National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology (NICHSR)
HSR General Resources
- Data, Tools and Statistics
- HSR Social Media Resources
- Education and Training
- Grants, Funding and Fellowships
- Guidelines, Journals Other Publications
- Key Organizations
- Legislation
- Meetings and Conferences
- State Resources
HSR Topics
- Aging Population Issues
- Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER)
- Child Health Services Research
- Dissemination and Implementation Science
- Evidence-Based Practice and Health Technology Assessment
- Health Care Reform, Health Economics, and Health Policy
- Health Disparities
- Health Informatics
- Privacy/Security and Research with Electronic Health Records New
- Public Health Services and Systems Research
- Quality
- Rural Health
Meetings and Conferences
Federal Agencies
- Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ) Events & Announcements - (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)) - Links to upcoming events, meetings, and presentations.
- AHRQ's Annual Conference - (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)) - This website contains presentations from AHRQ conferences, beginning in 2007.
- CDC Conferences and Events - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)) - Highlights CDC conferences and events.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Calendar - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)) - Upcoming events and conferences.
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Calendar of Events - (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)) - Provides information about upcoming and past CMS events.
- Department of Veterans Affairs/Health Services Research and Development Services (HSR&D) - (Health Services Research and Development Service, Veterans Administration (HSR&D)) - Highlights HSR&D's upcoming and past meetings.
- Medpac Meetings - The Commission meets publicly in Washington, DC to discuss Medicare issues and policy questions and to develop and approve its reports and recommendations to the Congress. All meetings are held at the Ronald Reagan Building, The International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC.
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)Calendar of Events - NIH Calendar of Events.
- National Library of Medicine (NLM) Exhibit Schedule - (National Library of Medicine (NLM) U.S.) - Highlights training and outreach offered by the NLM.
- National Science Foundation (NSF) Calendar of Events - NSF's calendar of events.
- NCI Calendar of Scientific Meetings - (National Cancer Institute, NIH (NCI)) - NCI meetings and conferences can be found in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Calendar of Events (Yellow Sheet).
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) / Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Calendar of Events - (Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)) - Calendar of upcoming events.
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Lists upcoming events at the USDA.
- VA Comparative Effectiveness Research - (Health Services Research and Development Service, Veterans Administration (HSR&D)) - Meeting held in September 2009. Contains agenda and links to speaker bios.
Associations and Organizations
- 2013 State Health Research and Policy Interest Group Meeting - (AcademyHealth) - This Group provides a forum for health policy analysts, researchers, and policymakers to discuss health services research from a state health policy perspective.
- 5th Jerusalem International Conference on Health Policy. - Israel National Institute for Health Policy Research is hosting their annual conference in Jerusalem from June 3 to 5, 2013.
- AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting - (AcademyHealth) - The AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM) will be held June 23 to June 25, 2013 in Baltimore, MD.
- AcademyHealth Conferences - (AcademyHealth) - Listing of AcademyHealth conferences and events.
- America's Health Insurance Plan Foundation Upcoming Events - (America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)) - Conferences and educational opportunities.
- America's Health Insurance Plans' Conferences - Links to calendar of educational events and seminars.
- American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) Meetings - Describes AAMC meetings and events.
- American Cancer Society Meetings and Conferences - (American Cancer Society (ACS)) - Information on on the National Assembly of the American Cancer Society which convenes annually. Links to bylaws and meeting dates.
- American Health Quality Association (AHQA) Calendar of Events - (The American Health Quality Association (AHQA)) - Listing of meetings.
- American Medical Association Meeting - (American Medical Association (AMA)) - Information on the AMA annual meeting.
- American Medical Informatics Association - Lists upcoming AMIA meetings and events.
- American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meetings - (American Public Health Association (APHA)) - Past and future meetings.
- American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) - ASIS&T conferences attract members from virtually every profession. Lawyers, bankers, electronic and print publishers, government, business, librarians, engineers, social scientists, information managers, computer scientists, and many others are a part of ASIS&T, leading the information field to the next horizon.
- American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Meetings - Links to upcoming ASCO (domestic and international) meetings.
- Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement Events - Information on past and upcoming events.
- Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc., Meetings - Upcoming meetings and events.
- Center for Studying Health System Change Conferences - Information on upcoming conferences.
- CHP/PCOR Calendar of Events - (Stanford University) - This series of seminars and lectures on health policy and health-services research topics are generally free and open to the public.
- Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine Events - Links to calendar of events.
- ECRI Events - Education and events.
- Families USA Meetings - Upcoming meetings.
- Health Data Initiative Forum IV: The Health Datapalooza - (Health Data Initiative (HDI)) - June 3-4, 2013, Washington, DC. Annual national conference to liberate health data and foster the effective use of health data by companies, startups, academics, government agencies, and individuals.
- Health Services Research Association of Australia and New Zealand Upcoming Events - Information on upcoming events.
- Health Technology Assessment International - Access information on past and upcoming meetings.
- Institute of Medicine (IOM) Current and Recent Activities - Download PDF of current and recent IOM activities.
- International Health Economics Association Annual Conference - (International Health Economics Association (iHEA)) - Information on the annual conference of the iHEA.
- June 2013 Stakeholder Symposium - (Electronic Data Methods (EDM) Forum USA) - The 2013 Symposium, will take place in Baltimore, MD on June 22, 2013 and will focus on progress to date building learning health systems to improve patient outcomes.
- Meetings & Events - (Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) US) - A list of upcoming meetings and events
- National Academy of Social Insurance Conferences and Meetings - Information on congressional briefings, workshops, and seminars.
- National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO) Events - (National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO)) - List of meetings and other events.
- National Health Impact Assessment Meeting: 2nd Annual - (National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI)) - This meeting, held on September 24 - 26, 2013 in Washington, D.C. is aimed at policymakers, public health professionals, HIA practitioners, community-based organizations, researchers, decision makers from non-health agencies who might use or rely on the results of an HIA, such as planning, transportation, housing, agriculture, energy, environment and education, and others with an interest in learning more about HIAs. It will also offer a special, one-day summit tailored specifically to policymakers.
- National Patient Safety Foundation Annual Congress - Information on the Annual Congress.
- NRHA Conference Calendar - (National Rural Health Association (NRHA)) - list of upcoming NRHA meetings
- Public Health Systems & Services Research Annual Conference - (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), University of Kentucky College of Public Health) - 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.
- Society for Medical Decisionmaking Meetings and Conferences - Information on upcoming meetings and conferences.

