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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
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.
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 Fraud Prevention Program Expansion and SMP Capacity Building Grants - This grant seeks to expand the capacity of the Senior Medicare Patrol program to reach more Medicare beneficiaries, their families and caregivers, with the message of fraud prevention.
Health Care Innovation Awards Round Two - This is the second round of an initiative that will fund applicants who propose new payment and service delivery models that will provide better health, better health care, and lower costs through improved quality for Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's Health Insurance Program enrollees.
Health Care on the Brink of the Fiscal Cliff - This is an archived video of the meeting held on November 12, 2012, which looked at the implications of the fiscal cliff on health programs and the health care industry.
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 Proposals in the 2012 Presidential Campaign - UCLA Center for Health Policy Research has assembled this side-by-side breakdown of the Republican & Democratic health care plans.
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 Care's Blind Side: The Overlooked Connection between Social Needs and Good 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.
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 Coverage by Race and Ethnicity: The Potential Impact of the Affordable Care Act - This brief provides an overview of health coverage by race and ethnicity today to provide greater insight into the potential impacts of the Affordable Care Act coverage expansions for people of color.
Health Coverage for the Hispanic Population Today and Under the Affordable Care Act - This Key Facts report looks at the continuing disparities in health coverage and care facing the Hispanic population.
Health Data Initiative Forum IV: The Health Datapalooza - June 3-4, 2013, Washington, DC. Annual national conference to liberate health data and foster the effective use of health data by companies, startups, academics, government agencies, and individuals.
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 Data Use, Stewardship, and Governance: Ongoing Gaps and Challenges: 7th Annual AMIA Invitational Health Policy Meeting - Held on December 12-13, 2012, the focus of this meeting was to the further understanding and use of of health data, using emerging technology-enabled data.
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 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 Equity Resource Toolkit for State Practitioners Addressing Obesity Disparities - Provides guidance on how to create policy, systems, and environmental changes that will reduce obesity disparities and achieve health equity.
Health Equity: Updates from the Field - Focusing on sessions at APHA, this blog posting discusses work that is being done to decrease the level of health disparities nationwide.
The Health Impact Project: Advancing Smarter Policies for Healthier Communities, A Progress Report - In a progress report, RWJF describes the status of their Health Impact Project, which looks at areas such as planning, transportation, education and housing, to determine their outcomes on health.
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 & The Law
Health Information Privacy and Security: A 10 Step Plan - This outline looks at the steps needed to properly educate staff about proper security methods for the electronic health record.
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 Security and Privacy Collaboration: Action and Implementation Manual - This guide is intended to assist in the use of all of the tools, materials, and pro-cesses developed as part of HISPC Phase III.
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 and Patient Outcomes: The Role of Organizational and Informational Complementarities - NBER Working Paper No. 18684 the role of hospital IT adoption on patient outcomes.
Health Information Technology and Quality Webinar: Using Data for Evidence-Based Quality Improvement; July 27, 2012 -2:00 pm EST
Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act'' or the "HITECH Act" - This presents the full text of the HITECH Act from February 17, 2009.
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: Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for Electronic Health Record Technology, 2014 Edition; Revisions to the Permanent Certification Program for Health Information Technology - The Final Rule contains standards for Privacy and Security Certification.
Health Insurance Coverage Data - 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 Exchange: Exchange Implementation Workplan - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has released a draft blueprint to assist in the achieving certification of State Based Exchanges.
Health Insurance Market Reforms: Portability - This fact sheet explains how portability, the ability to carry a particular health insurance program from one job to another, is regulated under current law and how the Affordable Care Act will affect portability in 2014.
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 Adoption Programs - This website outlines IT adoption programs that can provide funding for EHR adoption.
Health IT Adoption Toolbox: Privacy and Security - This module is available to assist healthcare agencies in setting up appropriate security for their electronic medical record systems.
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 and Numeracy: A Workshop - Registration is open for this workshop, being held July 18, 2013 in Washington DC. Registration is also available for the webcast of the meeting.
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.
Health Literacy Out Loud - Podcast Interviews with those in the know about 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 Online 2013 - Pew examines the growing trends towards consumer use of online health information.
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 and Systems Research - A Methodology Reader - A reader, designed for, researchers and research users, teachers and students, particularly those working in low- and middle-income countries, provides guidance on the defining features of HPSR and the critical steps in conducting research in this field
Health Policy and Systems Research: A Methodology Reader - This reader defines Health Policy and Systems Research and the steps necessary to conduct research in this field. It also examines research strategies and methods in the area, and provides examples of good quality research papers.
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.
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 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 Sector Economic Indicators Briefs - Published monthly, the reports are designed to address shortcomings in the availability of timely economic data on health sector-related employment, spending, and prices.
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 Policy Research Capacity Building in Canada - Training and grant awards to develop increased capacity in applied health services and policy research
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 - 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 Advocacy Tools - This page links to AcademyHealth's advocacy tools that enable one to stay informed about the latest in health services research policy, to explore the current legislation, or to spread the word about a specific bill/issue.
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 Legislative 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 Call for Papers: Mixed Methods in Health Care Delivery Systems Research
Health Services Research Demonstration and Dissemination Projects for Prevention and Management of Healthcare-Associated Infections (R18)
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
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, Nutrition and Population Data and Statistics
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.
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.
A Healthier America 2013: Strategies to Move from Sick Care to Health Care in Four Years - This policy report responds to studies that show more than half of Americans living with chronic disease, many preventable; with the next generation in line for less healthy lives than their parents.
HealthIT.gov
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 Eating Research: Building Evidence to Prevent Childhood Obesity-Round 8 - This call for proposals is aimed at providing advocates, decision-makers, and policy-makers with evidence to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic.
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.
Healthy People 2020 Evidence-Based Resources Tool - A searchable database which allows you to browse by topic area or conduct a tailored search using the advanced search feature.
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 announces 2013 agenda to bring down costs and improve quality of care through implementation of health information technology - HHS plans to accelerate health information exchange (HIE) and build a seamless and secure flow of information essential to transforming the health care system.
HHS Announces Next Steps To Promote Use Of Electronic Health Records - HHS announced the initiation of HITECH (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health), which will enable doctors, health care professionals and hospitals to qualify for Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments when they adopt and meaningfully use certified electronic health record (EHR) technology.
HHS Initiative on Multiple Chronic Conditions - Link to report, press release, and newsletter on multiple chronic conditions.
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.
High-Performance Health Care for Vulnerable Populations: A Policy Framework for Promoting Accountable Care in Medicaid - This fund report discusses the ways in which Medicare and Medicaid can work cooperatively to develop a common framework for providers.
HIM Professional Roles in E-HIM - This page provides an overview of the careers that have developed to support the implementation of the electronic health record.
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.
HIPAA Basics: Medical Privacy in the Electronic Age - This document explains the HIPAA rule, in conjunction with the electronic health record.
The HIPAA Privacy Rule and Electronic Health Information Exchange in a Networked Environment - This addendum to "Nationwide Privacy and Security Framework for Electronic Exchange of Individually Identifiable Health Information" examines the need for trust in the use of the electronic health record.
HIPAA Privacy Rule Information for Researchers - Research organizations and researchers may or may not be covered by the HIPAA Privacy Rule. This website provides information on the Privacy Rule for the research community, specifically addressing Clinical Research, Health Services Research, Research Repositories and Databases, Institutional Review Boards, Privacy Boards, Authorizations and Information for Patients.
HIPAA/HITECH Privacy and Security Standards Breach Notification Compliance and Meaningful Use Incentives - This webinar from August of 2012 looks at regulations from HIPAA to HITECH and how these impact on meaningful use. The video also discusses special conditions that impact on privacy concerns.
HIPAA: General Information - CMS provides information on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, with links to important materials necessary for understanding and compliance.
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.
HIV/AIDS in Rural America: Prevalence and Service Availability - Using research from 28 states in 2008, this report examines the health needs of persons living with HIV/AIDS in rural areas, a population that is not frequently discussed.
Home and Family Based Approaches for the Prevention or Management of Overweight or Obesity in Early Childhood (R01) - This FO invites applications from organizations that propose randomized clinical trials testing novel home- or family-based interventions for the prevention or management of overweight in infancy and early childhood.
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 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.
How Are States Building the Technology to Support Health Care Reform? - RWJF reports on state efforts to implement IT systems that will permit consumers to inquire about their eligibility for public health insurance benefits or tax subsidies, and enhance their ability to enroll in health insurance coverage.
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 is the Affordable Care Act Leading to Changes in Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Today? State Adoption of Six LTSS Options - This issue brief provides an overview of six Medicaid LTSS options.
How Much Will Medicaid Cost in the Future and Why: A Look At Federal Projections - This issue brief examines projections for Medicaid costs, 2013-2023.
How PCORI Hopes to Help Address Challenges in Bringing the Patient's Voice to Comparative Effectiveness Research (6/12/2012) - This free webinar will offer insight into what PCORI hopes to learn and how it will bring the patient's voice to the research supported through its initial round of primary research funding.
How to Apply for a HRSA Grant - This site is an online technical assistance resource, offering webinars, application and submission guidance, as well as tips for writing successful proposals to HRSA.
How Will CER Get Us to Personalized Medicine? - Link to a previously recorded webinar and slides on the role CER will play health care.
How Will Consumers Navigate New Health Care Options? - Video of a forum held Thursday, April 18 is available.
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 Clinical Quality & Performance Measures Supplemental Technical Assistance - This toolkit contains a series of educational tools and resources to assist an organization in its quality improvement efforts. It includes data on strategies and techniques that will support an organization's new or existing QI program.
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.
HRSA Webinars - Health IT and Quality webinars are technical assistance for HRSA grantees and other safety net providers.
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 Information Sciences Community - This community offers discussion on timely topics, links to relevant articles, and webinars on library-specific topics related to health services research.
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.
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=231716 - The State Partnership Grant Program to Improve Minority Health's goal is to improve the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of policies and programs that will help eliminate health disparities
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.

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