, and works in partnership with other HHS agencies to support evidence-based approaches to improving the health of adolescents. Monitors trends in adolescent health and supports training of healthcare professionals.
Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research - Implementation Science - This website links to dissemination and implementation research funding opportunities, funded projects, and training institutes.
Office of Healthcare Quality - Established by the Assistant Secretary for Health in December 2009 to lead and coordinate cross-cutting issues that strengthen the health system and improve the quality of healthcare across the United States.
Office of Minority Health (OMH) - The mission of the Office of Minority Health (OMH) is to improve and protect the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs that will eliminate health disparities. Detailed information on cultural competency can be found on this site.
Office of Rural Health, Veterans Health Administration - Conducts, coordinates, promotes, and disseminates studies and analyses into issues affecting Veterans living in rural and highly rural areas, in cooperation with the medical, rehabilitation, health services and cooperative studies research programs.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) - ONC's mission includes: Promoting development of a nationwide Health IT infrastructure that allows for electronic use and exchange of information that ensures secure and protected patient health information; improves health care quality; reduces health care costs; informs medical decisions at the time/place of car; includes meaningful public input in infrastructure development; and, improves coordination of care and information among hospitals, labs, physicians, etc.
Office of the U.S. Surgeon General
Ohio Department of Health - Offers a broad range of health statistics and databases to the public.
Oklahoma State Department of Health/Data and Statistics - Link to health statistics data.
Older Americans 2010: Key Indicators of Well-Being - provides an updated, accessible compendium of indicators, drawn from the most reliable official statistics about the well-being of Americans primarily age 65 and older. The indicators are categorized into five broad areas-population, economics, health status, health risks and behaviors, and health care. The 155-page report contains data on 37 key indicators.
Online Research Ethics Course - Intended to provide a foundation for institutions that are working to promote Responsible Conduct of Research.
Online Training Courses - Free online classes on various aspects finding funding.
Opportunities for States to Improve Children's Care Under CHIPRA and Health Reform - Interview with Jocelyn Guyer, co-executive director of the Georgetown Center for Children and Families, about the opportunities and challenges for states to improve the quality of children's health care presented by the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA) and the health reform law.
Opportunities to Inform Public Health Workforce Policy - November 2009 supplement containing a collection of aritcles on public health workforce issues.
Oregon: Health Systems Planning - Its mission is to strengthen the ability of Oregon's health system to serve Oregonians by improving access to primary care, reducing disparities in health care services, improving quality, patient safety, and the level of patient centered care.
Out of Options: Why So Many Workers in Small Businesses Lack Affordable Health Insurance, and How Health Care Reform Can Help - Small-business owners and employees are among those who stand to benefit the most from provisions in some of the current health reform proposals under consideration by Congress, according to a September 2009 Commonwealth Fund analysis. Currently, 39 million Americans work for companies with fewer than 50 employees, and only 25 percent of them have health insurance through their employer.
Outcomes Research Publications - Lists Outcomes Research Branch publications by year, dating back to 2000.
Panel endorses active monitoring and delay of treatment for low-risk prostate cancer
Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce
Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce Grants and Funding - Links to opportunities for fellowships, grants and other awards, including PHSSR, from members of the Partners project.
Partnership to Improve Patient Care - Group of healthcare organization representing patients, physicians and other health care providers, researchers and innovators, and other groups that have come together to promote comparative effectiveness research that supports patient access and informed health care decision-making and fosters continued medical progress.
Partnerships in Implementing Patient Safety II (R18) - The purpose of this Funding Opportunity (FOA) is to support Research Demonstration and Dissemination (R18) grant applications from organizations that will implement safe practice interventions that demonstrate evidence of reducing or eliminating medical errors, risks, hazards, and harms associated with the process of health care. These 24 month implementation projects will inform AHRQ, providers, patients, payers, policy makers, and the public about how safe practice interventions can be successfully implemented in diverse health care settings and lead to safer and better health care for all Americans. This FOA follows the release of an earlier FOA in 2005 that resulted in the release of successful implementation projects and toolkits available to the public.
Pathway to Independence Award
Patient Safety Network - A web-based resource featuring the latest news and essential resources on patient safety. The site offers weekly updates of patient safety literature, news, tools, and meetings ("What's New"), and a vast set of carefully annotated links to important research and other information on patient safety ("The Collection").
Patient Safety Toolbox for States - This electronic toolbox is intended to provide states with tools they can use or modify as they develop or improve adverse event reporting systems. The toolbox includes information (policies, practices, forms, reports, methods, and contracts) related to states' reporting systems, links to other Web resources, and fast facts and issues related to patient safety.
Patient-Centered Care Improvement Guide - Founded 30 years ago, Planetree is a not-for-profit organization that partners with healthcare organizations to transform organizational cultures and improve the patient experience; the Picker Institute is an international non-profit organization that supports research in the field of patient-centered care. The Patient-Centered Care Improvement Guide represents the culmination of this year-long collaboration. It reflects the collective wisdom of organizations implementing patient-centered care at an advanced level, as well as the experiences of those whose efforts have been hindered by any number of barriers.
Patient-centered outcomes organization to release priorities agenda draft
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute - This website lists funding opportunities for PCORI.
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Meetings and Events - Access information on prior PCORI meetings and events.
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute - Promoting Better Information, Decisions, and Health - This is a a perspective article authored by Dr. Eugene Washington and Steve Lipstein, PCORI's Board chair and vice chair, respectively. Published by the New England Journal of Medicine online September 2011.
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Will Consider Revised Definition of ‘Patient-Centered Outcomes Research' at Baltimore Board Meeting
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Will Hold National Patient and Stakeholder Dialogue on February 27 at the National Press Club in WDC
Patients Actively Engaged in Their Care Fare Better, International Survey Finds
Patterns of Care/Quality of Care Studies - Describes patterns of care/quality of care studies, as well as the uses of the data.
Paying Medicare Advantage by Competitive Bidding: How Much Competition Is There? - This study examines the concentration of enrollment among Medicar Advantage (MA) plans and the degree to which firms offering MA plans actually face competition.
Payment Reform: Analysis of Models and Peformance Measurement Implications - The purpose of this report is to provide information about the current status of performance measurement in the context of payment reform and to identify near-term opportunities for performance measure development. The report is intended for the many stakeholders tasked with outlining a national quality strategy in the wake of health care reform legislation.
PCORI Announces Application Process for Tier One Pilot Projects, Seeks Input on Defining "Patient-Centered Outcomes Research"
PCORI Unveils Proposed Research Agenda
PCORI: What Is It and What Role Will It Play In Shaping the Future of Healthcare In the US? - The Health and Social Policies Task Force will host a discussion with Joe Selby, M.D., the newly named executive director of the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute an entity created under provisions within the Patient Protections and Affordable Care Act. During this roundtable discussion, Dr. Selby will share the developing vision of PCORI and the role that the organization will play in moving the US toward a quality driven value-based purchaser of healthcare services.
Pennsylvania Department of Health Bureau of Health Statistics and Research - Link to an interactive health statistics web tool.
Pew Charitable Trusts - Seeks to promote nonpartisan policy solutions for pressing and emerging health-care problems that affect the American public and the global community.
Pew Charitable Trusts Program Investments - Pew invests in programmatic work to solve today's most challenging problems including improving policy, informing the public and stimulating civic life.
Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) 7th Annual Meeting, June 13-15, 2012, Washington, DC - Thought leaders, policy experts, government insiders, innovators and researchers within healthcare, share insights and ideas on medication use as it relates to quality performance, measurement and innovation in improving healthcare delivery and patient outcomes.
PHSR: Methods Training and Professional Development - Webinars with a special focus on public health research, methods, and practice topics are offered by AcademyHealth.
PHSSR InsideTrack e-Newsletter
Physical Therapy Business Alliance Award Funds to the Foundation for Physical Therapy
Physician Visits After Hospital Discharge: Implications for Reducing Readmissions
Pilot Health Services and Economic Research on the Treatment of Drug, Alcohol, and Tobacco Abuse (R34)
Pilot Intervention and Services Research Grants (R34)
Planning Grants for Translational Research to Improve Obesity and Diabetes Outcomes (R34)
Podcast: Designing a Marketplace that Works: Steps to Affordable Coverage - State Health Insurance Exchanges - October 22 2010 briefing. Panelists were: Joel Ario, HHS Office of Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight; Timothy Jost, Washington and Lee University; Michael McRaith, director of the Illinois Department of Insurance; and Terry Gardiner, Small Business Majority. Ed Howard of the Alliance and Sara Collins of The Commonwealth Fund co-moderated.
Podcasts on Pediatric Healthcare Quality, Quality Improvement, and Patient Safety - The EMSC National Resource Center (NRC), in collaboration with the Alliance for Pediatric Emergency Medication Safety, has produced a series of podcasts called iPEMS. These multimedia podcasts target medical students, residents, and fellowship trainees and focus on three primary objectives: (1) to educate trainees about pediatric medication safety issues in the emergency setting; (2) to describe potential solutions to improve medication safety; and (3) to equip trainees with the tools to implement a quality improvement initiative in their training program.
Polarization Evident at National Health Policy Conference
Policy and Research for Professionals in Aging - Collection of research publications, speeches, legal briefs and opinion pieces seeks to provide deeper insight and fresh perspectives to opinion leaders, scholars and other professional audiences.
Poor conditions in US for-profit nursing homes
Poorer Neighborhoods More Likely To Have Scarce Primary Health Services
PopSciGrid Community Health Data Portal - Evolving platform demonstrating how health behavior, policy, and demographic data can be integrated, visualized, and communicated to empower communities and support new avenues of research and policy for cancer prevention and control.
Population Association of America (PAA) - A nonprofit, scientific, professional organization established to promote the improvement, advancement and progress of the human race through research of problems related to human population.
Power and Position Statistical Software - Statistical software program developed with NIH funds. Download free copy.
Practice Based Research Networks - The Public Health Practice - Based Research Networks (PBRN) Program is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that supports the development of research networks for studying the comparative effectiveness, efficiency and equity of public health strategies in real-world practice settings. A PBRN brings public health agencies together with academic research partners to identify pressing research questions of interest, design rigorous and relevant studies, execute research effectively, and translate findings rapidly into practice. The National Coordinating Center for the Public Health PBRN Program, based at the University of Kentucky College of Public Health, provides resources and technical assistance to the networks for developing and operating research projects. The Coordinating Center also organizes cross cutting and multi - network research studies designed to evaluate and compare public health strategies implemented across diverse practice settings.
Practice-Based Research: Linking Practitioners and Academic Partners to Improve Public Health, 11/7/2010 - Free interactive workshop between practitioners and researchers at the American Public Health Association (APHA) conference.
Practitioner Data Banks: Reporting Compliance Status of Government Agencies - The Division of Practitioner Data Banks (DPDB) is responsible for the implementation of the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) and Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank (HIPDB). The NPDB and HIPDB are alert or flagging systems intended to facilitate a comprehensive review of the professional credentials of health care practitioners, providers, and suppliers
Predictions for 2012 in Health Information Technology
Prevention and Management of Healthcare Associated Infections (R18) - The purpose of this funding opportunity is to gain practical knowledge for preventing and managing healthcare associated infections (HAIs). Research priorities for this opportunity should include: 1) development, implementation and demonstration of the prevention and management of HAIs, along with the determination of the costs of such interventions; 2) determination of the efficacy, effectiveness, and costs of preventative interventions; 3) population-level studies on the patient risk factors, clinical presentation, sources, and disease genotypes of antibiotic-resistant organisms that can result in perceived HAIs.
Preventive Services Glossary - The glossary contains definitions and examples of scientific, medical, and business terms.
Primary Care and Public Health: Promoting Integration to Improve Population Health - the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Health Resources and Services Administration asked the IOM to examine the integration of primary care and public health. The interactions between the two sectors are so varied that it is not possible to prescribe a specific model or template for how integration should look. Instead, the IOM identifies a set of core principles derived from successful integration efforts - including a common goal of improving population health, as well as involving the community in defining and addressing its needs.
PRIMER (Partnership-driven Resources to IMprove and Enhance Research (PRIMER): Research Toolkit - This is a standard research toolkit and website to support practice based researchers. The PRIMER project was funded through an administrative supplement to the University of Washington's Institute for Translational Health Sciences Clinical and Translational Sciences Award (CTSA) UL1 RR025014 from the NIH National Center for Research Resources.
Principles of Community Engagement, 2nd edition - This second edition of Principles adheres to the same key principles laid out in the original, 1997 booklet. It distills critical messages from the growing body of information and commentary on this topic. At the same time, it provides more detailed practical information about the application of the principles, and it responds to changes in our larger social context, including the increasing use of "virtual communities" and the growing interest in community-engaged health research.
Priority Areas for Improvement of Quality in Public Health - This November 2010 report details recent activities led by the Assistant Secretary for Health to identify priority areas for improvement of quality in the public health system.
Priority Areas for National Action: Transforming Health Care Quality - This January 2003 report recommends a set of 20 priority areas that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and other groups in the public and private sectors should focus on to improve the quality of health care delivered to all Americans.
ProClarity Software - A brief description of using ProClarity software for accessing the Veterans Health Administration Financial and Clinical Data Mart (FCDM).
Profiles in Excellence: Quality Improvement Lessons from the 2011 AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize Recipients, 11/1/11, 1:30 p.m. EST - This free webinar will include a presentation about the organization's award-winning initiatives from key executives and leaders, as well as a question-and-answer session.
Profiles in Excellence: Quality Improvement Lessons from the 2011 AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize Recipients, 9/14/11, 3:00 p.m. EST - Each year, the AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize® honors hospitals and health systems that have committed systematically achieving the Institute of Medicine's six quality aims-safety, patient-centeredness, effectiveness, efficiency, timeliness, and equity. This free webinar will include a presentation about the organization's award-winning initiatives from key executives and leaders, as well as a question-and-answer session.
Program Planning and Monitoring Self-Instructional Manuals - Offer technical guidance for data and evidence-based planning within a framework that encourages development of creative, responsive and accountable interventions.
PROMIS - Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement System ® - Network of NIH-funded primary research sites and coordinating centers working collaboratively to develop a series of dynamic tools to reliably and validly measure patient-reported outcomes (PROs).
PROMIS: Clinical Outcomes Assessment - As part of the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research, the PROMIS (Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System) initiative is developing new ways to measure patient-reported outcomes (PROs), such as pain, fatigue, physical functioning, emotional distress, and social role participation that have a major impact on quality-of-life across a variety of chronic diseases. Clinical measures of health outcomes, such as x-rays and lab tests, may have minimal relevance to the day-to-day functioning of patients with chronic diseases.
PROSPERO: International prospective register of systemic reviews - Registration is free and open to anyone undertaking systematic reviews of the effects of interventions and strategies to prevent, diagnose, treat, and monitor health conditions, for which there is a health related outcome.
Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study (PCOS) - PCOS is the first population-based evaluation of health-related quality-of-life issues for prostate cancer patients conducted on a multi-regional scale. Information about the patient population, data collection, and related research projects and publications is included.
Provider Support and Electronic Exchange Among Factors Critical to Successful Integration of Information Technology into Health Care Delivery
Public Health Accreditation Board - Provides information about a national voluntary accreditation program for state, local, territorial and tribal public health departments. The goal of the accreditation program is to improve and protect the health of every community by advancing the quality and performance of public health departments.
Public Health Accreditation Board Alert Sign-up - Alerts and news feeds from the Public Health Accreditation Board.
Public Health Education and Training - Educational events and resources specifically geared toward public health.
Public Health Foundation - With a contribution from the National Library of Medicine, the Public Health Foundation (PHF) developed a Quality Improvement (QI) Quick Guide for public health practitioners, which was launched online in August 2010. The QI Quick Guide addresses a need identified by public health practitioners for assistance in determining which resources to use as they pursue QI initiatives.
Public Health Foundation (PHF) - Dedicated to achieving healthy communities through research, training, and technical assistance. For more than 35 years, this national, non-profit organization has been creating new information and helping health agencies and other community health organizations connect to and more effectively use information to manage and improve performance, understand and use data, and strengthen the workforce.
Public Health Functions Project, DHHS Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Public Health Informatics Glossary - This is a glossary of Public Health informatics organizations, activities, and terms.
Public Health Institute
Public Health Law 101: A CDC Foundational Course for Public Health Practitioners - Foundational course on public health law for public health practitioners, students, and others. The course comprises 9 slide lecture units for delivery by legal counsel to health departments and by other persons trained in law.
Public Health Practice Program Office - Organizational focus for external workforce development activities within CDC
Public Health Systems & Services Research Annual Conference - An annual conference sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the University of Kentucky Center for Public Health Systems and Services Research, and the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health at the University of Arkansas. The goal of the conference is to connect public health researchers, practitioners and policymakers and provide a forum for researchers to exchange ideas about new areas of interest, encourage new entrants to the discipline and develop new data sources and methods.
Public Health Systems and Services Research Webliography - The University of Kentucky Center for Public Health Systems & Services Research compiled this 2008 webliography with links to PubMed.
Public Health Systems and Services Research Workforce Report - Prepared in 2009 by the University of Kentucky, College of Public Health, this report looks at the recent and future trends in public health workforce research.
Public Health Workforce Provisions in the Affordable Care Act - This brief summarizes the workforce provisions of the Affordable Care Act and provides an update on the implementation and funding of those provisions.
Public Law 111-152, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 - Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 - Title I: Coverage, Medicare, Medicaid, and Revenues - Subtitle A: Coverage - (Sec. 1001) Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to revise the formula for calculating the refundable tax credit for premium assistance for coverage under a qualified health plan by establishing a sliding scale from the initial to the final premium percentage for individuals and families with household incomes up to 400% of the federal poverty line. Requires adjustments, after 2014 and after 2018, of the initial and final premium percentages to reflect the excess (if any) of the rate of premium growth over the rate of growth of income and the consumer price index.
Public Law No: 111-148-March 23, 2010, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Link to the PDF of the full text of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Public Policy in Senior Living - Assisted living is regulated at the state level and it is a vital role of the Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA) to advocate on behalf of senior living companies and the residents they serve. This website provides access to senior living public policy resources.
Public Policy Institute - PPI conducts objective research on public policy issues of concern to the aging.
Publications and Information Products - Link to NCHS publications such as data briefs, reports, etc.
PubMed - PubMed comprises more than 20 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books.
PubMed
PubMed Health - PubMed Health is a consumer health Web site produced by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), a division of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). PubMed Health provides up-to-date information on diseases, conditions, injuries, drugs, supplements, treatment options, and healthy living, with a special focus on comparative effectiveness research, in particular that research which evaluates the available evidence of the benefits and harms of different treatment options for different groups of people.
PubMedCentral (PMC) - A digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature, providing free access to the full text of articles.
QIO News - Bimonthly CMS e-publication, provides you with the latest news about health care quality improvement. QIO News is your source for timely, in-depth information about the ways QIOs and the QIO Program are improving health quality
QOLID - Quality of Life Instruments Database - Provides limited free access to information on Quality of Life (QOL) and Patient Reported Outcomes (PRO) instruments. In-depth information is available on a paid subscription basis.
QPS: Quality Positioning System - QPS is a new tool to help individuals find NQF-endorsed measures quickly and easily.
Quality Alliance Steering Committee - A collaborative effort among a variety of key stakeholders, the Committee is working to make consistent and useful information about the quality and cost of health care widely available.
Quality and Patient Safety - The IOM focuses on patient safety in order to promote policies and best practices that create safe and high-quality health care environments. Access related activities, Boards, and reports.
Quality and Safety of Health Care - Leading international peer review journal providing information to improve patient safety and quality of care. It is an essential forum for researchers, clinical professionals and managers as well as experts in organisational development and behaviour. Published by BMJ.
Quality Assurance and Care Provided at HRSA-Funded Health Centers, March 2012 - This study assessed, among other things, the extent to which health centers had quality assurance programs and their patients received primary health services.
Quality Care for Less Money: Can Regional Successes Go National? - On February 15, 2012, the Kaiser Family Foundation hosted an event featuring a PBS documentary with former Washington Post correspondent T.R. Reid - U.S. Health Care: The Good News - which explores efforts to provide low-cost, quality health care in the U.S. The film looks at variations in health spending across the country and showcases efficient health care delivery systems, like Grand Junction in Colorado and Group Health in Seattle, suggesting that these communities demonstrate that it is feasible to provide Americans with first-rate care while still controlling the cost.
The Quality Data Set (QDS)Framework - Provides a common technological framework for defining clinical data necessary to measure performance and accelerate improvement in patients' quality of care. By providing a common language to describe the information within quality measures, the QDS enables quality measurement from a variety of electronic sources, including electronic health records (EHRs), personal health records (PHRs), registries, and health information exchanges (HIEs). The QDS framework is applicable to all care settings a patient is likely to use in his or her lifetime. This QDS framework creates a dynamic product that will enable versioning, growth, and expansion to meet future needs for measurement and guideline implementation.
Quality Diagnostic Tools for States - The Quality Diagnostic Tools for States program consists of events and technical assistance opportunities that disseminate and encourage the use of AHRQ Quality Improvement tools to support state policymakers with their health care quality improvement efforts.
Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) - Works to improve the quality of healthcare for veterans by implementing research findings into routine clinical practice. The QUERI centers focus on nine high-risk and/or highly prevalent diseases or conditions among veterans.
Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) Newsletter - Quarterly newsletter containing updates from all QUERI centers as well as citations from recently published articles.
Quality Improvement & Risk Management Training - Learn about how to design and implement a successful Quality Improvement program that meets core program and FTCA requirements and drives quality-related activities from this website.
Quality Improvement and Cost Containment in the Dutch Health System
Quality Information & Improvement: Tools & Resources - Tools and resources relating to health-care quality and patient safety.
Quality Institute for Healthcare, May 21-23, 2011, Anaheim, CA - The 2012 Quality Institute for Healthcare offers relevant healthcare improvement methodologies and processes that will clearly demonstrate and document the what, the how, the why, and the measured results of improvement. Join medical professionals from hospitals, surgery centers, medical laboratories, blood banks, and physician clinics.
Quality Matters - Quality Matters is a Health System Improvement and Efficiency program publication.
Quality of Care Center - Link to various quality initiatives, projects, reports, patient assessment instruments, and contractors.
QualityNet - Tool for use by hospitals to electronically submit their notice of participation for the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program- formerly known as Reporting Hospital
QUERI Implementation Guide (VA HSR&D) - This website provides links to some detailed resources representing the diversity of the field of implementation science.
Quick Health Data Online - State and county level data available by gender, race and ethnicity. Categories include demographics, mortality, natality, reproductive health, violence, prevention, disease, and mental health.
Raising Expectations - A State Scorecard - From this website, one can interact with data from Raising Expectations: A State Scorecard on Long-Term Services and Supports for Older Adults, People with Physical Disabilities, and Family Caregivers. A map is available to view state-specific rankings and results compared to benchmarks. A tool is available to select performance indicators and states for comparison, and then generate customized, downloadable tables and bar charts.
RAND - Quality of Care Research Highlights Archive - RAND Health is a research division within the RAND Corporation, a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. RAND Health advances understanding of health and health behaviors and examines how the organization and financing of care affect costs, quality, and access. Access various studies.
RAND COMPARE - COMPARE is a transparent, evidence-based approach to providing information and tools to help policymakers, the media, and other interested parties understand, design, and evaluate health policies.
RAND Health Research Division - RAND Health is a research division within the RAND Corporation. For 60 years, RAND has been working to improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. RAND Health continues that tradition, advancing understanding of health and health behaviors, and examining how the organization and financing of care affect costs, quality, and access.
RAND Research Briefs - Summaries of various RAND health studies as well as to multiple reports ranging on topics such as evidence-based interventions, measuring quality of care, etc.
Reach Effectiveness Adoption Implementation Maintenance (RE-AIM) - This site provides an explanation of and resources for those wanting to apply the RE-AIM framework. The RE-AIM framework is designed to enhance the quality, speed, and public health impact of efforts to translate research into practice.
Recorded Media (Webcasts and Podcats) on CER - Access webcasts and podcasts on CER (e.g., Optimizing Observational Data for Comparative Effectiveness Research) from Thomson Reuters.
Recovery Act Funding for Community Health Centers - Link to states or territories to see the list of grantees receiving Recovery Funding.
Region IV Network for Data Management and Utilization - Women and infant health indicators for planning and assessment.
Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes: A User's Guide: 2nd Edition - Originally published in 2007, the handbook has been completely updated with four new sections addressing emerging topics in registry science.
Regulations/Rulemakings - Find, view, and comment on Federal regulations and other Federal actions.
Report to Congress: National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care - This March 2011 report outlines a national strategy for quality improvement in health care. The strategy was called for under the Affordable Care Act and is the first effort to create national aims and priorities to guide local, state, and national efforts to improve the quality of health care in the United States.
Report using private health claims data shows prices are driving health spending growth
A Reporter's Guide to Supreme Court Arguments on Health Reform - The Alliance for Health Reform and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation sponsored this March, 2012, reporters-only briefing to help journalists cover the Supreme Court arguments challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and their aftermath with greater depth and understanding. Panelists focus on tips, story ideas and angles that have perhaps been underreported or overlooked, as well as angles for after the court ruling comes down, expected in June.
A Reporter's Guide to U.S. Global Health Policy - For journalists, a basic understanding of global health is now required to cover a wide range of topics, i.e., Congressional policy debates, foreign policy and international relations, economics, food issues, military conflicts, and natural disasters. This guide provides up-to-date background information for reporters covering those issues.
ResDAC (Research Data Assistance Center) - A CMS contractor that provides free assistance to academic, government and non-profit researchers interested in using Medicare and/or Medicaid data for their research. ResDAC is staffed by a consortium of epidemiologists, public health specialists, health services researchers, biostatisticians, and health informatics specialists from the University of Minnesota.
Research Activities Online Newsletter - Announcements of Agency products and projects and summaries of research findings from studies supported by AHRQ.
Research Data Assistance Center Workshops on CMS Databases - These free workshops will help researchers become aware of the strengths and limitations of CMS databases, and how claims-based studies might explore important health care issues.
Research Dissemination and Implementation Grants (R18)
Research Findings - A newsletter that summarizes research findings on long-term care.
Research in Action Syntheses - These syntheses interpret findings from AHRQ-sponsored studies to show how research results can be used in meaningful ways to improve health care.
Research Methods Knowledge Base - Comprehensive web-based textbook that addresses all of the topics in a typical introductory undergraduate or graduate course in social research methods. It covers the entire research process including: formulating research questions; sampling (probability and nonprobability); measurement (surveys, scaling, qualitative, unobtrusive); research design (experimental and quasi-experimental); data analysis; and, writing the research paper.
Research on Clinical Decision Making in Life-Threatening Illness (R01)
Research on Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) [R21]
Research on Teen Dating Violence (R01)
Research on Teen Dating Violence (R21)
Research on the Comparative Effectiveness of Medical Treatments: Issues and Options for an Expanded Federal Role - This DEC 2007 report examines options for expanding federal support for research on comparative effectiveness.
Research Reporting Guidelines and Initiatives: By Organization - This site provides acces to a chart listing the major biomedical research reporting guidelines that provide advice for reporting research methods and findings. The chart also includes editorial style guides for writing research reports or other publications.
Research Roundup: Safety-Net Hospitals Stack Up Well Against Others
Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research
Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Admin Supp)
Research Support Grants
Research!America Web Feed - Alerts and feeds from Research!America.
Research-based Health Literacy Materials and Instruction Guide - These health literacy materials meet both the need of adults to enhance their literacy skills as well as their need to navigate the health care system and begin to achieve better health care for themselves and their families.
Resources & Reference Documents Compiled by National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center - This site provides access to various reports (e.g., Administration on Aging's Annual Report to Congress) related to aging issues.
Resources for State and Local Leaders - Here is a handy list to help those who use NQF-endorsed measures easily access some of the key NQF tools and resources. As the number of State and community leaders involved in measurement and public reporting grows, NQF is committed to helping streamline and support those important efforts.
Rhode Island Series on Health Care Quality - The purpose of the Rhode Island Series on Health Care Quality is to provide information to the public on the quality of care in Rhode Island.
Risk Adjustment Impact Study (RAIS) - This study seeks to answer two questions: How is health-based risk adjustment implemented; and, what is the impact of health-based risk adjustment on purchasers and on managed care organizations (MCOs)?
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program - Provides experience in applying research methods to the systematic analysis and evaluation of mental health, substance abuse services, and their associated public policy issues.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - RWJF's mission is to improve the health and health care of all Americans.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) - RWJF provides alert services for its various programs and services.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Health Reform - RWJF aims to be a resource for credible, neutral, timely research, and information that can help inform the national health reform debate among policy-makers and other stakeholders.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Implementation Science - Access articles and grant information from this website. This website provides access to implementation science-related articles, grantees and webinars.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Funding Information - Funds projects across health services research topics.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Quality/Equality - The Quality/Equality Portfolio of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation remains active in the public reporting of quality and price information, which include our support of The Dartmouth Atlas, The Prometheus Payment Project, the Consumer-Purchaser Disclosure Project, National Quality Forum and others.
Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowships - Opportunity for experienced health professionals and behavioral and social scientists from academic faculties and nonprofit healthcare organizations to receive a comprehensive orientation with the nation's preeminent health policy leaders followed by a full-time work assignment on Capital Hill.
Rural and Community Development - Briefs from USDA - Find a variety of briefs from the Economic Research Service at the USDA, including Health Status and Health Care Access of Farm and Rural Populations, Rural Children, etc.
Rural Assistance Center Information Portal - Information portal with links to tools, funding sources, documents, journals, and organizations that support or perform research related to rural health and human services.
Rural Health - Links to AHRQ evidence reports, activities, and data on rural health.
Rural Health and Emergency Preparedness - paper prepared in April 2002 by the Office of Rural Health, Health Resources and Services Administration
Rural Health Information Technology Toolkit - This toolkit developed by the Rural Assistance Center (RAC) and the National Rural Health Resource Center (The Center) is designed to help rural providers find resources for HIT, electronic health records (EHR), meaningful use and related topics.
Rural Health Research Gateway - Federal program that is dedicated entirely to producing policy-relevant research on health care in rural areas. Initiated in 1988, it is administered by the Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP), Health Resources and Services Administration.
Rural Health Resource Center - Key element to the nation's 10-year strategy to bring health care into the 21st century by advancing the use of information technology. This AHRQ initiative includes more than $260 million in grants and contracts in 41 states to support and stimulate investment in health IT, especially in rural and underserved areas.
Rural Health Roundtable Forums - Link to forums from 1997 to 2002 re exchanging ideas in rural health in America.
Rural Health Topics - Links to general rural health resources as well as informational topic pages on specific rural health issues. Includes data, best practices, and case studies.
Rural Health Webcast: Laying the Foundation for Health Reform - Webcast Briefing sponsored by the Alliance for Health Reform and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Experts answer questions about how some aspects of pending health reform proposals may have a substantial impact on rural care. What provisions in the various reform proposals affect rural health care? What particular challenges need to be overcome in order to improve care delivery in rural areas? What aspects of health reform will require special accommodation in rural areas? Are delivery systems in rural areas currently able to handle the influx of new patients coverage expansion would bring? How does HIT factor into rural reform?
The Rural Information Center (RIC) - Provides services for rural communities, local officials, organizations, businesses and rural citizens working to maintain the vitality of America's rural areas.
Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis - Provides unbiased analysis and information on the challenges, needs, and opportunities facing rural America.
Rural Statistics and Data - Access to sites provides rural health statistics and data.
Rural vs. Urban Ambulatory Health Care Review - This systematic literature review examines the evidence regarding potential disparities between rural and urban areas in health care provision and delivery, and how differences in health care may contribute to disparities in health outcomes.
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral Fellows In Nursing Research (F31)
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral Fellowships (F31) to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (PA-09-209)
S.246 Veterans Health Care Quality Improvement Act - Link to bill summary in text in THOMAS.
Safety Net Monitoring - Baseline data and tools to help monitor the status of local safety nets in providing health care to low-income and other vulnerable populations.
SAMHSA Office of Applied Studies (OAS) Data - Access to data, reports and statistics produced by OAS. Data can be analyzed online.
SAMHSA's Financing Center of Excellence Posts - Newsletters on a variety of topics ranging from health care financing and health care reform to state data and state legislation.
SAMHSA's National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP) - NREPP is a searchable online registry of more than 220 interventions supporting mental health promotion, substance abuse prevention, and mental health and substance abuse treatment.
Saving Billions of Dollars-and Physicians' Time-by Streamlining Billing Practices - The U.S. system of billing for health care is complex, expensive, and inefficient. Excessive administrative complexity costs physicians nearly 12 percent of their net patient service revenue, according to a Commonwealth Fund-supported study. Streamlining administrative processes associated with the billing and payment of medical providers could save $7 billion annually, and save four hours per week of physicians' time and five hours of support staff time.
Scan Foundation - The SCAN Foundation is an independent, not-for-profit charitable foundation dedicated to long-term services and supports that keep seniors self-sufficient, at home and in the community. As the only foundation with a mission focused exclusively on long-term care, The SCAN Foundation is taking action to develop and support programmatic and policy-oriented recommendations and solutions that address the needs of seniors and influence public policy to improve the current system.
Secondary Analyses in Obesity, Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R21)
Secondary Analysis of Existing Alcohol Epidemiology Data (R03)
SEER-Medicare Linked Database - SEER-Medicare data reflect the linkage of two large population-based sources of data that provide detailed information about elderly persons with cancer. The data can be used for an array of epidemiological and health services research.
Seniors and the Affordable Health Care Act - This links provides access to video information on seniors and the Affordable Health Care Act.
September Health Tracking Poll Finds Most Americans Express Doubt That the Congressional Super Committee Can Find the Right Solutions
Series on Dual Eligibles - Produced by the National Senior Citizens Law Center with support from The SCAN Foundation, this series of four papers is designed to highlight pressing issues facing dual eligibles and provide recommendations to the Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office, state Medicaid agencies and other interested policymakers and stakeholders on how to address them.
SF 36 Health Survey - Link to information on the SF-36, a multi-purpose, short-form health survey instrument with 36 questions. It yields an 8-scale profile of functional health and well-being scores as well as psychometrically-based physical and mental health summary measures and a preference-based health utility index. It is a generic measure, as opposed to one that targets a specific age, disease, or treatment group.
Shaping Convergent Strategies in Comparative Effectiveness Research - Held 6/24/2010, this symposium explored impact CER will have on biopharmaceutical manufacturers, health care insurers, providers and patients. Access agenda.
Share Your Thoughts on A Working Definition for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR)
A Short Introduction to Epidemiology - A brief introduction to epidemiology.
Short waits, long consults keep most patients very happy with their physicians
Short-Term Research Education Program to Increase Diversity in Health-Related Research (R25)
Side-by-Side Comparison of Major Health Care Reform Proposals - Interactive side-by-side health reform comparison tool compares the leading comprehensive reform proposals across a number of key characteristics and plan components.
The Silver Book® - A searchable database of more than 1,000 facts and figures about the aging population compiled and maintained by the Alliance for Aging Research.
The Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE) - This program provides model-based estimates of health insurance coverage for counties and states. The data are extracted from several Census Bureau datasets. For example, they model health insurance coverage as measured by the Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC) of the Current Population Survey (CPS).
Small Research Grant to Improve Health Care Quality through Health Information Technology (IT) (R03)
Social Science and Medicine - Provides an international and interdisciplinary forum for the dissemination of research findings, reviews and theory in all areas of common interest to social scientists, health practitioners and policy makers.
Social Science Data Archives - Europe
Social Security Administration Data - The Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics under the Deputy Commissioner of Retirement and Disability Policy is the agency's source for statistics on the impact and operations of the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income programs and on the earnings of the working and beneficiary populations. Download data sets.
Social Security Statistical Tables - Links to statistical tables, i.e., old-age and survivors insurance trust fund.
Society for Medical Decision Making - SMDM's mission is to improve health outcomes through the advancement of proactive systematic approaches to clinical decision making and policy-formation in health care by providing a scholarly forum that connects and educates researchers, providers, policy-makers, and the public.
Society for Medical Decisionmaking Meetings and Conferences - Information on upcoming meetings and conferences.
Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE)
South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services/Reports and Statistics - Links to annual reports, best practices and self-assessments.
South Dakota Department of Health: Office of Data, Statistics & Vital Records - Conducts statistical analysis of health data gathered through the vital records data base, the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, and the annual survey of hospitals and nursing homes in the state.
Specialized Information Services (SIS): Women's Health Resources - This resource was created in a partnership between the National Library of Medicine Office of Outreach and Special Populations and the National Institutes of Health Office of Research on Women's Health. Using the 2009 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Priorities for Women's Health, health topics, research initiatives and overarching themes were identified. Within each section there are topics with links to resources which were selected based upon their relevance and authority for the specific topic. For example, links to relevant journal citations.
SPICE Training Program: Strengthening Professionals In Comparative Effectiveness - Training opportunity for postdoctoral and clinical fellows, residents, and faculty. The goal of this program is to increase the number of researchers qualified to oversee or conduct comparative effectiveness research (CER).
SSI Annual Statistical Report/Supplement - Since 1974, the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program has guaranteed a minimum level of income for needy aged, blind, or disabled individuals. Each year, a report or supplement is issued that presents data on the SSI program and the people who receive benefits from it.
Standard Heart Disease Risk Tools Underrate Danger in Rheumatoid Arthritis
State Agency Data Sites - Statistical information and reports collected from state agencies.
State Cancer Legislative Database (SCLD) Program - A specialized database produced by the National Cancer Institute, which provides synthesized information relating to developments in state cancer prevention and control legislation and related policy activities.
State Cancer Profiles - The objective of the State Cancer Profiles website is to provide a system to characterize the cancer burden in a standardized manner in order to motivate action, integrate surveillance into cancer control planning, characterize areas and demographic groups, and expose health disparities. The focus is on cancer sites for which there are evidence based control interventions. Interactive graphics and maps provide visual support for deciding where to focus cancer control efforts.
State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP): Implementing Effective Programs and Understanding - Online learning program with six modules and suggestions on how to use. Designed to assist State health policymakers in understanding the dynamics of State Child Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) implementation as well as accessing and using research findings to develop and implement their SCHIP programs.
State Coverage Initiatives - Provides experience-based information and assistance to state leaders in order to help them move health care reform forward at the state level.
State Data Centers - The State Data Centers (SDCs) are official sources of demographic, economic, and social statistics produced by the Census Bureau. The SDC program between the states and the Census Bureau was created to make data available locally to the public through a network of state agencies, universities, libraries, and regional and local governments.
State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC) - Provides a focal point for coordination of state survey activities on the uninsured; funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and administered by the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.
State Health Disparities Plans - Disaggregated by region, access states' health disparities plans.
State Health Information Exchange Toolkit - The Toolkit is a compilation of resources provided under the auspices of the State HIE Program sponsored by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC). The Toolkit is designed to support State HIE Leadership Forum participants the State HIE Program applicants and recipients of cooperative agreements who are either HIT Coordinators or leaders of state designated entities with practical how to guidance on developing and implementing plans for achieving statewide Interoperability that align with State HIE Program milestones.
State Health Insurance Exchange Legislation: A Progress Report - The Affordable Care Act requires each state to establish by 2014 a health insurance exchange where individuals and small businesses can purchase affordable health insurance plans. This document provides a progress report.
State Inpatient Databases (SID) - Contains the universe of the inpatient discharge abstracts in participating States, translated into a uniform format to facilitate multi-State comparisons and analyses.
State Libraries
State Net - Delivers vital data, legislative intelligence and in-depth reporting for people who care about the actions of government. Monitors every bill in the 50 states, District of Columbia and Congress, and every state agency regulation.
State Quality Improvement Institute - This is a tecnical assistance offering. Link to states' action plans, etc.
State Refor(u)m - The site intends to help policymakers, state health officials and the broader health policy community across all states explore opportunities created by the ACA and tackle implementation challenges. The forum connects state health officials looking for information with experts.
State Resource Center - Center for Children and Families - The Center for Children and Families' State Resource Center provides state resources and tools to assist in advancing health coverage for children and families.
State Rural Health Association Information - Each SRHA focuses exclusively on improving the health and well-being of rural Americans living in their state, and also serves as a conduit for rural communities to communicate needs and successes at a regional and national level.
State Specific Resources - Portal with links to each state, with information on state contacts, organziations, tools, maps, funding, documents, journals, success stories and news.
States could see substantial savings with tobacco control programs
States in Action - States in Action is a former State Health Policy and Practices program publication. The archives provide access to issues thru April/May 2011.
States, Community Groups Efforts to Sign Up Uninsured Children - Video highlighting the Walkers/Talkers program in New Orleans which sends workers into the poorest neighborhoods to knock on doors in search of uninsured children and then helps sign them up.
Statistics and Data - New York Department of Health - Variety of statistics from the NY Department of Health.
Statistics In Evidence Based Medicine - 8 Course Seminar for Continuing Medical Education - This is an eight-week course sponsored by the Epilepsy Centers of Excellence (ECoE) and Employee Education System (EES).
Strengthening Medicaid with Health Information Technology (HIT): Are Providers & States Up to the Challenge? - How can Medicaid health plans and providers use HIT to provide better care delivery and improve health outcomes while also reducing costs? How are states preparing to integrate their HIT systems with insurance exchanges by 2014? This Summer 2011 briefing addressed these questions and more.
Strengthening the Field of Health Services Research: A Needs Assessment of Key Producers and Users - With support from the Kellogg Foundation and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, AcademyHealth conducted an exploratory study to assess the needs of the field as viewed from multiple perspectives. The report highlights the shared concern of multiple stakeholders that there is diminishing support for the field's basic infrastructure.
Study reveals self-management problems for people with diabetes
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive (SAMHDA)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) - Its mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America's communities. Also funds health services research.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Events Calendar - Calendar of upcoming events.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Statistics - National data on alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drug use. Also included are data on mental health topics including depression, serious psychological distress, and suicidal thoughts and attempts.
Summary of Comparative Effectiveness Research Legislation in the 111th Congress - Analysis compiled by AcademyHealth staff.
Surveillance Research: Health Disparities - Provides links to the following types of information: statistics by race/ethnicity, network for cancer control research among AI/AN populations, socioeconomic status and cancer, Native American initiatives, cancer in women of color monograph, status of cancer surveillance in minority and underserved populations, and SEER expansion.
Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program (SEER) - The SEER Program is a source of information on cancer incidence and survival in the United States. It also includes a section on Cancer Rates and Risk Factors, and information on statistics, databases, data collection tools, and recent reports.
A Survey of Primary Care Physicians in 11 Countries, 2009: Perspectives on Care, Costs, and Experiences - A study of more than 10,000 primary care physicians in 11 countries finds the United States lags far behind in terms of access to care, the use of financial incentives to improve the quality of care, and the use of health information technology. In other countries, national policies have sped the adoption of such innovations.
Survey of School-Based Health Center initiatives: Number of Centers and State Financing, 1999-2000 - The 2002 State Survey of School-Based Health Center Initiatives was developed and conducted by The Center for Health & Health Care in Schools. From July to October 2002, the Center surveyed all fifty states and the District of Columbia.The survey instrument consisted of 31 questions organized into 10 categories.
Survey on Patient Safety Culture Database - In response to interest from hospitals using AHRQ's Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture, AHRQ is establishing this database as a central repository for survey data.
Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care (SBU) - SBU presents the scientific evidence on the benefits, risks, and costs associated with different interventions. SBU identifies methods that offer the greatest benefits and the least risk, focusing on the most efficient ways to allocate healthcare resources. However, SBU also identifies methods currently in use that provide no benefits, have not been assessed, or are not cost effective.
A Systematic Review of Collaboration and Network Research in the Public Affairs Literature: Implications for Public Health Practice and Research - This showcases the results of a systematic literature review and analysis conducted to explore how the findings from public affairs research can inform public health research and practice, specifically in the growing area of collaboration and partnerships.
Systematic Reviews - Systematic Reviews encompasses all aspects of the design, conduct and reporting of systematic reviews. The journal aims to publish high quality systematic review products including systematic review protocols, systematic reviews related to a very broad definition of health, rapid reviews, updates of already completed systematic reviews, and methods research related to the science of systematic reviews, such as decision modeling. The journal also aims to ensure that the results of all well-conducted systematic reviews are published, regardless of their outcome.
TalkingQuality.Gov - TalkingQuality is a comprehensive resource and guide for organizations that produce and disseminate reports to consumers on the quality of care provided by health care organizations (e.g., hospitals, health plans, medical groups, nursing homes) and individual physicians.
Technology Assessments - This program provides technology assessments for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). AHRQ's technology assessment program uses state-of-the-art methodologies for assessing the clinical utility of medical interventions. Technology assessments are based on a systematic review of the literature, along with appropriate qualitative and quantitative methods of synthesizing data from multiple studies.
Technology for Long-Term Care - Technology for Long-Term Care evolved from a government funded resource site. Containing information on over 1200 technology products to improve quality of life and care for people in long-term care settings such as nursing homes, assisted living, boarding care, and adult day care programs, the purpose of this web site focuses on products related to important care issues.
Tennessee Department of Health Statistics and Reports - Link to various Tennessee-specific reports and publications produced by the Department of Health.
Tenth Annual Quality Colloquium, Harvard, August, 2011 - The 2011 Colloquium addressed issues surrounding patient safety and quality in the light of major changes stemming from health reform. These issues included accountable care organizations, patient-centered medical homes, using data for quality and safety, and value based purchasing, as well as governance, curriculum innovation, performance excellence, and meeting the needs of patients. The program focused on interactive sessions using experiential tools to maximize learning from speakers and other participants.
Texas Department of State Health Services/Data and Reports - Link to Texas-specific data and reports.
Text message prompts 'could improve treatment adherence'
Thinking Page - This website provides information on improving organizational and individual thinking. Sections include systems thinking, creativity, cybernetics, cognition and reflexions.
Third National Comparative Effectiveness Summit, October 12-14, 2011 - The purpose of the National Comparative Effectiveness Summit is to provide an understanding of what has changed now that comparative effectiveness is an institutionalized part of the American healthcare system. Summit presentations will draw lessons from CER experience in other countries and identify the practical implications of CER for various actors in the healthcare marketplace, including payors and health plans, hospital and health systems, physician organizations, clinicians and other healthcare professionals, and pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device manufacturers. This is a hybrid conference/internet event.
Thomas - Federal legislative information including bill summary status, bill text, public laws by law number, Congressional Record text, House and Senate Committee information.
Title 42 of the US Code - The Public Health and Welfare - Analysis - Analysis by the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University Law School of Title 42.
Tool for Health Plans to Assess their Health Literacy Programs - Developed by Emory University researcher Dr. Julie Gazmararian, working with the AHIP Health Literacy Task Force, this tool allows health plans to assess their health literacy programs and to use the assessments in the development and advancement of their initiatives.
Training Finder - Includes a searchable database of courses and training for the health workforce.
Training for Minority Researchers - Describes National Cancer Institute training and career development opportunities available to minority individuals interested in pursuing cancer research careers in basic, clinical, prevention and population control sciences.
TrainingFinder.Org - is a catalog of distance education opportunities produced by the Public Health Foundation.
Translating Research Into Practice Fact Sheet (AHRQ) - Translation of research findings into sustainable improvements in clinical outcomes and patient outcomes remains a substantial obstacle to improving the quality of care. Up to two decades may pass before the findings of original research become part of routine clinical practice. Translating Research Into Practice-II is an initiative that focuses on implementation techniques and factors associated with successfully translating research findings into diverse applied settings.
Translational Behavioral Medicine - TBM is an international peer-reviewed journal that offers continuous, online-first publication. TBM's mission is to engage, inform, and catalyze dialogue between the research, practice, and policy communities about behavioral medicine. We aim to bring actionable science to practitioners and to prompt debate on policy issues that surround implementing the evidence. TBM's vision is to lead the translation of behavioral science findings to improve patient and population outcomes.
Translational Fellowships in Public Mental Health Services Research - The Fellowship Program is a collaboration between the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, the UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute, the UCLA Center for Health Services and Society, the USC Clinical and Translational Science Institute, and the USC School of Social Work. Fellowships are for one year, renewable for a second year; Fellows will be appointed at either UCLA or USC.
Translational Research to Improve Obesity and Diabetes Outcomes (R18)
Triangle Clinical Research Fellowship in Reproductive Health - Designed for obstetricians and gynecologists to learn clinical research and advanced epidemiologic methods.
Tutorial on Public Opinion and Health Policy - In this narrated slide tutorial, Claudia Deane, associate director of Public Opinion & Survey Research for the Kaiser Family Foundation, provides an overview of American attitudes towards major health policy issues. She discusses views on personal health care, as well as the role of the federal government, Medicare and Medicaid, budget cuts and the Affordable Care Act.
Tutorials on Health Care Reform - Robin Rudowitz, M.P.A., of Kaiser's Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, reviews the basics of the Medicaid program and explains the program's coverage goals under the new health reform law. In the second tutorial, Alan Schlobohm, senior program administrator at the Foundation, provides a step-by-step review of how the health reform law made its way through the legislative process from the President's budget proposal through the signing of the bill into law.
U.S. Global Health Policy: In Focus -The Future of U.S. Multilateral Engagement on Global Health: What's the Right Balance? - This Q&A webcast features an expert panel exploring the United States' global health support and the right balance between multilateral and bilateral funding as well as other aspects of the U.S. multilateral engagement including its role in governance and its participation in international treaties and other agreements.
U.S. Health Policy Gateway - A categorized list of Web links in health policy.
U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor - The Education and Labor Committee's purpose is to ensure that Americans' needs are addressed so that students and workers may move forward in a changing school system and a competitive global economy. Its subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions follows all matters dealing with relationships between employers and workers generally including, but not limited to, the National Labor Relations Act, Labor Management Relations Act, Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act, Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment-related retirement security, including pension, health and other employee benefits, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA); all matters related to equal employment opportunity and civil rights in employment, including affirmative action.
U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce - Link to publications and updates on health care reform.
U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means - Link to bill text, markups, press releases on health care reform.
U.S. Senate Committee on Finance - The Committee concerns itself with matters relating to: taxation and other revenue measures generally, and those relating to the insular possessions; bonded debt of the United States; customs, collection districts, and ports of entry and delivery; reciprocal trade agreements; tariff and import quotas, and related matters thereto; the transportation of dutiable goods; deposit of public moneys; general revenue sharing; health programs under the Social Security Act, including Medicare, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) and other health and human services programs financed by a specific tax or trust fund; and national social security.
U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) - The Committee has broad jurisdiction over the operation of the country's health care, schools, employment and retirement programs. The HELP Committee held a hearing on "The Affordable Care Act The Impact of Health Insurance Reform on Health Care Consumers."
U.S. Variation in Child Health Systems Performance - Data disaggregated by state.
UC Research Provides Prescription for Healthier Hospital Supply Chains
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research - Its mission is to improves the public's health by advancing health policy through research, public service, community partnership, and education.
Understanding and Promoting Health Literacy - The ultimate goal of this program announcement is to encourage empirical research on health literacy concepts, theory and interventions as these relate to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' public health priorities that are outlined in its Healthy People initiative. Health literacy is defined as the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions.
Understanding and Promoting Health Literacy (R03) - The ultimate goal of this program announcement is to encourage empirical research on health literacy concepts, theory and interventions as these relate to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' public health priorities that are outlined in its HealthierUS and Healthy People initiative. Health literacy is defined as the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions.
Understanding Clinical Information Needs and Health Care Decision Making Processes in the Context of Health Information Technology (IT) (R01)
Understanding User Needs and Context to Inform Consumer Health Information Technology (IT) Design (R01)
Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care - Congress, in 1999, requested an IOM study to assess the extent of disparities in the types and quality of health services received by U.S. racial and ethnic minorities and non-minorities; explore factors that may contribute to inequities in care; and recommend policies and practices to eliminate these inequities. This is the resulting report from the IOM study.
United Health Center for Health Reform and Modernization - Serves as a focal point for UnitedHealth Group's work on health care modernization and national health reform. The Center assesses and develops innovative policies and practical solutions for the health care challenges facing the nation.
United Health Foundation - Caregivers of Veterans - This United Health Foundation, in collaboration with the National Alliance for Caregiving, study looks at the family caregivers of our nation's veterans. This site provides links to other resources related to the elderly and veterans.
United Hospital Fund Grants Center - The Fund supports the development of model projects, sponsors research to analyze systemic problems, and fosters innovative solutions. Beneficiaries of the Fund's grants include not-for-profit and public hospitals, nursing homes, and health care, academic, and public interest organizations.
United Nations Statistics Division (UN Data) - UN Data compiles and disseminates global statistical information, develops standards and norms for statistical activities, and supports countries' efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems.
United States Data Renal System - Access and request data, annual reports, presentations and slides. The United States Renal Data System (USRDS) is a national data system that collects, analyzes, and distributes information about end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in the United States. The USRDS is funded directly by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) in conjunction with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). USRDS staff collaborates with members of CMS, the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), and the ESRD networks, sharing datasets and actively working to improve the accuracy of ESRD patient information.
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Lists upcoming and past USDA conferences.
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Economic Research Service: Data and Statistics - Access data on farm and rural households, commodity markets, food marketing, agricultural trade, diet and health, food safety, food and nutrition assistance programs, natural resources and the environment, and the rural economy.
United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service - The USDA has funded a number of health services research projects, e.g., assessing outcomes of childhood overweight prevention, providing health services in rural America, etc.
United States Senate Special Committee on Aging - This Committee explores and investigates issues that concern all elderly Americans.
URAC - Independent, nonprofit organization known as a leader in promoting health care quality through its accreditation and certification programs.
Urban Institute - Health Care Reform - Updates on health care reform from the health policy center at the Urban Institute.
Urban Institute's Health Policy Center - Analyzes trends and underlying causes of changes in health insurance coverage, access to care, and use of health care services by the entire US population.
Urban Institute's Health Policy Center Newsletter - Electronic newsletter by the Health Policy Center at the Urban Institute.
UrbanInstitute Report: Premium and Cost-Sharing Subsidies under Health Reform: Implications for Coverage, Costs, and Affordability - This analysis shows that health care cost burdens can be substantial for those with modest incomes and significant health care needs. It shows how enhanced premium and cost-sharing subsidies could reduce burdens, while increasing overall coverage and government costs.
USA.Gov - One-stop link to U.S. government agencies and information.
Use of Comparative Effectiveness Research in Drug Coverage and Pricing Decisions: A Six-Country Comparison - This issue brief comparatively examines the use of CER across six countries-Denmark, England, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden.
Using Comparative Effectiveness Research to Improve the Health of Priority Populations - On June 3, 2010, the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at Brookings hosted a forum to identify challenges and opportunities for using CER to improve the health of priority populations. Access forum summary and transcript.
Utah Department of Health/Health Data and Statistics - Links to Utah health data and statistics in the form of publications and resources.
VA Comparative Effectiveness Research - Meeting held in September 2009. Contains agenda and links to speaker bios.
VA Data Sources - Links to data sources and data sets within the VA. Includes instructions on how to request permission to access VA data.
VA Health Services Research and Development Service - VA's Health Services Research and Development Service (HSR&D), works to identify and evaluate innovative strategies that lead to accessible, high quality, cost-effective care for veterans and the nation.
VA Hospital Compare and ASPIRE - Key elements of the VA's transparency initiative involve public presentation of health system and facility data about quality of care and safety. Examples include VA's Hospital Compare website, which provides outcomes and process data for selected diagnoses, and the ASPIRE dashboard, which reports quality and safety goals for all VA hospitals.
VA HSR&D - A majority of the VA's research portfolio involves CER, studying CER questions that relate to organization and delivery of care.
VA HSR&D Early Post-doctoral Opportunities for Clinicians and Non-clinicians - Postdoctoral training programs for clinicians and non-clinicians in health services research and medical informatics.
VA HSR&D Emerging Evidence - Emerging Evidence periodically presents results on a single subject gleaned from the Final Reports of completed VA HSR&D studies. Access various results.
VA HSR&D Training Opportunities - Training opportunities in HSR at the VA.
VA Information Resource Center - VIReC develops and disseminates knowledge about databases of interest to VA researchers; provides service to researchers who require information about data resources specific to their research; and represents interests of researchers regarding VA databases and information systems.
VA National Quality Scholars - Mission is to offer scholars opportunities to be leaders who can apply knowledge and methods of health care improvement to the care of veterans; innovate and continually improve health care; teach health professionals about health care improvement; and, perform research and develop new knowledge for the ongoing improvement of the quality and value of health care services.
VA's HSR&D's 2012 QUERI Meeting, February 2012 - The 2012 conference theme, "Transforming Veteran Healthcare through Partner-Oriented Research," was selected because of HSR&D/QUERI's commitment to examining best practices in implementing state-of-the-art healthcare for Veterans.
VA/HSR&D's Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) - Mission is to enhance the quality and outcomes of VA health care by systematically implementing clinical research findings and evidence-based recommendations into routine clinical practice.
Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems - Member-owned organization devoted to improving the health status of communities throughout Vermont.
The Veterans Health Administration: Implementing Patient-Centered Medical Homes in the Nation's Largest Integrated Delivery System
Video: National Health Council-PCORI (February 2012) - In February 2012, the National Health Council held its annual Voluntary Health Leadership Conference in San Diego, California. Joe Selby, MD, MPH, Executive Director of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, was interviewed by the NHC about how better information gleaned through comparative effectiveness research can lead to better health decisions.
Virginia Health Information (VHI) - A nonprofit that provides Virginia-centered health information. Qualifying organizations can license data files (e.g., Virginia hospital discharge data, Annual Licensure Survey Data from hospitals, nursing facilities and ambulatory surgical centers) for research-specific projects or for general public use.
Virtual Classroom - Online tutorials on proposal writing and research funding.
Vulnerable Populations: Physicians Highlight Overlooked Connection Between Social Needs and Health - In this national survey of primary care providers and pediatricians, 85 percent believe that unmet social needs - things like access to nutritious food, reliable transportation and adequate housing - are leading directly to worse health for all Americans.
W.K. Kellogg Foundation Grantseeking Information - Health programming focuses explicitly on improving individual and community health, and improving access to and the quality of health care.
Wall Street Journal's Health Blog - The Wall Street Journal's blog on health and the business of health.
Washington Department of Social and Health Services Research and Data Analysis - Links to various research reports produced by the Department.
Wayne State University researchers believe medical practitioners can help reduce the number of breast cancer deaths among low-income African-American women
A Web Event on Improvement Science: Uniting Frontline and Leadership Capacities to Improve Patient Care, 2/16/11 at 2:00 p.m. EST - One hour Web event discussing how frontline clinicians and organizational leaders can work collaboratively to overcome patient care challenges. Using their expertise in applying industrial engineering principles to health care, the speakers will focus on how small operational failures affect patient care and the importance of an inter-professional, systematic approach to solutions.
A Web-based archive of systematic review data - Systematic reviews have become increasingly critical to informing healthcare policy; however, they remain a time-consuming and labor-intensive activity. The extraction of data from constituent studies comprises a significant portion of this effort, an activity which is often needlessly duplicated, such as when attempting to update a previously conducted review or in reviews of overlapping topics. In order to address these inefficiencies, and to improve the speed and quality of healthcare policy- and decision-making, we have initiated the development of the Systematic Review Data Repository, an open, collaborative, Web-based repository of systematic review data.
Webinar: Health Insurance Exchanges - On 11/4/2010 this webinar focused on the state health insurance exchanges created by the Affordable Care Act. Speakers addressed the major challenges to successful implementation of the exchanges and present policy options and recommendations for federal and state officials, as well as provide an update on the status of the regulatory process and state implementation.
Webliography of Resources for Evidence-based Health Care - This webliography presents an overview of various print and online resources for evidence-based health care and medicine. The recommendations for books, articles and online resources are browseable by speciality, such as epidemiology, statistics, literature appraisal, reporting guidelines, and more. The other resources, such as databases and journals, are listed alphabetically.
West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources - Administers programs on behalf of the state.
What Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Would Want Us to Know About Health Care Disparities - 10/13/2011, 2:00 p.m., NIH campus
White children far more likely to receive CT scans than Hispanic, African-American children
White House Issues Health Care - Updates from the White House on health care and health care reform issues.
White House Office of Science and Technology Documents and Reports - Links to several health information technology reports and webcasts, for example, Realizing the Full Potential of Health Information Technology to Improve Healthcare for Americans: The Path Forward.
Why Not the Best?
Why Not the Best? Comparative Health Care Performance Data - Free resource for health care professionals interested in tracking performance on various measures of health care quality. It enables organizations to compare their performance against that of peer organizations, against a range of benchmarks, and over time. Case studies and improvement tools spotlight successful improvement strategies of the nation's top performers.
Widespread Adoption of Information Technology in Primary Care Physician Offices in Denmark: A Case Study - Denmark leads the world in use of health care technology, with virtually all primary care physicians using electronic medical records with full clinical functionality. This case study looks at how it is done.
William B. Graham Prize for Health Services Research - The Baxter International Foundation has created The William B. Graham Prize for Health Services Research. The $50,000 annual award will be administered by The Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA) and given to a researcher who has made contributions to improving the health of the public worldwide. Specifically, the award will recognize health services research that has a lasting impact on the healthcare system and the way healthcare is delivered.
William T. Grant Foundation - supports work to improve the settings of youth ages 8 to 25 in the United States. It funds research, and service improvements that emphasize understanding and improving youth's everyday settings such as families, peer groups, schools, youth-serving organizations, and neighborhoods.
Wisconsin Department of Health Services - Links to health statistics as well as various state-offered programs.
Workers' Share of Health Insurance Premiums Up 63% from 2003 to 2010
The World Congress 4th Annual Leadership Summit on Comparative Effectiveness, February 1-2, 2011 - Attendees will gain tools and techniques required to assess the validity of data, as well as explore the impact of current comparative effectiveness initiatives and the convergence of personalized medicine to better clinical outcomes.
World Congress Meetings - World Congress events and conferences convene CEOs and senior executives in the health care industry. Conferences are held in various locations on various dates, covering a wide spectrum of topics.
The World Health Care Congress 3rd Annual Leadership Summitt on Comparative Effectiveness and Evidence Based Medicine - Link to conference information.
World Health News
World Medical & Health Policy - Dedicated to the intersection of politics, policy, medicine, and public health. The mission of World Medical & Health Policy is to publish articles that translate research into policies and practice standards. The journal brings a policy perspective to medical practice, translating empirical evidence into policy recommendations, with special attention to the ethical allocation of scarce resources that can make or break the success of health measures and clinical practices.
Wyoming Department of Health - Mission is to promote, protect, and enhance the health of all Wyoming citizens.
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System - Monitors priority health-risk behaviors and the prevalence of obesity and asthma among youth and young adults. The YRBSS includes a national school-based survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state, territorial, tribal, and local surveys conducted by state, territorial, and local education and health agencies and tribal governments.
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) - The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) monitors health-risk behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death and disability among youth and adults, including behaviors that contribute to unintentional injuries and violence, tobacco use, alcohol and other drug use, unhealthy dietary behaviors, and physical activity.

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