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Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce - Environmental Health
Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce Grants and Funding - Links to opportunities for fellowships, grants and other awards, including PHSSR, from members of the Partners project.
Partnership to Improve Patient Care - Group of healthcare organization representing patients, physicians and other health care providers, researchers and innovators, and other groups that have come together to promote comparative effectiveness research that supports patient access and informed health care decision-making and fosters continued medical progress.
Past Webinar Materials - This is a series of viewable webinars, some with handouts.
Pathway to Independence Award
Patient Centered Medical Home Resource Center - The series is designed to "expand the toolbox" of methods used to evaluate and refine PCMH models and other health care interventions.
Patient Safety Network - A web-based resource featuring the latest news and essential resources on patient safety. The site offers weekly updates of patient safety literature, news, tools, and meetings ("What's New"), and a vast set of carefully annotated links to important research and other information on patient safety ("The Collection").
Patient Safety Toolbox for States - This electronic toolbox is intended to provide states with tools they can use or modify as they develop or improve adverse event reporting systems. The toolbox includes information (policies, practices, forms, reports, methods, and contracts) related to states' reporting systems, links to other Web resources, and fast facts and issues related to patient safety.
Patient-Centered Care Improvement Guide - Founded 30 years ago, Planetree is a not-for-profit organization that partners with healthcare organizations to transform organizational cultures and improve the patient experience; the Picker Institute is an international non-profit organization that supports research in the field of patient-centered care. The Patient-Centered Care Improvement Guide represents the culmination of this year-long collaboration. It reflects the collective wisdom of organizations implementing patient-centered care at an advanced level, as well as the experiences of those whose efforts have been hindered by any number of barriers.
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute - This website lists funding opportunities for PCORI.
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Meetings and Events - Access information on prior PCORI meetings and events.
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute - Promoting Better Information, Decisions, and Health - This is a a perspective article authored by Dr. Eugene Washington and Steve Lipstein, PCORI's Board chair and vice chair, respectively. Published by the New England Journal of Medicine online September 2011.
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Adopts Revised Methodology Standards, Okays Targeted Research Topics, at Boston Board Meeting - PCORI has adopted 47 revised Methodology Standards to guide the conduct of patient-centered outcomes research.
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute requesting grant proposals
Patient-Centered Outcomes Seminar Series - This series of events require registration. Schedule of meetings (all Eastern Time)is: Mon, May 13, 4pm-5pm, Mon, June 24, 4pm-5pm, Mon, Sept 16, 4pm-5pm, Mon, Oct 21, 4pm-5pm Mon, Dec 16, 4pm-5pm.
Patient-Powered Research Network (PPRN) Applicant Town Hall - Registration is open for this free webinar, which will be held June 6, 2013 3:00 p.m. ET - 4:00 p.m. ET.
Paving the Regulatory Road to the "Learning Health Care System" - This article from the "Stanford Law Review" suggests legislative changes that would assist in the adoption of the electronic health record.
Paying Medicare Advantage by Competitive Bidding: How Much Competition Is There? - This study examines the concentration of enrollment among Medicar Advantage (MA) plans and the degree to which firms offering MA plans actually face competition.
Paying Wisely: Reforming Incentives to Promote Evidence-Based Decisions at the Point of Care - The Center on Health Care Effectiveness has issued a white paper which suggests ways in which policymakers might reform financial incentives in the fee-for-service payment systems to encourage evidence-based care.
Payment Reform: Analysis of Models and Peformance Measurement Implications - The purpose of this report is to provide information about the current status of performance measurement in the context of payment reform and to identify near-term opportunities for performance measure development. The report is intended for the many stakeholders tasked with outlining a national quality strategy in the wake of health care reform legislation.
PCORI Annual Report (2011) - The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) was authorized by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) of 2010 to conduct research to provide the best available evidence to help patients and those who care for them make better-informed health care decisions. This report documents PCORI's activities over a 14-month period, from January 1, 2011, through the close of the public comment period on the draft National Priorities for Research and initial Research Agenda on March 15, 2012.
PCORI Funding Announcement: Cycle III Application System Opens - The application system is now open for Cycle III funding for PCORI Funding Announcements
PCORI Funding Announcements: Webinar for Interested Applicants: June 6, 2012, and June 13, 2012, 3:00 p.m. EST
PCORI is now accepting public comment on the draft report. The comment period began Monday, July 23, 2012, and concludes at 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday, September 14, 2012.
PCORI Methodology Workshop for Prioritizing Specific Research Topics - A webcast of the workshop held December 5, 2012 is available
PCORI Opens Second Year of Research Funding with $81 Million in New Round of Announcements - The PFAs seek proposals for innovative projects that address the five focal areas of PCORI's National Priorities for Research and Research Agenda.
PCORI Roundtable: Building a National Data Infrastructure to Advance Patient-Centered Comparative Effectiveness Research - The archived webcast of a roundtable held on April 23, 2013 is available. It discussed the concept of a national research infrastructure,
PCORI: What Is It and What Role Will It Play In Shaping the Future of Healthcare In the US? - The Health and Social Policies Task Force will host a discussion with Joe Selby, M.D., the newly named executive director of the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute an entity created under provisions within the Patient Protections and Affordable Care Act. During this roundtable discussion, Dr. Selby will share the developing vision of PCORI and the role that the organization will play in moving the US toward a quality driven value-based purchaser of healthcare services.
PDQ-Evidence: for Informed Health Policymaking - This database searches from a selection of 14,000 references to systematic reviews on high quality health system and public health evidence.
Pennsylvania Department of Health Bureau of Health Statistics and Research - Link to an interactive health statistics web tool.
Perceptions of Electronic Health Records and Their Effect on the Quality of Care: Results from a Survey of Patients in Four States - This report on patient attitudes towards the electronic health record looks at perceptions of EHRs, their effect on the patient-provider relationship, quality of care, and views toward data security and confidentiality.
Personal Health Records and Personal Health Record Systems: A Report and Recommendations from the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics - This report from 2006 contains detailed chapters on privacy and security.
Pew Charitable Trusts - Seeks to promote nonpartisan policy solutions for pressing and emerging health-care problems that affect the American public and the global community.
Pew Charitable Trusts Program Investments - Pew invests in programmatic work to solve today's most challenging problems including improving policy, informing the public and stimulating civic life.
Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) 7th Annual Meeting, June 13-15, 2012, Washington, DC - Thought leaders, policy experts, government insiders, innovators and researchers within healthcare, share insights and ideas on medication use as it relates to quality performance, measurement and innovation in improving healthcare delivery and patient outcomes.
PHSR Webinar: Current Research Priorities for Understanding the U.S. Public Health System - This webinar, which will be held on Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 1:00-2:30 p.m. ET, will feature speakers from Federal agencies that support HSR, PHSSR, and related research.
PHSR Webinar: Traditional and New Methods for Disseminating What Works - An archived webinar, originally held on March 13, 2013, is available.
PHSR: Methods Training and Professional Development - Webinars with a special focus on public health research, methods, and practice topics are offered by AcademyHealth.
PHSSR InsideTrack e-Newsletter
Pilot Health Services and Economic Research on the Treatment of Drug, Alcohol, and Tobacco Abuse (R34)
Planning Grants for Translating CKD Research into Improved Clinical Outcomes (R34) - This funding opportunity supports an assessment of the feasibility of testing the effectiveness of interventions for the prevention, treatment and management of chronic kidney disease.
Planning Grants for Translational Research to Improve Obesity and Diabetes Outcomes (R34)
Planning Room - This area of HealthIT.gov was designed to solicit public input on the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan.
Podcast: Designing a Marketplace that Works: Steps to Affordable Coverage - State Health Insurance Exchanges - October 22 2010 briefing. Panelists were: Joel Ario, HHS Office of Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight; Timothy Jost, Washington and Lee University; Michael McRaith, director of the Illinois Department of Insurance; and Terry Gardiner, Small Business Majority. Ed Howard of the Alliance and Sara Collins of The Commonwealth Fund co-moderated.
Podcasts on Pediatric Healthcare Quality, Quality Improvement, and Patient Safety - The EMSC National Resource Center (NRC), in collaboration with the Alliance for Pediatric Emergency Medication Safety, has produced a series of podcasts called iPEMS. These multimedia podcasts target medical students, residents, and fellowship trainees and focus on three primary objectives: (1) to educate trainees about pediatric medication safety issues in the emergency setting; (2) to describe potential solutions to improve medication safety; and (3) to equip trainees with the tools to implement a quality improvement initiative in their training program.
Policy and Research for Professionals in Aging - Collection of research publications, speeches, legal briefs and opinion pieces seeks to provide deeper insight and fresh perspectives to opinion leaders, scholars and other professional audiences.
Poll Finds Big Gap Between Parents and Experts: Parents Less Likely to Recognize Children as Overweight or Obese - Only 15% of Kids Have Parents Who Say They are Overweight, Compared with National Stats Showing that 32% of Young People are Overweight or Obese; Many Families Face Challenges in Trying to Help Children Eat Well and Be More Active
PopSciGrid Community Health Data Portal - Evolving platform demonstrating how health behavior, policy, and demographic data can be integrated, visualized, and communicated to empower communities and support new avenues of research and policy for cancer prevention and control.
Population Association of America (PAA) - A nonprofit, scientific, professional organization established to promote the improvement, advancement and progress of the human race through research of problems related to human population.
Post-Doctoral Training in Health Services Research - Pittsburgh, PA - This two-year fellowship would involve engagement in scholarly projects of the fellow's own design under the guidance of senior program faculty, and participation in other projects already underway at the facility.
The Power of Partnership in Research: Improving Healthcare Outcomes in Rural Settings - A webcast of the meeting, held March 9, 2013 - March 10, 2013 is available
Practice Based Research Networks - The Public Health Practice - Based Research Networks (PBRN) Program is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that supports the development of research networks for studying the comparative effectiveness, efficiency and equity of public health strategies in real-world practice settings. A PBRN brings public health agencies together with academic research partners to identify pressing research questions of interest, design rigorous and relevant studies, execute research effectively, and translate findings rapidly into practice. The National Coordinating Center for the Public Health PBRN Program, based at the University of Kentucky College of Public Health, provides resources and technical assistance to the networks for developing and operating research projects. The Coordinating Center also organizes cross cutting and multi - network research studies designed to evaluate and compare public health strategies implemented across diverse practice settings.
Practice-Based Research: Linking Practitioners and Academic Partners to Improve Public Health, 11/7/2010 - Free interactive workshop between practitioners and researchers at the American Public Health Association (APHA) conference.
Practitioner Data Banks: Reporting Compliance Status of Government Agencies - The Division of Practitioner Data Banks (DPDB) is responsible for the implementation of the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) and Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank (HIPDB). The NPDB and HIPDB are alert or flagging systems intended to facilitate a comprehensive review of the professional credentials of health care practitioners, providers, and suppliers
Predominately black-serving hospitals provide poorer care
Premium Assistance in Medicaid and CHIP: An Overview of Current Options and Implications of the Affordable Care Act - This Policy Brief looks at the use of public funds through Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program to purchase private coverage.
Preterm Birth Report Card - Statistical data on the levels of prematurity in the United States are presented on an interactive map.
Prevention, Wellness, & Comparing Providers: Healthcare.Gov - This tool provides a listing of U.S. hospitals, including hospital demographics (location, hospital type) and 44 quality measures. Hospital Compare includes information on some Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers.
Preventive Services Glossary - The glossary contains definitions and examples of scientific, medical, and business terms.
Primary Care and Public Health: Promoting Integration to Improve Population Health - the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Health Resources and Services Administration asked the IOM to examine the integration of primary care and public health. The interactions between the two sectors are so varied that it is not possible to prescribe a specific model or template for how integration should look. Instead, the IOM identifies a set of core principles derived from successful integration efforts - including a common goal of improving population health, as well as involving the community in defining and addressing its needs.
PRIMER (Partnership-driven Resources to IMprove and Enhance Research (PRIMER): Research Toolkit - This is a standard research toolkit and website to support practice based researchers. The PRIMER project was funded through an administrative supplement to the University of Washington's Institute for Translational Health Sciences Clinical and Translational Sciences Award (CTSA) UL1 RR025014 from the NIH National Center for Research Resources.
A Primer for Systematic Reviewers on the Measurement of Functional Status and Health-Related Quality of Life in Older Adults - This primer was designed for systematic reviewers, clinicians, and researchers to assist on assessing functional status and health-related quality of life in older adults.
Principles of Community Engagement, 2nd edition - This second edition of Principles adheres to the same key principles laid out in the original, 1997 booklet. It distills critical messages from the growing body of information and commentary on this topic. At the same time, it provides more detailed practical information about the application of the principles, and it responds to changes in our larger social context, including the increasing use of "virtual communities" and the growing interest in community-engaged health research.
Priority Areas for Improvement of Quality in Public Health - This November 2010 report details recent activities led by the Assistant Secretary for Health to identify priority areas for improvement of quality in the public health system.
Priority Areas for National Action: Transforming Health Care Quality - This January 2003 report recommends a set of 20 priority areas that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and other groups in the public and private sectors should focus on to improve the quality of health care delivered to all Americans.
Privacy & Security - This collection of links from AHIMA concentrates on news alerts related to privacy and security of the electronic health record.
Privacy & Security Training Games - Using a game format, this security training module requires users to respond to privacy and security challenges often faced in a typical small medical practice.
Privacy and Security - This website discusses the work of the various work groups within the organization dealing with privacy issues.
Privacy and Security: What Questions Should You Ask Your Vendor? - This webinar from August 2011 features presentations which suggest ways in which healthcare providers can protect themselves and their patients from unauthorized data breaches.
Privacy, Security, and Electronic Health Records - This website provides an overview on the various requirements related to HIPAA, privacy and security, and the responsibilities of providers in protecting patient rights.
Profile of Rural Health Clinics: Clinic & Medicare Patient Characteristics - This Findings Brief presents a summary of the geographic distribution and clinic-level characteristics of rural health clinics.
Profile of Rural Health Clinics: Medicare Payments & Common Diagnoses: Review of 2009 Medicare Outpatient Claims Data - A new Finding Brief provides Medicare billing and reimbursement activity for independent and provider-based Rural Health Clinics.
Profiles in Excellence: Quality Improvement Lessons from the 2011 AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize Recipients, 11/1/11, 1:30 p.m. EST - This free webinar will include a presentation about the organization's award-winning initiatives from key executives and leaders, as well as a question-and-answer session.
Profiles in Excellence: Quality Improvement Lessons from the 2011 AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize Recipients, 9/14/11, 3:00 p.m. EST - Each year, the AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize® honors hospitals and health systems that have committed systematically achieving the Institute of Medicine's six quality aims-safety, patient-centeredness, effectiveness, efficiency, timeliness, and equity. This free webinar will include a presentation about the organization's award-winning initiatives from key executives and leaders, as well as a question-and-answer session.
Program for Extramural/Intramural Alcohol Research Collaborations (U01) - This collaborative funding opportunity will bring together the research expertise that will address key alcohol-based research questions which would not otherwise be possible by the same individuals working towards similar goals in isolation.
Program Planning and Monitoring Self-Instructional Manuals - Offer technical guidance for data and evidence-based planning within a framework that encourages development of creative, responsive and accountable interventions.
Project HealthDesign - This national program aims to spark innovation in personal health technology.
PROMIS - Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement System ® - Network of NIH-funded primary research sites and coordinating centers working collaboratively to develop a series of dynamic tools to reliably and validly measure patient-reported outcomes (PROs).
PROMIS: Clinical Outcomes Assessment - As part of the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research, the PROMIS (Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System) initiative is developing new ways to measure patient-reported outcomes (PROs), such as pain, fatigue, physical functioning, emotional distress, and social role participation that have a major impact on quality-of-life across a variety of chronic diseases. Clinical measures of health outcomes, such as x-rays and lab tests, may have minimal relevance to the day-to-day functioning of patients with chronic diseases.
Promoting Active Transportation: An Opportunity for Public Health - This primer discusses the ways in which health should be considered in transportation planning and decision-making.
Promoting, Strengthening and Enhancing Disease Prevention by Collaboration with Targeted Stakeholders - This grant would fund a project which will increase accurate information on social media and will educate WIC staff about vaccine recommendation and best practices.
PROSPERO - PROSPERO consists of over 800 records, giving details of systematic reviews being undertaken in 33 different countries.
Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study (PCOS) - PCOS is the first population-based evaluation of health-related quality-of-life issues for prostate cancer patients conducted on a multi-regional scale. Information about the patient population, data collection, and related research projects and publications is included.
Protecting Patient Privacy: Strategies for Regulating Electronic Health Records Exchange - This document outlines a series of recommended steps to ensure the security of patient information. It focuses on initiating an electronic health information exchange in New York State.
Protecting your Practice and Patients Webinar - This Adobe Connect webinar and accompanying pdf document outline the steps necessary to protect the electronic patient record.
Public Health Accreditation Board - Provides information about a national voluntary accreditation program for state, local, territorial and tribal public health departments. The goal of the accreditation program is to improve and protect the health of every community by advancing the quality and performance of public health departments.
Public Health Accreditation Board Alert Sign-up - Alerts and news feeds from the Public Health Accreditation Board.
Public Health and Hospitals: Resources for Partnerships - In a news report from the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, RWJF looked at several presentations that focused on the need for collaboration between public health agencies and hospital.
Public Health Economics and Tools - CDC has compiled a set of economics tools to assist researchers in cost analyses, conomic evaluations, modeling, and regulatory analysis.
Public Health Education and Training - Educational events and resources specifically geared toward public health.
Public Health Foundation - With a contribution from the National Library of Medicine, the Public Health Foundation (PHF) developed a Quality Improvement (QI) Quick Guide for public health practitioners, which was launched online in August 2010. The QI Quick Guide addresses a need identified by public health practitioners for assistance in determining which resources to use as they pursue QI initiatives.
Public Health Foundation (PHF) - Dedicated to achieving healthy communities through research, training, and technical assistance. For more than 35 years, this national, non-profit organization has been creating new information and helping health agencies and other community health organizations connect to and more effectively use information to manage and improve performance, understand and use data, and strengthen the workforce.
Public Health Informatics 2013 Virtual Event - July 16-18, 2013. This virtual event will provide a zero cost platform for public health partners to share and collaborate with partners all over the globe.
Public Health Informatics Glossary - This is a glossary of Public Health informatics organizations, activities, and terms.
Public Health Informatics Institute
Public Health Informatics Virtual Event on July 16-18, 2013 - Call for Abstracts! - Abstracts are being accepted for this event, sponsored by CDC, NACCHO, and ASTHO, being held July 16-18, 2013.
Public Health Institute
Public Health Law Program Training and Educational Resources - The Public Health Law Program (PHLP) develops and shares a growing portfolio of courses and other learning materials in applied public health law. This website features selected learning resources for public health lawyers, public health practitioners, students, and others.
Public Health Practice Council (PHPC) - Organizational focus for external workforce development activities within CDC
Public Health Practice-Based Research Networks Funding Opportunities - This site provides access to funding opportunities.
Public Health Quality Improvement Exchange (PHQIX) - Searchable site for public health professionals interested in learning and sharing information about quality improvement (QI) in public health.
Public Health Systems & Services Research Annual Conference - An annual conference sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the University of Kentucky Center for Public Health Systems and Services Research, and the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health at the University of Arkansas. The goal of the conference is to connect public health researchers, practitioners and policymakers and provide a forum for researchers to exchange ideas about new areas of interest, encourage new entrants to the discipline and develop new data sources and methods.
Public Health Systems and Services Research Workforce Report - Prepared in 2009 by the University of Kentucky, College of Public Health, this report looks at the recent and future trends in public health workforce research.
Public Health Workforce Provisions in the Affordable Care Act - This brief summarizes the workforce provisions of the Affordable Care Act and provides an update on the implementation and funding of those provisions.
Public Law 111-152, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 - Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 - Title I: Coverage, Medicare, Medicaid, and Revenues - Subtitle A: Coverage - (Sec. 1001) Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to revise the formula for calculating the refundable tax credit for premium assistance for coverage under a qualified health plan by establishing a sliding scale from the initial to the final premium percentage for individuals and families with household incomes up to 400% of the federal poverty line. Requires adjustments, after 2014 and after 2018, of the initial and final premium percentages to reflect the excess (if any) of the rate of premium growth over the rate of growth of income and the consumer price index.
Public Law No: 111-148-March 23, 2010, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Link to the PDF of the full text of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Public Opinion Polling on Raising the Age of Medicare Eligibility: Historic Trends and Current Nuances - A new data note examines public opinion on proposals to raise the age of Medicare eligibility.
Public Policy in Senior Living - Assisted living is regulated at the state level and it is a vital role of the Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA) to advocate on behalf of senior living companies and the residents they serve. This website provides access to senior living public policy resources.
Public Policy Institute - PPI conducts objective research on public policy issues of concern to the aging.
The Public's Policy Agenda for the 113th Congress - This survey data examines the public's attitudes about such issues as the role of Medicare in the deficit reduction debate and the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
Publications and Information Products - Link to NCHS publications such as data briefs, reports, etc.
PubMed Health - PubMed Health is a consumer health Web site produced by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), a division of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). PubMed Health provides up-to-date information on diseases, conditions, injuries, drugs, supplements, treatment options, and healthy living, with a special focus on comparative effectiveness research, in particular that research which evaluates the available evidence of the benefits and harms of different treatment options for different groups of people.
PubMedCentral (PMC) - A digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature, providing free access to the full text of articles.

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