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Resources to support e-mail communication among colleagues; HSR alerting services' e-mail addresses; links to relevant HSR blogs and podcasts; links to HSR twitter feeds; links to HSR Facebook and You Tube resources. The News page also provides links.

Alerts/Boards/E-mail Lists/Forums/Updates

  • AcademyHealth HSR Methods Discussion Board - (AcademyHealth)  - This board features discussion primarily on issues surrounding methods in health services research but also provides suggested readings, events and current topics for public health and health services research.
  • AHRQ Email Updates - (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ))  - Sign up for updates from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
  • Articles of Interest Alert - (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ))  - A weekly compilation of articles appearing in recently released journals and newsletters, including articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.
  • Center for Mental Health Services Research Listserv - (University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMASS) USA)  - Electronic listserv of the Center. The mission of the Center for Mental Health Services Research is to be an internationally recognized academic center that conducts research on the nature, structure, effectiveness, and regulation of services for individuals with mental health conditions, and develops and disseminates knowledge to improve the lives of these individuals, their families, and other community members.
  • Child Health Services Research Discussion Board - (AcademyHealth)  - The Child Health Services Research Interest Group provides a forum for researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and trainees to interact on health issues related to children. The Group provides opportunities to disseminate results, inform policy and clinical decision-making, build researchers' skills, and create networking opportunities for those interested in child health services.
  • Commonwealth Fund E-mail Alerts - (Commonwealth Fund)  - Sign up and manage e-alert subscriptions, publicly comment on select publications and other Web content, and save content to a personal library for easy reference.
  • Federal Register E-mail Updates - (National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) U.S.)  - Link to sign up for daily table of contents from the Federal Register.
  • Health Affairs Blog/E-mail Alerts - (Project Hope)  - 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.
  • 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.
  • HSC Alerts - (Center for Studying Health System Change)  - HSC Alerts are sent via e-mail to announce new HSC research available on the HSC Web site.
  • HSR Information Sciences Community - (AcademyHealth)  - This community offers discussion on timely topics, links to relevant articles, and webinars on library-specific topics related to health services research.
  • HSR&D E-News - (Health Services Research and Development Service, Veterans Administration (HSR&D))  - Provides monthly E-news updates on new information posted to the HSR&D web site.
  • NCHS Listservs - (National Center for Health Statistics, CDC (NCHS))  - NCHS set up several electronic distribution lists, or listservs. The lists provide e-mail announcements to list members regarding updates, releases, or technical assistance.
  • NLM Email Lists - (National Library of Medicine (NLM) U.S.)  - 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.

Blogs

  • The Apothecary: A Blog on Healthcare, Policy, & Society - A weblog that seeks to explore the price and value of healthcare. It aims to address, using empirical analysis and third-party research, how policymakers can maximize the quality, innovation, efficiency, and accessibility of healthcare.
  • Congressional Budget Office Director's Blog - (Congressional Budget Office (CBO) US)  - Since its founding in 1974, the Congressional Budget Office has produced independent, nonpartisan, timely analysis of economic and budgetary issues to support the Congressional budget process. The agency's long tradition of nonpartisanship is evident in each of the dozens of reports and hundreds of cost estimates its economists and policy analysts produce each year.
  • Equity of Care Blog - (Equity of Care US)  - Updated biweekly, this blog provides commentary by leaders in the field who are taking up the challenge of improving the quality of care for all patient populations and eliminating health care disparities.
  • Health Affairs Blog/E-mail Alerts - (Project Hope)  - 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 Care Policy and Marketplace Review Blog - (Health Policy and Strategy Associates, LLC US)  - A Health Care Blog with reviewz of the latest developments in federal health policy and marketplace activities in the health care financing business.
  • Health IT Buzz - (Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, HHS (ONC))  - 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.
  • The Health Policy 100: The 100 Best Health Care Policy Blogs - (Radiology Technician Schools US)  - 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.
  • Kaiser Health News Blog - (Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) US)  - Link to blog, videos, and daily reports. Covers health care policy and politics as well as trends in industry and delivery of care. KHN is a nonprofit news organization committed to in-depth coverage of health care policy and politics.
  • Kibbe & Klepper on Health Care Blog - Blog by Drs. Kibbe and Klepper covering various issues related to health care (i.e., health IT standards, health care markets, technology, etc.) Link to blog archives.
  • Now@NEJM - (New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) US)  - Blog produced by the publishing communications team about the web content in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Podcasts/Twitter/Videos

  • Daily HealthBeat Tip Podcasts - (Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) U.S.)  - Link to various HealthBeat podcasts, many of which are HSR-related.
  • Investing in Health IT: What the U.S. and Other Countries Are Learning: 10/29/10 Podcast - (Alliance for Health Reform US, Commonwealth Fund, Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) US)  - This briefing addressed questions such as: What have the U.S. and other countries learned from their experience with health IT? How is the adoption of this technology progressing in the U.S. across the many different types of health care settings? How are we developing standards for "meaningful use" of health IT?
  • Kaiser Family Foundation Twitter Feed - (Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) US)  - Follow the Kaiser Family Foundation on Twitter to get daily updates on the latest facts, figures, polling information and analysis on health policy issues and health reform implementation.
  • New Directions in Health Care - (Commonwealth Fund)  - 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.
  • Podcasts on Pediatric Healthcare Quality, Quality Improvement, and Patient Safety - (Children's National Medical Center US)  - 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.