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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.
NACCHO Public Health Informatics Webinars - Archived webinars on public health informatics.
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) - NAPHSIS is the professional association of state vital records and public health statistics offices in the United States.
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.
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 Consumer Food Safety Education Conference (U13) - The purpose of the National Consumer Food Safety Education Conference is to advance the knowledge, practice and effectiveness of health and food safety educators in support of two Healthy People 2020 goals.
National Coordinating Center for PHSSR Social Media - Follow the field of PHSSR thru a variety of social media from this site. Newsletters, upcoming events, and news/events can also be accessed.
National Coordinating Center for Public Health Services and Systems Research (PHSSR) - Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), the National Coordinating Center for Public Health Services and Systems Research and the Public Health Practice-Based Research Networks (PBRN) National Coordinating Center, both housed at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Ky., collaborate to explore the impact of specific public health strategies on the quality and performance of the United States public health system.
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 eHealth Collaborative - This organization is a public-private partnership that enables secure and interoperable nationwide health information exchange to advance health and improve health care.
National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network - The National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (Tracking Network) is a system of integrated health, exposure, and hazard information and data from a variety of national, state, and city sources.
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 and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) Web Tutorial - Access NHANES course tutorial as well as Survey Orientation, Preparing an Analytic Dataset, and Survey Design courses.
National Health Impact Assessment Meeting: 2nd Annual
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 - This document is the 2011 edition of AHRQ's annual report on the progress and opportunities for improving health care quality and reducing health care disparities
National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports
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 Innovative Partnerships for Addressing Obesity through Environmental Supports for Nutrition and Physical Activity - This grant would support research aimed at reversing the U.S. obesity epidemic and preventing projected obesity-related health and economic consequences.
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 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 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 Network to Enhance Capacity of State and Local Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention Programs (NNECS) - This FOA would fund a national STD membership organization to enhance workforce and operational capacity of state, local and territorial STD programs.
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 Organizations Support for State Oral Health Programs - This program will support states' efforts to perform essential public health functions related to oral health.
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 Pharmaceutical Council and The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services Post-Doctoral Fellowship in the Policy Impact of Comparative Effectiveness - A two-year, post-doctoral fellowship program has been announced. The fellowship would examine the policy implications of CER.
National Prehospital Evidence-Based Guidelines Strategy - This project endeavors to improve the quality of prehospital emergency care provided at the local level by supporting a national EMS or medical organization to develop a sustainable National Prehospital EBG Implementation Strategy.
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 Quality Strategy Stakeholder Tool Kit - This tool kit contains fact sheets that can be printed and distributed, blogs and social media announcements for online use, and briefing slides for presentations concerning the National Quality Strategy.
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 Resource Center on Chronic Disease Self-Management Education Programs financed by 2013 Prevention and Public Health Funds (PPHF-2013) - This grant would support a National Resource Center on Chronic Disease Self-Management Education Programs
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 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.
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.
National Workshop to Advance Use of Electronic Data, Palo Alto, CA, July 2-3, 2012 - PCORI convened a select group of researchers and thought leaders for this two-day workshop that focused on developing ideas for how PCORI can facilitate the creation or function of a national data infrastructure to support high quality patient-centered outcomes research.
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.
The Nationwide Privacy and Security Framework for Electronic Exchange of Individually Identifiable Health Information - This document, and accompanying toolbox, outline the standards necessary for privacy and security related to electronic health information.
NCCOR Funding Opportunities
NCHS Data Briefs
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.
The Need to Know: Addressing Concerns about Privacy and Personal Health Records - This ePrimer looks at health policymaker implications for personal health record privacy.
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 Clinical Study Planning Grant Program - This grant would fund the development of a Manual of Procedures, necessary for the development of large-scale clinical vision research projects.
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 CDC Vital Signs: Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer Severity - In this study from the CDC, disparities in breast cancer severity and survival are examined.
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.
A New Initiative To Put Outcomes Measurement At The Center Of Health Reform - Health Affairs comments on U.S. and European initiatives in market-based health reforms.
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 Tumour Profiling Unit signals push for personalised cancer treatment - The Tumour Profiling Unit at The Institute for Cancer Research, London, will accelerate the development of personalized cancer treatments and their delivery to patients.
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 Community Health Data Set - Mission is to protect, improve and promote the health, productivity and well being of all New Yorkers.
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.
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.
NIAID Clinical Trial Implementation Cooperative Agreement (U01) - This funding opportunity invites cooperative agreement applications for implementation of investigator-initiated, high-risk clinical trials and mechanistic studies associated with high-risk clinical trials.
NIAID Clinical Trial Implementation Grant (R01) - This funding opportunity invites cooperative agreement applications for implementation of investigator-initiated, high-risk clinical trials and mechanistic studies associated with high-risk clinical trials.
NIAID Clinical Trial Planning Grant (R34) - This funding opportunity would support applications that propose the planning, design, and preparation of the documentation necessary for implementation of investigator-initiated clinical trials.
NIAMS Clinical Trial Outcome Instrument Development Grant Program (U01) - This grant would support the development and evaluation of existing clinical trial outcome instruments/measures to better assess the benefits and adverse impacts of therapies.
NIBIB Biomedical Technology Resource Centers (P41) - Grants are being accepted for Biomedical Technology Resource Centers.
NIDCD Research Core Centers (P30) - This grant will fund a Core Center, which will provide centralized resources and facilities for funded R01 research projects, and will help to integrate and promote research in existing funded projects.
NIDCD Research On Hearing Health Care (R21/R33) - Outcomes and health services research are also responsive to this FOA, which will support research leading to more accessible and affordable hearing health care.
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
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.
NINDS Stroke Trials Network - National Clinical Coordinating Center (U01) - This grant will fund a National Clinical Coordinating Center for the NINDS Stroke Trials Network.
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 Grants for Scholarly Works in Biomedicine and Health - This grant supports the preparation of book-length manuscripts and other scholarly works of value to U.S. health professionals, public health officials, biomedical researchers and historians of the health sciences.
NLM Independent Career Development Award for Biomedical Informatics (K22) - This grant would facilitate the transition of investigators from the mentored to the independent stage of their careers.
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 Disaster Information Management Research Center Creates Web Page - Hurricane Sandy: Health-Related Resources - The new web page includes links to overviews, state specific pages, cleanup and recovery information, mental health information, multi-language resources, social media information, apps and widgets, and more on Hurricane Sandy.
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.
NOVA Northern Virginia Community College: Health Information Technology Career Studies Certificate - This 23 credit curriculum program trains students in Health Information Technology to become competent in all aspects of workflow process analysis and redesign as it relates to: adoption, implementation, maintenance, and optimization phases of the transition to the use of electronic health record systems
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.
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.

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