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• Daily HealthBeat Tip Podcasts Details

  - Link to various HealthBeat podcasts, many of which are HSR-related.

• Dakota Conference on Rural and Public Health Details

  - June 13-15, 2018 Grand Forks, ND.

• Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care Details

  - The Dartmouth Atlas Project documents glaring variations in how medical resources are distributed and used in the United States. The project uses Medicare data to provide comprehensive information and analysis about national, regional, and local markets, as well as individual hospitals and their affiliated physicians. The website provides access to reports and publications, as well as interactive tools to allow visitors to view specific regions and perform their own comparisons and analyses.

• DATA - Data Across Sectors for Health Details

  - DASH is a national initiative to support multi-sector collaborations sharing data and information to improve the health of their communities.

• Data Acquisition, Curation, and Use for a Continuously Learning Health System Details

  - A open access article from JAMA on developing a learning health system where all stakeholders can contribute, share, and analyze data that can be used by multiple health information systems.

• Data and Program Reports Details

  - Starting from February 2016, Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Records Incentive Program payment and registration data in report form are available.

• Data and Research Details

  - Facts, figures, and statistics related to aging populations and individuals with disabilities.

• Data and Statistics: Tools & Maps Details

  - This site provides access to several NYC tools for statistical analysis, including: Epiquery, Environmental Public Health Tracking portal, Birth and Death Records, Childhood Lead Poisoning, Injury, Pregnancy Risks and The Geographical Information System (GIS) Center.

• The Data Are In: Health Care Quality Continues to Improve, But Disparities Persist Details

  - AHRQ just released the 2016 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report, an annual report which provides an annual report card on the status of the Nation's health care. Its findings are based on more than 250 measures of quality and disparities, covering a broad array of health care services and settings.

• Data Book: Beneficiaries Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid (2017) Details

  - The data book presents information on the demographic and other personal characteristics, expenditures, and health care utilization of individuals who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid coverage.

• A Data Book: Health Care Spending and the Medicare Program (June 2017) Details

  - The MedPAC Data Book provides information on national health care and Medicare spending, beneficiary demographics, dual-eligible beneficiaries, quality of care, liability, provider settings, and access to care.

• Data Brief: Medicare Advantage Health Care Utilization - Hospital Readmissions (November 2016) Details

  - This data brief reports on inpatient readmission trends in the Medicare Advantage population, aged 65 years and older, for the period 2010 through 2014.

• Data for Individual Health (2014) Details

  - Building on the JASON study, this report looked at the possibilites of developing a health data infrastructure capable of bridging from a health IT technology vision focused on the care of individuals to one focused on the health of individuals.

• Data Harmonization Advisory Committee Details

  - Consists of members from the PHSSR community including: National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO), Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH), local, state and federal systems researchers and academic institutions. Its main goal is to review the primary data survey instruments used by NACCHO, ASTHO and NALBOH to collect program activity data, governance and population data of local & state governing bodies of health throughout the nation.

• Data Linkage Strategies To Advance Youth Suicide Prevention Details

  - Report outlines data systems that can be linked to data from studies of youth suicide prevention interventions and identifies analytic approaches for youth suicide prevention research.

• Data Literacy Details

  - A collection of course materials and syllabi on data literacy.

• Data Management for NSF EHR Directorate (2011) Details

  - Guidance from the NSF regarding data sharing for projects using data from electronic health records.

• Data Management Planning Details

  - A guide to data management.

• Data Methods Toolkit Details

  - Provides information on qualitative methods which are most often used in implementation research and quantitative methods most often used in impact evaluation

• Data Note: 10 Charts About Public Opinion on Medicaid Details

  - A quick look at the public's views of Medicaid, the government health insurance and long-term care program for low-income adults and children, from recent Kaiser Family Foundation polls.

• Data Note: Americans' Challenges with Health Care Costs Details

  - Data note outlines the public experience with and worries about health care costs, including ability to afford premiums and deductibles.

• Data Note: Americans' Opinions of the Affordable Care Act Details

  - The October 2016 Kaiser Tracking poll examines Americans' opinions of the the Affordable Care Act.

• Data Note: Data Do Not Support Relationship Between States' Medicaid Expansion Status and Home and Community-Based Services Waiver Waiting Lists Details

  - This data note analyzes Medicaid HCBS (home and community based services) waiver waiting list data for 2014 and 2015 and concludes that there does not appear to be a relationship between a state's Medicaid expansion status and changes in its HCBS waiver waiting list.

• Data Note: Effect of State Decisions on State Risk Scores Details

  - A brief on the impact of state policy decisions on the health insurance risk pool.

• Data Note: Estimated Medicaid Savings in the House Budget Resolution from March 2016 Details

  - This Data Note examines proposed reductions in federal Medicaid funding under the March 2016 House Budget Resolution.

• Data Note: Medicaid Managed Care Growth and Implications of the Medicaid Expansion Details

  - This Data Note discusses the current role of managed care in Medicaid and addresses differences in managed care growth between states that expanded Medicaid to low-income adults under the Affordable Care Act.

• Data Note: Medicaid's Role in Providing Access to Preventive Care for Adults Details

  - This data note focuses on Medicaid's role in providing access to preventive care for low-income adults.

• Data Note: Strongly Held Views on the ACA Details

  - Data note evaluates public opinion on the ACA between 2010 and the present.

• Data Note: Three Findings about Access to Care and Health Outcomes in Medicaid Details

  - Data note examines the research on access to care and health outcomes in Medicaid.

• Data Note: Variation in Per Enrollee Medicaid Spending Details

  - To understand the potential implications of the AHCA's per capita cap proposals, this data note shows variation in per full-benefit enrollee spending by state and eligibility group.

• Data Quality Assessment of the 2014 Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander National Health Interview Survey (August 2017) Details

  - This report assesses the quality of the 2014 NHPI NHIS data, by examining if and how estimates of NHPI population characteristics calculated using the survey's data differ from estimates of the same characteristics calculated using data from two other sources: the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (the sampling frame for the 2014 NHPI NHIS) and the annual NHIS for combined years 2010-2014.

• Data Repository - Colorado Health Institute Details

  - Data from Colorado counties, also arranged under broad topics. The repository is also searchable.

• Data Resource Center for Child & Adolescent Health Details

  - National, regional, and state-based data on over 100 indicators from the National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH), National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), and the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (NS-CSHCN).

• Data Science at NIH
• Data Science Fellowship Details

  - The Data Incubator is a Cornell-funded data science training organization. It is a free advanced 8-week fellowship for PhDs looking to enter industry. Fellows have the option to participate in the program either in person in New York City, San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, Boston, Washington DC, or online.

• Data Science for Global Health Details

  - A whitepaper that provides an introduction to data science for global health professionals. Measure Evaluation

• Data Science MOOCs Details

  - A series of online programs, available for credit or for self-learning.

• Data Science Research: Personal Health Libraries for Consumers and Patients (R01) Details

  - NLM seeks applications for novel informatics and data science approaches that can help individuals gather, manage and use data and information about their personal health. A goal of this program is to advance research and application by patients and the research community through broadly sharing the results via publication, and through open source mechanisms for data or resource sharing.

• Data Security in Mobile Healthcare Environments: Strategies for Success Details

  - One-hour on-demand webinar. Registration is required.

• Data Snapshot: 2016 Child Poverty Rate Sees Largest Decline Since Before Great Recession (September 2017) Details

  - Child poverty declined by 1.2 percentage points between 2015 and 2016, according to analyses of the official poverty measure (OPM) in the latest American Community Survey. By 2016, child poverty across the nation was still 1.5 percentage points higher than before the Great Recession.

• Data Tools and Apps Details

  - Site provides a listing of interactive applications for use and manipulation of Census survey data (e.g., American Fact Finder, DataFerrett, Censtats, etc.)

• DATA USA Details

  - Website contains data sets for public US government data, as well as mapping, visualization, and comparison tools.

• Data Withholding in the Age of Digital Health Details

  - An opinion editorial on patient privacy versus the need for information disclosure so providers can help patients make informed health decisions.

• Data! Fostering Health Innovation in Kentucky and Ohio 2017 Details

  - October 23, 2017 9:30am-4:00pm ET; Erlanger, KY.

• Data-Pop Alliance Details

  - An international collaboration on big data, designed to promote people-centered big data.

• Data.CDC.gov Details

  - Allows users to browse a sample of CDC's popular data sets and create visualizations of data to embed on websites that update automatically when data changes.

• Data.CMS.gov Details

  - This tool derives its data from the Physician and Other Supplier Public Use File, describing care delivered to Medicare beneficiaries in the fee-for-service program.

• DATA.gov Details

  - Provides access to datasets generated by the Federal Government and includes descriptions of the datasets (metadata), information about how to access the datasets, and tools that leverage government datasets.

• DATA2GO.NYC Details

  - Online mapping and data tool with federal, state, and city data on multiple indicators, including demographics, education, environment, food systems, housing, health, poverty, and safety.

• Database of HSR&D Citations Details

  - Updated monthly, this searchable database contains citations from journals, meetings, conferences, and reports that are credited to VA HSR&D researchers.

• Database of Promoting Health Effectiveness Reviews (DoPHER) Details

  - Focused coverage of systematic and non-systematic reviews of effectiveness in health promotion and public health worldwide. This register currently contains details of over 2,500 reviews of health promotion and public health effectiveness.

• Databaseof Instruments for Resource Use Measurement (DIRUM) Details

  - DIRUM is an open-access database of resource-use questionnaires for use by health economists involved in trial-based economic evaluations

• DataFinder Details

  - Search for indicators and locations, and create custom reports.

• DataONE Data Catalog Details

  - DataONE search allows the user to search 168,000 publicly accessible data packages, with information relevant to community-related health research.

• DataONE Webinar Series Details

  - One-hour Webinars on data science occur monthly at 9am (PT) on the second Tuesday of the month.

• DataScience@NIH Blog Details

  - It is intended to serve as a news and discussion vehicle for the overall community and is an opportunity for the NIH Office of the Associate Director for Data Science to present timely information and receive important feedback.

• Dating Matters: Strategies to Promote Healthy Teen Relationships - Capacity Assessment and Planning Tool (DM-CAPT) Details

  - DM-CAPT is a free online tool that allows comprehensive teen dating prevention initiatives to assess their capacity to implement comprehensive teen dating violence prevention programs by surveying stakeholders.

• Dating Matters: Understanding Teen Dating Violence Prevention Details

  - This free online course is designed to communicate the relevance of teen dating violence prevention to educators, school personnel, youth leaders, and others working to improve the health of teens. It is part of a set of tools which allows comprehensive teen dating prevention initiatives to assess their capacity to implement comprehensive teen dating violence prevention programs by surveying stakeholders.

• David and Lucile Packard Foundation Details

  - The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is a private foundation located in California that invests in and takes smart risks with innovative people and organizations to improve the lives of children, enable the creative pursuit of science, advance reproductive health, and conserve and restore earth's natural systems.

• Day of Action promotes health in all policies, built environment Details

  - APHA sponsored a series of "walkshop" tours through the Denver during the APHA Annual Meeting to explore how the built environment influences health.

• DBH Training Institute: Behavioral Health Education & e-Learning Details

  - Classroom and online training events sponsored by the DC Department of Behavioral Health Training Institute.

• Deaths from Suicide: A Look at 18 States (February 2017) Details

  - Report summarizes findings on suicide deaths from the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) for 2013 and 2014.

• Debunk the Myths: Grant Application Video Series
• December 14, 2011, Quality Net Conference - Speech by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Details

  - This links to the speech made by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius at the CMS QualityNet Conference.

• Decision-Making Ability and Risk of Elder Mistreatment (2017) Details

  - Brief outlines the changes in cognition and decision-making ability as people age, and how that can translate to susceptibility to mistreatment and abuse.

• Decisions in Recovery: Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Details

  - This tool from SAMHSA provides resources on opioid use disorder recovery, recovery support, and treatment.

• Defining Community-Engaged Health Professional Education: A Step Toward Building the Evidence Details

  - Paper discusses how a training socially accountable workforces and institutions is key to improving health and well-being of present and future societies.

• Defining Rural at the U.S. Census Bureau (Dec 2016) Details

  - This brief highlights the history of delineating rural, the current delineations, and the relationships between the censuses, the American Community Survey, and geography.

• Defining Success In Resolving Health-Related Social Needs Details

  - This perspective piece outlines a framework is necessary to effectively measure progress in addressing the social determinants of health.

• Defining The Health Care System's Role In Addressing Social Determinants And Population Health Details

  - Article discusses how health care systems can create and maintain population health strategies to address the social determinants of health.

• Delaware and Georgia Use Innovative Strategies to Promote Women's Health in Medicaid Details

  - Article presents two case studies, in Georgia and Delaware, on their strategies to reduce infant mortality through the Collaborative Improvement & Innovation Network to Reduce Infant Mortality (IM CoIIN) initiative.

• Delaware Health Information and Statistics Details

  - Access statistics and demographics.

• Delaware Health Professional Workforce Reports Details

  - Reports and statistics on the health workforce in Delaware.

• Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment: Mapping State Programs Details

  - This interactive map provides high-level details on Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) programs and DSRIP-like programs, including those in both the implementation and application process. DSRIP programs, authorized through federal Medicaid Section 1115 waivers, provide states with funding derived from projected savings to test cutting-edge ways to improve how care is paid for and delivered.

• The DELTA FOCUS Program: Intimate Partner Violence is Preventable Details

  - DELTA FOCUS (Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancements and Leadership Through Alliances, Focusing on Outcomes for Communities United with States) is a five-year cooperative agreement funding a 10 state domestic violence coalition (Alaska, California, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island) to engage in primary prevention of intimate partner violence.

• Demand-Driven Open Data Details

  - DDOD is a framework of tools and methodologies to provide a systematic, ongoing and transparent mechanism. Users may request specific data for their own use case.

• Demographic and Economic Characteristics of Immigrant and Native-Born Populations in Rural and Urban Places Details

  - This report uses the American Community Survey estimates to document demographic and economic characteristics of the immigrant and native-born populations in the United States by metropolitan status.

• Demographic, Social, Economic, and Housing Characteristics: Development of a U.S. Contextual Database of 1990-2010 Measures Details

  - This report describes a neighborhood contextual database containing a specific set of demographic,social, economic, housing, cultural, and urbanization measures that have been generated at the census tract level, plus a smaller subset of similar measures at the county and metropolitan statistical area levels for 1990 to 2010.

• Demographics and Health Care Access and Utilization of Limited-English-Proficient and English-Proficient Hispanics (2008) Details

  - This report is based on data from the 2004 Household Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS-HC). Updates to prior work are presented through a profile of LEP Hispanic adults and their health care using a large national sample and a respondent-report measure of English proficiency.

• Demonstrating Impact of a Model Pediatric EHR Format Details

  - This model EHR record format for children is the result of a grant to 10 states, and several states will be evaluating the project.

• Demonstrating the Value of Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Programs Details

  - Report analyzes literature on MLTSS program outcomes as well as responses from 12 states regarding their progress toward attaining MLTSS goals and challenges in collecting data to document progress.

• Demonstrating the Value of Medicaid MLTSS Programs (May 2017) Details

  - This report provides results of a survey of states with MLTSS (managed long-term services and supports) programs to provide evidence of their value.

• Dental Care and Medicare Beneficiaries: Access Gaps, Cost Burdens, and Policy Options Details

  - Summary of a Health Affairs article on dental benefits and coverage gaps for Medicare beneficiaries.

• Dentistry Advocates Aim To Fill Medicare Gaps Details

  - Medicare's lack of dental coverage means that more seniors are skipping dental visits because they can't afford to pay out of pocket, but a non-profit group is working to add paid dental to Medicare coverage.

• Department of Defense (DOD) Details

  - The DOD funds health services research studies, e.g., impact of discrimination on medical care and quality of life for breast cancer survivors; quality of care indicators for early-stage prostate cancer.

• Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) Details

  - DHSS is the government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services.

• Department of Health and Human Services awards over $50 Million for new health center sites Details

  - HHS is providing $50 million in funding for 75 health centers in 23 states, Puerto Rico, and Micronesia.

• Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research & Development Funding Details

  - This page provides information on Veterans Administration HSR&D funding programs and research solicitations.

• Department of Veterans Affairs/Health Services Research and Development Meetings Details

  - Highlights HSR&D's upcoming and past meetings.

• Design and Implementation of N-of-1 Trials: A User's Guide (2014) Details

  - This document discusses the design and implementation of n-of-1 trials.

• Design and Operation of the National Survey of Children's Health, 2011-2012 (July 2017) Details

  - This report presents the development, plan, and operation of the 2011-2012 National Survey of Children's Health, a survey designed to produce national and state prevalence estimates of the physical and emotional health of children aged 0-17 years, as well as factors including medical homes, family interactions, parental health, school and after-school experiences, and neighborhood characteristics.

• Design Considerations for Nursing Facility Quality Improvement Initiatives in Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Programs Details

  - This brief examines four key considerations for states developing nursing facility quality improvement initiatives: (1) using existing data sources when possible to reduce provider burden; (2) enlisting the help of internal or external quality measurement experts; (3) seeking stakeholder engagement and support; and (4) understanding how the initiative may influence beneficiary protections and access to care.

• Designing A Health System That Works For The Tribe Details

  - This open-access article from Health Affairs discusses how one tribe worked to provide comprehensive health services to their members after IHS closed their emergency department on the reservation.

• Designing a High-Performing Health Care System for Patients with Complex Needs Details

  - Report outlines ten recommendations for policymakers to create a high-performing health care system for high-need, high-cost patients.

• Designing an Exchange: A Toolkit for State Policymakers Details

  - Designed to provide technical assistance to states, this legislative toolkit will assist with the design of health insurance Exchanges.

• Designing Consumer Health IT: A Guide for Developers and Systems Designers (2012) Details

  - This guide is aimed at IT developers, and presents the 10 recommendations that can be used to produce outstanding consumer IT products.

• Designing Health Literate Mobile Apps Details

  - This discussion paper presents a case study to assist developers in creating health literate mobile apps.

• Despair in the American Heartland? A Focus on Rural Health Details

  - The October 2017 issue of the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) focuses on the health of rural US populations. Individual articles may require a subscription to view.

• Detailed reports on the financial outlook for Social Security's Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) Trust Funds Details

  - The Social Security Act requires that the Board, among other duties, report annually to the Congress on the actuarial (financial) status of the OASI and DI Trust Funds.

• Determinants of Health Series: Food Insecurity Details

  - Guide highlights strategies and programs of hospitals and health care systems to reduce food insecurity in their communities.

• Determining and Controlling the Cost of Health Care Details

  - A health policy Snapshot looks at health care price transparency and the ways in which to create a more efficient health care delivery model.

• Developing a Protocol for Observational Comparative Effectiveness Research: A User's Guide Details

  - The intention of this User's Guide is to identify standards and best practices for designing observational comparative effectiveness research.

• Developing Affordable and Accessible Community-Based Housing for Vulnerable Adults: Proceedings of a Workshop Details

  - Summary of a December 2016 on the importance, barriers, design principles, and features of programs to provide accessible housing for older adults and adults with disabilities.

• Developing Affordable and Accessible Community-Based Housing for Vulnerable Adults: Proceedings of a Workshop (2017) Details

  - The result of a December 2016 workshop, this report looks at the availability of affordable housing for older adults and adults with disabilities.

• Developing Culturally Responsive Approaches to Serving Diverse Populations: A Resource Guide for Community-Based Organizations (March 2017) Details

  - This resource guide identifies easily accessible resources on cultural competency that community-based organizations (CBOs) can use to become more responsive to the needs of their targeted populations, and to help attract funds to support their important work. (National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families)

• Developing Healthy Places Details

  - Funding to support healthy housing and neighborhoods, healthy food systems that benefit low-income communities, and equitable transportation and land use.

• Developing Measures of Shared Decision Making (R01) Details

  - A grant to fund applications to develop, test, and evaluate measures of shared decision making between clinicians and patients that can be used to conduct research in clinical settings.

• Developing New Clinical Decision Support to Disseminate and Implement Evidence-Based Research Findings (R18) Details

  - The purposes of this FOA are to develop new, reliable, valid, and usable CDS from evidence-based research findings and then demonstrate its effectiveness to improve care in clinical practice.

• Development of the Learning Health System Researcher Core Competencies Details

  - This summary presents the learning health system core competencies that can be used to guide the development of learning objectives, evaluation methods, and curricula for training programs.

• Diabetes Management: Interventions Engaging Community Health Workers Details

  - The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends interventions that engage community health workers to help patients manage their diabetes. These interventions have been shown to improve patients' glycemic and lipid control and reduce their healthcare use. Economic evidence indicates these interventions are cost-effective.

• Diabetes Occurrence, Costs, and Access to Care among Medicare Beneficiaries Aged 65 Years and Over (September 2017) Details

  - Using data from the 2013 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS), this report presents prevalence and access to care patterns of persons with type 1 and type 2 diabetes among Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 years and over.

• Diabetes Prevention Impact Toolkit Details

  - Interactive online tool to help employers, insurers, and state health departments weight the costs and benefits of National DPP lifestyle change programs, including cost of delivering of lifestyle change program, health benefit resulting from the program, life years gained, cost-effectiveness, and return on investment.

• Diagnostic and Treatment Guidelines on Domestic Violence (1992) Details

  - These guidelines are intended to: provide an overview of the issue, assist in identification of victims through screening, help in the assessment of impact, provide questions to meaningful responses, provide resources for referral and the legal aspects of reporting requirements.

• Did the Affordable Care Act's Dependent Coverage Expansion Affect Race/Ethnic Disparities in Health Insurance Coverage? Details

  - RAND-funded study looked at the impact of the dependent coverage expansion on insurance disparities across race/ethnic groups. Full article access requires a subscription.

• Differences Among Older Adults in the Types of Dental Services Used in the United States Details

  - This open-access article from INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing explores differences in the socioeconomic, demographic characteristics of older adults in the US with respect to their use of different types of dental care.

• The Differences in Characteristics Among Households With and Without Obese Children: Findings From USDA's FoodAPS (September 2017) Details

  - Using data from USDA's 2012 National Household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey (FoodAPS), this study examines characteristics of households with at least one obese child (obese-child households) and without any obese children (nonobese-child households) to understand potential reasons behind the dissimilar risks.

• Differences in Health Care, Family, and Community Factors Associated with Mental, Behavioral, and Developmental Disorders Among Children Aged 2-8 Years in Rural and Urban Areas - United States, 2011-2012 Details

  - Using data from the 2011-2012 National Survey of Children's Health, this report examines variations in health care, family, and community factors among children aged 2-8 years with and without mental, behavioral, and developmental disorders (MBDDs) in rural and urban settings.

• Diffusion Of Community Health Workers Within Medicaid Managed Care: A Strategy To Address Social Determinants Of Health Details

  - Post describes how community health workers can fill the gap of addressing the social determinants of health often found within the health care and Medicaid systems.

• Diffusion of Medical Procedures And Technology Details

  - A publicly available source providing researchers, payers, regulators, and innovators with metrics quantifying the temporal and regional patterns of diffusion of medical interventions.

• Digital Bridge Details

  - The vision of the Digital Bridge is to improve the health of our nation by enhancing bidirectional information exchange between public health and health care. A first of its kind initiative, the Digital Bridge has created a forum for key decision makers in the public health, health care and health information technology arenas to collaborate and share challenges, opportunities and ideas towards achieving this vision.

• The Digital Bridge Initiative: Improving Public Health Surveillance in the U.S. Details

  - Digital Bridge is a collaboration of the largest healthcare providers, EHR vendors, and public health practice associations in the U.S. designed to improve the health of our nation by creating a bidirectional information exchange between health care and public health.

• Digital Bridge Webinar Series: Building the Legal Framework Behind eCR Details

  - October 11, 2017 1:00-2:00pm ET. Webinar will highlight the legal background, challenges and recommended strategies to implement electronic case reporting (eCR - the automated generation and transmission of case reports from the electronic health record (EHR) to public health agencies for review and action) on a national level. (Digital Bridge)

• Digital Health Software Precertification (PreCert) Program Details

  - The Software PreCert Pilot Program is a voluntary program that will enable the FDA to develop a tailored approach toward regulating this technology by looking first at the software developer and/or digital health technology developer, rather than primarily at the product. This pilot will help FDA establish the most appropriate criteria for standing up a firm-based precertification program for these new tools.

• Digital Health: Moving from Silos to Systems Details

  - A post on how to effectively use mobile and web-based technologies to improve health systems on a global scale.

• Direct-to-Consumer Telehealth Prompts New Use of Medical Services; Not Likely to Decrease Health Spending Details

  - Direct-to-consumer telehealth services-touted as a convenient and less-expensive way to get care for minor ailments appears to prompt new use of medical services and thus may drive up medical spending rather than trimming costs, according to a new RAND Corporation study published in Health Affairs.

• Director's Webinar Series Details

  - A series of webinars on topics related to behavioral health and socioeconomic aspects of health.

• Directory of Health Organizations Details

  - This link provides access to a database containing location and descriptive information about a wide variety of information resources including organizations, research resources, projects, and databases concerned with health and biomedicine. Each record may contain information on the publications, holdings, and services provided.

• Directory of Implementation Science Training Programs (March, 2011) Details

  - This training directory lists fellowships, short-term training programs and other resources for training in the field of dissemination and implementation science (and related fields such as Knowledge Translation, etc.).

• Disability Research and Policy: New Evidence and Promising Ideas Details

  - Presentations from the Disability Research Center Annual Meeting on October 15-16, 2013 are available.

• Disaster Recovery in the Cloud Details

  - This on-demand one-hour webinar looks at the Cloud as a venue for Disaster Recovery.

• Discussion Draft - Senate Republican Health Care Bill Details

  - Draft of the Senate's amendments to the House-passed American Health Care Act (AHCA), H.R. 1628.

• The Dish - What is Precision Medicine? Details

  - Video which explains Precision Medicine.

• Disparities in Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Mental Health Services in the U.S. Details

  - A report which investigates disparities in mental health and mental health services for minority youth.

• Disparities in Health and Health Care: Five Key Questions and Answers Details

  - This brief looks at health care disparities using several factors including race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, geographic location, age, and language.

• Disparities in Mental Health Services Research Details

  - This program plans, stimulates, disseminates, and supports research on the complex factors that influence disparities in mental health services, particularly across special population groups such as racial and ethnic groups, as well as women and children, and persons living in rural and frontier areas.

• Disparities in the Health and Well-Being of Children and Youth in Rural Areas Details

  - A May 2016 webinar from the Altarum Institute that discussed rural childrens' health, mortality, trends, and challenges.

• Disparities in the Prevalence of Diagnosed Diabetes - United States, 1999-2002 and 2011-201 Details

  - Report determines progress toward eliminating socioeconomic disparities in diabetes prevalence.

• Disparities in Who Receives Weight-Loss Advice From a Health Care Provider: Does Income Make a Difference? Details

  - Article on what socioeconomic factors determine if patients receive weight-loss advice from their physicians.

• Disparities Leadership Program Details

  - The Disparities Leadership Program (DLP) is a year-long, hands-on executive education program focused exclusively on helping health care leaders achieve equity in quality. The program is designed to help participants translate the latest understanding disparities into realistic solutions that can be adopted within your organization. (The Disparities Solutions Center)

• Disparities Policy
• Disparity In Longevity Between Black, White Americans Narrowing, But Gap Still Remains Details

  - The report shows the United States has a long way to go before it achieves health equity as blacks in every age group under 65 continue to have significantly higher death rates than whites.

• Disruptive Innovation in Medicaid Non-Emergency Transportation Details

  - This brief outlines the current state of Medicaid non-emergency medical services, its challenges, and opportunities for improvement. It explores alternative transportation models piloted by states and health plans across the country, including the use of transportation network companies, such as Uber and Lyft, to augment NEMT services.

• Dissemination & Implementation Applicant Town Hall - Cycle 3 2017 Details

  - Thursday, October 12, 2017 - 12:00 pm to 01:00 pm EDT.

• Dissemination & Implementation Measurement Compendium (2012) Details

  - This white paper provides researchers with a synthesis of validated measurement tools designed to assess D&I-related constructs.

• Dissemination and Implementation Details

  - This website links to dissemination and implementation meetings and webinars.

• Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R01) Details

  - This FO would support efforts to identify, develop, test, evaluate and/or refine strategies to disseminate and implement evidence-based practices into public health, clinical practice, and community settings

• Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R03) Details

  - This FO would support efforts to identify, develop, test, evaluate and/or refine strategies to disseminate and implement evidence-based practices into public health, clinical practice, and community settings

• Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R21) Details

  - This FO would support efforts to identify, develop, test, evaluate and/or refine strategies to disseminate and implement evidence-based practices into public health, clinical practice, and community settings

• Dissemination and Implementation Research Program Details

  - 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.

• Dissemination and Implementation Roundtable Details

  - This webinar took place on July 29, 2013. The slides and agenda are available.

• Dissemination and Implementation Science Data Sources Details

  - This website provides access to related data sources and tools, compiled by CHEDIR.

• Dissemination of Rural Health Research: A Toolkit (2015) Details

  - This toolkit is designed to assist researchers in reaching their target audiences through the development of appropriate, timely, accessible, and applicable products.

• Dissemination Toolkit: New Directions in Child Abuse and Neglect Research Details

  - Resources to support the goals of a 2013 workshop on child abuse and neglect are available.

• Distribution of Lifetime Medicare Taxes and Spending by Sex and by Lifetime Household Earnings: Working Paper 2017-05 Details

  - A new working paper estimates the distribution of Medicare taxes and spending.

• District of Columbia's Department of Health Details

  - The Mission of the Department of Health is to promote and protect the health, safety and quality of life of residents, visitors and those doing business in the District of Columbia.

• Diversitydata.org
• DiversityDataKids Details

  - This tool allows you to analyze data by race/ethnicity, compare data across states, metropolitan areas, counties, large cities, and large school districts, and compare policy indicators across states.

• Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP) Details

  - Mission is to protect patients and healthcare personnel and promote safety, quality, and value in the healthcare delivery system by providing national leadership.

• Do Cultural Competency Interventions Work?: A Systematic Review on Improving Rehabilitation Outcomes for Ethnically and Linguistically Diverse Individuals with Disabilities (2011) Details

  - This Technical Brief from SEDL describes a systematic review which looked at the ability of cultural competency interventions to improve rehabilitation outcomes for ethnically and linguistically diverse individuals with disabilities, and if so, for whom and under what conditions.

• Do Health Impact Assessments Make a Difference?: A National Evaluation of HIAs in the United States Details

  - The methods by which to conduct and screen HIA targets effectively are discussed in this 2014 brief and supplement.

• Doctors and Pharmacists: An Underused Resource to Manage Drug Costs for Older Adults Details

  - Report looks at the underutilization of doctors and pharmacists in reducing prescription drug costs, largely because patients do not ask.

• DOD Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Details

  - Provides a brief description and key elements of all award mechanisms.

• Does a Digital Lifestyle Affect our Mental Health? Details

  - A post on how digital technology may be contributing to mental health issues.

• Domestic violence and abuse: multi-agency working (NICE) (2014) Details

  - The National Institute on Health and Care Excellence (NICE-UK) have established guidelines on domestic violence and abuse, including violence perpetrated on men, on those in same-sex relationships and on young people.

• Domestic Violence Civil Protection Orders (CPOs) By State (2016) Details

  - A summary of statutes from all 50 states regarding domestic violence.

• Domestic Violence Legislation 2013-2014 Details

  - This document outlines state policies over a two-year period in the areas of domestic violence, victim's rights, and funding for victim services.

• Domestic Violence Quality Assessment/Quality Improvement Tool for Clinics, Hospitals, and Other Health Systems Details

  - A tool which allows healthcare organizations to assess and improve quality of care in relation to domestic violence.

• Domestic Violence Resource Network (DVRN) Details

  - The Network includes two national resource centers, four special issue resource centers, three culturally-specific resource centers, the National Domestic Violence Hotline, and the National LGBTQ DV Capacity Building Learning Center. The DVRN works collaboratively to promote practices and strategies to improve our nation's response to domestic violence.

• Domestic Violence Screening and Assessment Protocol for Preventive Services (2012) Details

  - A set of tools to assist in the screening for child and intimate partner abuse.

• Domestic Violence Shelter Grant Program: Mary Kay Foundation Details

  - Each year, the Foundation awards a grant to at least one domestic violence shelter in every state that applies. Any remaining funds are distributed based on state population.

• Domestic Violence/Domestic Abuse Definitions and Relationships Details

  - This website outlines state laws on domestic violence or abuse, the individual definitions of conduct amounting to domestic violence or abuse, and the relationships which may be considered domestic violence or abuse.

• Domestic Violence: A Public Health Priority Details

  - Domestic violence represents a significant public health problem that has received limited attention from the field of health philanthropy.

• Domestic Violence: Understanding the Basics Details

  - This 1 hour interactive eLearning module is designed to acquaint new advocates and health care professionals with the issues surrounding domestic violence.

• The Downstream Consequences Of Per Capita Spending Caps In Medicaid Details

  - Post outlines the potential impact of changing federal Medicaid financing to a per capita cap system.

• Dr. Know: A Knowledge Commons in Health Details

  - This paper argues for an open system of knowledge, what it would mean, and how to reach the goal.

• Dr. Rima Rudd on Health Literacy Details

  - Dr. Rudd discusses the need to define and develop health literacy environments that support scientific principles, integrate health literacy findings and are conducive to efficacious action at an April 2015 conference.

• Draft Recommendation Statement: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening Details

  - The U.S. Preventive Task Force is requesting public comment on their pediatric obesity screening recommendations until November 28, 2016.

• Draft Research Plan for Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse of Elderly and Vulnerable Adults: Screening Details

  - The final Research Plan will be used to guide a systematic review of the evidence by researchers at an Evidence-based Practice Center. The resulting Evidence Review will form the basis of the USPSTF Recommendation Statement on this topic.

• Driving Toward Behavioral Health Quality and Value: Certified Community Behavioral Health Centers Details

  - A post on community behavioral health centers, which can help improve behavioral health care delivery.

• Drug Approvals and Databases Details

  - Links to various FDA databases, i.e., Adverse Event Reporting post-marketing safety surveillance program, Orange Book, Clinical Investigator Inspection List, Bioresearch Monitoring Information System, Dissolution Methods, etc.

• Drug Effectiveness Review Project (DERP) Details

  - Collaboration of the Center for Evidence-based Policy and the Oregon Evidence-based Practice Center who have joined together to produce systematic, evidence-based reviews of the comparative effectiveness and safety of drugs in many widely used drug classes, and to apply the findings to inform public policy and related activities in local settings.

• Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States, 1999-2015 Details

  - Data brief uses estimates from the NVSS multiple-cause-of-death mortality files to look at trends in deaths due to drug overdose between 1999 and 2015.

• Drug Prices, Senior Programs May Deliver Blow to State Budgets Details

  - Higher prescription drug prices and changes to Medicare and Social Security could greatly impact state budgets in 2017 by forcing them to up spending on Medicaid.

• Drugs and Alcohol: Open Access Sources Details

  - This web portal uses open access initiatives to provide drug abuse prevention, treatment, and policy stakeholders with access to journal articles, monographs, book chapters, conference proceedings, technical manuals, and education and training resources.

• Drugs Most Frequently Involved in Drug Overdose Deaths: United States, 2010-2014 Details

  - This report identifies the specific drugs most frequently involved in drug overdose deaths in the United States from 2010 through 2014.

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