HSR Information Central

What's New

This report reflects new resources added to the database between Sep-26-2009 and Nov-25-2009.
96 new records were added during this period.

Data, Tools and Statistics/Health Statistics

• Data Briefs (National Center for Health Statistics, CDC (NCHS))

• Early Releases (National Center for Health Statistics, CDC (NCHS))

• FASTATS A-Z (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))

• Health, United States (National Center for Health Statistics, CDC (NCHS))

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Discussion and E-mail Lists

• Cochrane Collaboration Podcasts (Cochrane Collaboration US)

• Commonwealth Fund E-mail Alerts (Commonwealth Fund)

• HHS Launches New Health IT Blog (Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) U.S.)

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Education and Training/Finding Education and Training Opportunities - Federal (U.S.)

• Health Policy Fellowship in Comparative Effectiveness (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) US)

• Implementation Research Training Institute (National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) USA, Washington University in St. Louis US)

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Evidence-Based Practice and Health Technology Assessment/Evidence-Based Practice (Domestic)

• Evidence-based Synthesis Program (Health Services Research and Development Service, Veterans Administration (HSR&D))

• New ARHQ Comparative Effectiveness Clinician Guide: Lipid Modifying Agents (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ))

• New Chapter Added to Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ))

• The Cochrane Collaboration Journal Club (Cochrane Collaboration US)

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Evidence-Based Practice and Health Technology Assessment/Health Technology Assessment

• The HTAi Interest Group on Patient/Citizen Involvement Glossary for Consumers and Patients: A Beginner's Guide to the Words used in Health Technology assessment. (Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi) Canada)

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Grants, Funding and Fellowships/NIH HSR Funding Notices and Requests for Application

• Case Ascertainment to Estimate the U.S. Prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in Young Children (U01) (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA))

• Community Networks Program (CNP) – Centers for Reducing Cancer Disparities through Outreach, Research and Training (U54) (National Institutes of Health (NIH))

• Coordinating Center for the Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Program (U01) (National Cancer Institute, NIH (NCI))

• Drug Abuse Dissertation Research: Epidemiology, Prevention, Treatment, Services, and/or Women and Sex/Gender Differences (R36) (National Institutes of Health (NIH))

• Environmental Influences during Windows of Susceptibility in Breast Cancer Risk (U01) (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS))

• Leveraging Existing Health care Networks to Transform Effectiveness Research (U19) (National Institute of Mental Health, NIH (NIMH))

• NHLBI Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Coordinating Unit (U01) (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH (NHLBI))

• NHLBI Centers for Cardiovascular Outcomes Research (U01) (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH (NHLBI))

• Obesity Policy Research: Evaluation and Measures (R01) (National Institutes of Health (NIH))

• Obesity Policy Research: Evaluation and Measures (R03) (National Institutes of Health (NIH))

• Obesity Policy Research: Evaluation and Measures (R21) (National Institutes of Health (NIH))

• Roadmap Transformative Research Projects Program (R01) (National Institutes of Health (NIH))

• Seeding National Mentoring Networks to Enhance Diversity of the Mental Health Research Workforce (U24) (National Institute of Mental Health, NIH (NIMH))

• State and Community Tobacco Control Policy and Media Research (U01) (National Institutes of Health (NIH))

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Guidelines, Journals, Other Publications/Glossaries

• The HTAi Interest Group on Patient/Citizen Involvement Glossary for Consumers and Patients: A Beginner's Guide to the Words used in Health Technology assessment. (Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi) Canada)

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Guidelines, Journals, Other Publications/Guidelines

• New ARHQ Comparative Effectiveness Clinician Guide: Lipid Modifying Agents (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ))

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Guidelines, Journals, Other Publications/Journals

• Oct. Issue HSR Journal Focuses on Public Health Services and Systems Research

• World Medical & Health Policy (Berkeley Electronic Press US)

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Guidelines, Journals, Other Publications/Newsletters

• FireceHealthIT (FierceMarkets US)

• HRET Newsletter

• RAND Research Briefs (RAND Corporation USA)

• SAMHSA's Financing Center of Excellence Posts (Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA))

• Urban Institute's Health Policy Center Newsletter (Urban Institute (UI))

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Health Disparities/Data Tools and Statistics

• Healthy People 2010 (National Center for Health Statistics, CDC (NCHS))

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Health Disparities/Grants, Funding and Fellowships

• Community Networks Program (CNP) – Centers for Reducing Cancer Disparities through Outreach, Research and Training (U54) (National Institutes of Health (NIH))

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Health Disparities/Guidelines, Journals, Other Publications

• Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Use of High-Volume Hospitals (Commonwealth Fund)

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Health Disparities/Programs

• Today's Topics in Health Disparities: Webcasts (Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) US)

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Health Informatics

• A Survey of Primary Care Physicians in 11 Countries, 2009: Perspectives on Care, Costs, and Experiences (Commonwealth Fund)

• FireceHealthIT (FierceMarkets US)

• HHS Launches New Health IT Blog (Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) U.S.)

• Information Technology: Agencies Need to Improve the Implementation and Use of Earned Value Techniques to Help Manage Major System Acquisitions (U.S. General Accountability Office (GAO) US)

• Q&A with David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (Commonwealth Fund)

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Key Organizations/Associations and Organizations

• Health Research & Educational Trust

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Meetings and Conferences/Federal Agencies

• Department of Veterans Affairs HSR&D Cyber Seminars (Health Services Research and Development Service, Veterans Administration (HSR&D))

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News

• 11/10/09, 1:30 EST, Free E-Seminar: ARRA and Beyond: Outcomes Driven Health Information Exchange

• AHRQ Announces Intent to Publish Grant and Contract Solicitations for Pediatric Healthcare Quality Measurement Research and Demonstration Projects (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ))

• Beta Version Available of ADePT Health Now Available (World Bank)

• Considering the Employee Point of View: Perceptions of Job Satisfaction and Stress Among Nursing Staff in Nursing Homes (Commonwealth Fund)

• Geographic Variation and Health Care Cost Growth (AcademyHealth, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF))

• Georgia's Medicaid/CHIP Care Management Program Saved up to $140 Million (Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) US)

• Health Policy Fellowship in Comparative Effectiveness (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) US)

• HHS Launches New Health IT Blog (Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) U.S.)

• HHS Secretary Appoints Members to AHRQ National Advisory Council/Council Met 13 NOV (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ))

• Interventional radiology treatment for pulmonary embolism saves lives (Society of Interventional Radiology US)

• Lack of insurance may have figured in nearly 17,000 childhood deaths, study shows

• Medicaid, CHIPS, and Next Steps: View Video from 11/13/09 Briefing (Alliance for Health Reform US, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF))

• New ARHQ Comparative Effectiveness Clinician Guide: Lipid Modifying Agents (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ))

• New Report Highlights How Health Insurance Reform Will Reduce Costs for Small Businesses (Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) U.S.)

• NIH ANNOUNCES FIRST NATIONAL RESEARCH STUDY RECRUITMENT REGISTRY Nationwide Registry to "Match" Volunteers with Researchers (National Institutes of Health (NIH))

• Report: Hospitals with High Proportion of Poor Patients Are Slow to Adopt Electronic Health Records (Commonwealth Fund)

• Revised 2007 National Home and Hospice Care Survey patient file public use data set now available (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))

• Technical Assistance Conference Call (11/12/09) for Applications to AHRQ's Medical Liability and Patient Safety Funding Opportunity Announcements (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ))

• Trimming US health care spending will require new approaches, study finds (RAND Corporation USA)

• VA Cyber Seminar, 11/2/09, 1:00 p.m. EDT, Measuring Veterans Health Services Use in VA and Medicare (Part 1) (Health Services Research and Development Service, Veterans Administration (HSR&D))

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News Archive in HSR

• AHRQ Call for Public Review: Draft Technology Assessment Report (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ))

• Experimental device that lowers blood pressure may be a cost effective treatment.

• Health Impact Project Call for Proposals (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF))

• Heart Attack Mortality Seen Declining Among VHA Patients (Health Services Research and Development Service, Veterans Administration (HSR&D))

• High Blood Pressure Medicines Show Promise for Treating Heart Disease

• Illness often undiscovered and undertreated among the uninsured: Harvard study

• Major disasters tax surgical staff but may reduce costs for routine operations

• Members Don E. Detmer, Bernard Guyer, and Joseph P. Newhouse honored for outstanding service to the IOM (Institute of Medicine (IOM))

• New Chapter Added to Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ))

• Oct. Issue HSR Journal Focuses on Public Health Services and Systems Research

• Results from a 50-State Medicaid Budget Survey for State Fiscal Years 2009 and 2010 (Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) US)

• Sociologist David Mechanic receives IOM's Sarnat Prize in Mental Health; Others honored for outstanding service (Institute of Medicine (IOM))

• Study dispels myth that new residents cause increase in medical errors in July

• Study outlines strategies to test new payment models for health care (RAND Corporation USA)

• Task Force finds insufficient evidence for screening for newborn jaundice to prevent a more serious chronic condition (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ))

• Wrist fracture patients less likely to be evaluated for osteoporosis

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News/News Resources

• 6 Measures for New Zealand Primary Health Organizations Proposed

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Rural Health

• Rural Health Webcast: Laying the Foundation for Health Reform (Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) US)

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State Resources/Federal State Resources

• Q&A with David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (Commonwealth Fund)

• SAMHSA's Financing Center of Excellence Posts (Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA))

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State Resources/Other State Resources

• Results from a 50-State Medicaid Budget Survey for State Fiscal Years 2009 and 2010 (Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) US)

• State Health Facts (Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) US)

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State Resources/State Specific Resources

• Aiming Higher for Health System Performance: A Profile of Seven States That Perform Well on The Commonwealth Fund's 2009 State Scorecard (Commonwealth Fund)

• Indiana Child Health Services Research (Indiana University School of Medicine US)

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Surveys and Tools/Federal and Miscellaneous Surveys and Tools

• ADePT: Software Platform for Automated Economic Analysis Poverty and Inequality Research (World Bank)

• National Home and Hospice Care Survey (NHHCS) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))

• The Quality Data Set (QDS)Framework (National Quality Forum (NQF) USA)

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Surveys and Tools/State Surveys and Tools

• Results from a 50-State Medicaid Budget Survey for State Fiscal Years 2009 and 2010 (Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) US)

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