National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology (NICHSR)

AARP - Formerly American Association of Retired Persons. A non-profit, nonpartisan membership organization that helps people 50 and over improve the quality of their lives. As noted on its website, since its inception in 1958, AARP has grown and changed dramatically in response to societal changes, while remaining true to its founding principles: to promote independence, dignity and purpose for older persons; to enhance the quality of life for older persons; to encourage older people; and, to serve, not to be served.
AARP Law and Legal Issues - This links to various sites and organizations providing information on the law and other legal issues related to individual aged 50 and over.
AARP Surveys and Statistics - This site houses national and state-based research on the needs, concerns, and interests of AARP members and the 50+ population as a whole.
Abuse and Neglect - National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform fact sheet.
Academic-Community Partnership Conference Series (R13)
Academy for Healthcare Improvement - The aim of this organization is to foster an interprofessional community that advances quality improvement in health care through scholarly and educational activities.
AcademyHealth
AcademyHealth 2012 Annual Research Meeting: "Impact of Comparative Effectiveness Research on HSR" [Video of Panel] - Dr. Lisa Simpson of AcademyHealth moderated this panel. Panelists included Carolyn Clancy, Agency for Healthcare Researchand Quality; Arnold Epstein, Harvard University; Joe Selby, PCORI; and Reed Tuckson, UnitedHealth Group.
AcademyHealth Advocacy - As noted on its website, AcademyHealth strives to improve health and health care by advocating for 1) increased federal funding for health services research, 2) better access to data and information to use in research, and 3) more transparent dissemination of research results.
AcademyHealth Comparative Effectiveness Research Resources - This website links to CER-related publications, projects, presentations, and training and professional development opportunities.
AcademyHealth Conferences - Listing of AcademyHealth conferences and events.
AcademyHealth HSR Methods Discussion Board - 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.
AcademyHealth PHSR Interest Group Discussion Board - This is the discussion board sponsored and moderated by the AcademyHealth PHSR interest group.
AcademyHealth PHSR Interest Group Twitter Feed - The AcademyHealth PHSR Interest Group's Twitter feed.
AcademyHealth Public Health Systems Research Interest Group - This Interest Group of more than 1,500 individuals-including researchers, students, public health practitioners, federal agency staff, and policymakers-shares an interest in exploring and enhancing the U.S. public health system by formulating, translating, and applying the PHSR evidence base."
AcademyHealth Public Health Systems Research Interest Group Annual Meeting - An annual conference held in conjunction with the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting that features cutting edge public health research. The purpose of the meeting is to showcase research, facilitate networking, and encourage discussion on research and policy issues surrounding public health systems research.
AcademyHealth Public Health Systems Research Interest Group Policy Breakfast - An annual meeting held in conjunction with the AcademyHealth National Health Policy Conference. Previous meetings have discussed issues such as the pros and cons of rankings in public health.
AcademyHealth Reports Newsletters - Links to AcademyHealth Reports newsletters.
AcademyHealth: HIT for Actionable Knowledge - AcademyHealth and its partners are producing case studies to capture key elements of the experiences in each health system, as well as two cross-cutting, comparative papers
Accelerating Change and Transformation in Organizations and Networks (ACTION): Field Partnerships for Applied Research - ACTION is a a model of field-based research designed to promote innovation in health care delivery by accelerating the diffusion of research into practice. The ACTION network includes 15 large partnerships and collaborating organizations that provide health care to more than 100 million Americans.
Accelerating Change and Transformation in Organizations and Networks II (ACTION II) - ACTION II is a model of field-based research designed to promote innovation in health care delivery by accelerating the diffusion of research into practice. The ACTION II network includes 17 large partnerships and more than 350 collaborating organizations that provide health care to an estimated 50 percent of the U.S. population. ACTION II promotes and accelerates the development, implementation, dissemination, and sustainability of innovations in health care delivery to increase understanding of how to incorporate evidence-based improvements into routine practice to improve quality of care.
Access Tools - U.S. Census Bureau - Links to data access tools from the U.S. Census Bureau (e.g., American Fact Finder, Data Ferrett, Censtats, etc.)
ACP Journal Club - This website comprises a 10-year archive (from 2000 to the present) of the cumulative electronic contents of ACP Journal Club, with recurrent weeding of out-of-date articles. The content is carefully selected from over 100 clinical journals through reliable application of explicit criteria for scientific merit, followed by assessment of relevance to medical practice by clinical specialists.
Administration for Children and Families - This agency funds and produces publications on implementation science. Information on recent meetings as well as funding opportunities can be found on this site.
Administration for Community Living - Created by DHHS on April 16, 2012, the Administration for Community Living (ACL) has the goal of increasing access to community supports and full participation, while focusing attention and resources on the unique needs of older Americans and people with disabilities. The ACL will include the efforts and achievements of the Administration on Aging, the Office on Disability and the Administration on Developmental Disabilities in a single agency, with enhanced policy and program support for both cross-cutting initiatives and efforts focused on the unique needs of individual groups such as children with developmental disabilities, adults with physical disabilities, or seniors, including seniors with Alzheimer's.
Administration on Aging (AoA) - Part of DHHS, AoA's mission is to develop a comprehensive, coordinated and cost-effective system of home and community-based services that helps elderly individuals maintain their health and independence in their homes and communities.
Administration on Aging Funding Opportunities - Each year, Congress appropriates funds for use by AoA and the other Federal Agencies in carrying out their mission. AoA provides grant funding to States and territories, recognized Native American Tribes and Hawaiian Americans, as well as nonprofit organizations, including faith-based and academic institutions. Individuals are not eligible to apply for AoA funding.
Advances Newsletter - A monthly newsletter on RWJF's projects and progress.
Advancing the Methods for Healthcare: Quality Improvement Research 2012 Conference, Arlington, VA, May 7-8, 2012 - The Academy for Healthcare Improvement is sponsoring a two-day meeting in Arlington, VA on May 7- 8, 2012 on "Advancing the Methods for Quality Improvement Research." The meeting program includes experts on quality improvement research.
Adverse Event Reporting System (AERS) - Computerized information database designed to support the FDA's post-marketing safety surveillance program for all approved drug and therapeutic biologic products.
Affordable Care Act - Recent Developments - This site notes recent developments in the Affordable Care Act. Note: Most documents on this site are from mid 2011.
Affordable Care Act: The New Health Care Law at Two Years - This two-page brief provides information on seniors and the Affordable Health Care Act.
AFL-CIO Health Care Reform - This website provides access to legislation and political information that the AFL-CIO is interested in tracking. Recently, for example, the AFL-CIO tracked healthcare reform.
Age Data of the United States - Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Agency for Health Care Research (AHRQ), Quality Child Health Toolbox - This online resource is intended to help state and local policymakers and program directors and staff answer questions about measuring health care performance in child health programs.
Agency for Health Care Research and Quality, Center for Primary Care, Prevention and Clinical Partnerships - The Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partnerships (CP3) expands the knowledge base for clinical providers and patients and to assure the translation of new knowledge and systems improvement into primary care practice. CP3 supports and conducts research to improve the access, effectiveness, and quality of primary and preventive health care services in the United States.
Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ) Events & Announcements - Links to upcoming events, meetings, and presentations.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Centers for Education and Research on Therapeutics (CERTs) - National initiative to increase awareness of the benefits and risks of new, existing, or combined uses of therapeutics through education and research.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Process for Awarding Recovery Act Funds and Disseminating Results - According to AHRQ officials, the agency plans to disseminate the results of Recovery Act-funded CER using a range of existing mechanisms. These mechanisms include written products, training programs, social media tools, and AHRQ's website. AHRQ is also developing additional strategies to disseminate CER results. AHRQ awarded four contracts using Recovery Act funds totaling approximately $42.3 million to promote innovative approaches for disseminating CER results. A variety of efforts are conducted under these contracts, including efforts to educate clinicians and develop regional dissemination offices.
AGing Integrated Database (AGID) - On-line query system based on AoA-related data files and surveys, and includes population characteristics from the Census Bureau for comparison purposes. The system allows users to produce customized tables in a step-by-step process and output the results in print or spreadsheet form.
Aging Statistics - People 65+ represented 12.4% of the population in the year 2000 but are expected to grow to be 19% of the population by 2030. This website brings together a wide variety of statistical information--Profile of Older Americans, AGing Integrated Database, Census Data & Population Estimates, Projected Future Growth of Older Population, Minority Aging, and Key Indicators of Well-Being.
Aging Today - Bimonthly newspaper of the American Society on Aging.
AgingStats.gov - provides an updated, accessible compendium of indicators, drawn from the most reliable official statistics about the well-being of Americans primarily age 65 and older. The indicators are categorized into five broad areas-population, economics, health status, health risks and behaviors, and health care. The 155-page report contains data on 37 key indicators.
AGS Foundation for Health in Aging - This Foundation is a national non-profit organization established in 1999 by The American Geriatrics Society. According to its website, its aim is to build a bridge between the research and practice of geriatrics and the public, and to advocate on behalf of older adults and their special health care needs.
AHA-NPSF Comprehensive Patient Safety Leadership Fellowship - The Fellowship consists of four in-person learning sessions, periodic teleconferences, various self and organizational assessments and individual coaching. The year long program culminates with the completion of an Action Learning Project (ALP) demonstrating the Fellow's ability to apply the concepts learned.
AHRQ - Minority Health - Links to AHRQ's minority health programs, reports, workshops, etc.
AHRQ - Tools and Resources to Help Communities Prepare for Hurricane Season - AHRQ offers tools to help communities prepare for and respond to hurricane events and other natural disasters. New additions include: Disaster Alternate Care Facilities, Hospital Evacuation Decision Guide, Hospital Assessment and Recovery Guide, and The Essentials: Mass Medical Care with Scarce Resources. Other tools featured on the Web page offer assistance with issues such as caring for children, transporting patients from one facility to another, nursing home needs, reopening shuttered hospitals to meet surge demand and using community call centers for crisis support.
AHRQ 2010 Annual Conference - AHRQ held its fourth annual conference on September 26-29, 2010, in Bethesda, MD. This conference, entitled "Better Care, Better Health: Delivering on Quality for All Americans," showcased leading authorities in health care research and policy in sessions on transforming health care delivery; developing new patient care models; strengthening preventive care and reducing health disparities; improving quality and patient safety; and measuring and reporting on provider and system performance.
AHRQ 2011 Annual Conference: Leading Through Innovation & Collaboration, September 18-21, Bethesda, MD - The AHRQ 2011 Annual Conference included several sessions about the various CAHPS surveys of patient experience. A special preconference session on Sunday, September 18 was devoted to the expanded suite of Clinician & Group Surveys.
AHRQ 2012 Annual Conference, September 9 - 11, 2012
AHRQ Awards $4.5 Million To Create Clinical Preventive Services Research Centers
AHRQ Comparative Effectiveness Clinician Guide: Lipid Modifying Agents - Clinicigan guides from The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Effective Health Care Program.
AHRQ Comparative Effectiveness News Newsletter - Newsletter producted by the Effective Health Care Program at AHRQ.
AHRQ Comparative Effectiveness Research ARRA Implementation Plan - Describes how AHRQ is using its $300 million in Recovery Act funds to expand and broaden pre-existing comparative effectiveness research activities initiated at the Agency in response to Section 1013 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003.
AHRQ Data & Surveys - AHRQ provides access to a plethora of data and surveys on healthcare access, expenditures, quality, etc.
AHRQ Effective Healthcare - The Effective Health Care Program is dedicated to facilitating decision making by providing findings from high-quality research in formats for different audiences.
AHRQ Email Updates - Sign up for updates from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
AHRQ Funding Opportunities - AHRQ supports a broad base of scientific research to promote improvements in clinical and health system practices, including the prevention of diseases and other health conditions.
AHRQ Grant Program for Large or Recurring Conferences (R13)
AHRQ Grants for Health Services Research Dissertation Program (R36)
AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange - Comprehensive program designed to accelerate the development and adoption of innovations in health care delivery.
AHRQ Health Services Research Demonstration and Dissemination Grants (R18)
AHRQ Health Services Research Projects (R01)
AHRQ Healthcare 411 - Podcasts and Twitter - Link to news series from AHRQ. Receive updates via Twitter or podcast.
AHRQ Individual Awards for Postdoctoral Fellows (F32) National Research Service Awards (NRSA)
AHRQ Institutional Training Programs - AHRQ funded institutions that recruit and train predoctoral and/or postdoctoral health services researchers.
AHRQ Kids' Inpatient Database - The Kid's Inpatient Database (KID)is produced every 3 years and is a unique and powerful nationwide database of hospital stays for children. It is a sample of pediatric discharges (age 20 or younger at admission) from community, non-rehabilitation hospitals from States participating in HCUP. The KID is the only dataset on hospital use, outcomes, and charges designed to study children's use of hospital services in the United States.
AHRQ Long-Term Care - This site links to issues, research in action, and study results.
AHRQ Mentored Career Enhancement Award in Patient Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR) for Mid-Career and Senior Investigators (K18)
AHRQ National Resource Center for Health Information Technology - AHRQ initiative containing information on programs that promote the use of health information technology. Central repository for research findings from projects developing, testing, and using health IT applications.
AHRQ Pharmacy Health Literacy Center - This site provides pharmacists with recently released health literacy tools and other resources from AHRQ.
AHRQ Quality Indicators - Set of quality indicators organized into four "modules," each of which measures quality associated with processes of care that occurred in an outpatient or an inpatient setting to highlight potential quality concerns, identify areas that need further study and investigation, and track changes over time.
AHRQ Quality Indicators™ Toolkit for Hospitals - This toolkit is designed to help hospitals understand the AHRQ Quality Indicators (QIs) and support the use of them to successfully improve quality and patient safety in hospitals. The toolkit is a general guide to using improvement methods, with a particular focus on the QIs. It focuses on the 17 Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) and the 28 Inpatient Quality Indicators (IQIs).
AHRQ Releases First in a New Facts and Stats Series Analyzing the Size and Capacity of the U.S. Primary Care Workforce
AHRQ Relevant Funding Opportunities - This link showcases relevant AHRQ funding announcements, for example PA-09-071 and PAR-08-136.
AHRQ Research Training - An array of intramural and extramural predoctoral and postdoctoral educational and career development grants and opportunities in health services research.
AHRQ Small Grant Program for Conference Support (R13)
AHRQ's Career Development and Postdoctoral Training Awards for Comparative Effectiveness Research - AHRQ will support two types of institutional research training and career development grants in FY 2010. These projects will focus on preparing new investigators to conduct comparative effectiveness research.
AHRQ's Grants Online Database - Acess all of AHRQ's projects from this database.
AHRQ's State Snapshots - Provides state-specific health care quality information, including strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for improvement.
AHRQ: A Systematic Review of Methods for Health Care Technology Horizon Scanning
AHRQ: Evidence-Based Practice Program - Under the Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPC) Program of five-year contracts are awarded to institutions in the United States and Canada to serve as EPCs. The EPCs review all relevant scientific literature on clinical, behavioral, and organization and financing topics to produce evidence reports and technology assessments. These reports are used for informing and developing coverage decisions, quality measures, educational materials and tools, guidelines, and research agendas. The EPCs also conduct research on methodology of systematic reviews.
Alabama Department of Public Health - The purpose of the Alabama Department of Public Health is to provide caring, high quality and professional services for the improvement and protection of the public's health through disease prevention and the assurance of public health services to resident and transient populations of the state regardless of social circumstances or the ability to pay.
Alaska Health and Social Services - Its mission is to promote and protect the well-being of all Alaskans.
Alcohol Epidemiologic Data Directory - Current listing of surveys and other relevant data suitable for epidemiologic research on alcohol.
All-Payer Claims Database (APCD) - APCDs are large-scale databases that systematically collect health care claims data from a variety of payer sources. These databases, typically created by a state mandate, generally include data derived from medical claims, pharmacy claims, eligibility files, provider (physician and facility) files, and dental claims from private and public payers. Payers include insurance carriers, third party administrators (TPAs), pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), dental benefit administrators, Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Medicare, Medicare Part D, Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB), and TRICARE.
Alliance for Aging Research
Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research - The Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research is an international collaboration based in the WHO Geneva. It has its origins in the recommendations of the 1996 report of WHO's Ad Hoc Committee on Health Research which identified lack of health policy and systems research as a key problem impeding the improvement of health outcomes in low and middle income countries.
Alliance for Health Reform - A nonpartisan, nonprofit group, the Alliance believes that all in the U.S. should have health coverage at a reasonable cost.
Alliance for Healthcare Foundation Funding - Alliance Healthcare Foundation's grant-making activities focus strategically on funding organizations whose programs benefit those under 250% of poverty, the uninsured and underinsured, children and the homeless.
Alzheimers.gov - This website provides easy-to-understand information about dementia and links to resources in various communities.
America's Health Insurance Plan Foundation - The Foundation strives to create, support, and enhance programs in health insurance plans which will improve quality, effectiveness, and value in health care through research, education, information sharing, and other activities.
America's Health Insurance Plan Foundation Upcoming Events - Conferences and educational opportunities.
America's Health Insurance Plans' Conferences - Links to calendar of educational events and seminars.
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons/American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons Comparative Effectiveness Research Symposium, May 19-21, 2011 - The AAOS/ORS Comparative Effectiveness Research symposium aims to increase understanding of the broad definition of comparative effectiveness research (CER), highlight the various research design methods available to perform CER, identify the various strategies to consider costs effectiveness of different treatments as a key aspect of CER, identify tools by which to measure effectiveness of specific treatments, and identify what will make CER initiatives successful.
American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) Meetings - Describes AAMC meetings and events.
American Association of Medical Colleges - Implementation Science - As noted on the AAMC website, "The medical community is looking forward to the day when every patient receives proven interventions and treatments based on sound knowledge. In the meantime, a new and growing field of research is attempting to address the what's, how's, and whys underlying inefficiencies and gaps in clinical delivery."
American Cancer Society - Health Services Research - The Health Services Research (HSR) program analyzes cancer treatment and outcomes using data collected by the National Cancer Database (NCDB, a jointly funded by the American College of Surgeons and the American Cancer Society), SEER-Medicare, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Data and other administrative and registry databases. Research has focused on defining the role of health insurance in cancer diagnosis, treatment and survival disparities, and has also included studies examining the impact of race/ethnicity, quality of care and safety-net burden on cancer outcomes.
American Cancer Society Meetings and Conferences - Information on on the National Assembly of the American Cancer Society which convenes annually. Links to bylaws and meeting dates.
American College of Radiology Fellowship in Health Services Research - This fellowship was established to expose residents to the ACR's efforts in the areas of socioeconomic and health services research. The fellowship will allow residents extensive opportunity for hands-on research on critical issues such as practice patterns, self-referral, productivity, utilization, and cost-comparison studies.
American Enterprise Institute (AEI) - Private, nonpartisan, not-for-profit institution dedicated to research and education on issues of government, politics, economics, and social welfare.
American Fact Finder - Source for finding population, housing, economic, and geographic data from the national to the local level.
American Federation for Aging Research - This is a national non-profit organization whose mission is to support and advance healthy aging through biomedical research.
American Federation on Aging Research (AFAR) Funding - Since 1981, AFAR has provided approximately $132 million to more than 2,800 talented investigators and students.
American Geriatrics Society - Not-for-profit organization of over 6,700 health professionals devoted to improving the health, independence and quality of life of all older people. The Society provides leadership to healthcare professionals, policy makers and the public by implementing and advocating for programs in patient care, research, professional and public education, and public policy.
American Geriatrics Society Geriatrics Workforce Policy Studies Center - The Geriatrics Workforce Policy Studies Center provides the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) with up-to-date and essential information concerning geriatrics, geriatrics training, the geriatrics workforce, and related healthcare delivery topics.
American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) - Professional community that improves healthcare by advancing best practices and standards for health information management and the trusted source for education, research, and professional credentialing.
American Health Quality Association - Represents Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) and professionals working to improve the quality of health care in communities across America.
The American Health Quality Association (AHQA) - Represents Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) and professionals working to improve the quality of health care in communities across America. QIOs share information about best practices with physicians, hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies, and others.
American Health Quality Association (AHQA) Calendar of Events - Listing of meetings.
American Hospital Association Healthcare Statistics and Market Research Data - Provides information about American Hospital Association data resources.
American Indian/Alaska Native Center - Links to data tools within CMS that focus on American Indians and Alaskan Natives.
American Institutes of Research (AIR) - In August 2010, AHRQ awarded AIR's Health Care Section $10 million to manage the Agency's Citizens Forum on Effective Health Care. This project will serve as one of AHRQ's primary mechanisms for obtaining public input on comparative effectiveness research, and will oversee the agency's existing Effective Health Care Stakeholder Group.
American Medical Association (AMA) - The AMA's mission is to promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health.
American Medical Association (AMA) Health Care Reform - AMA's press releases, statements, and videos on health system reform.
American Medical Association - Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement (PCPI) - Comprised of more than 170 national medical specialty societies, state medical societies, the American Board of Medical Specialties and member boards, Council of Medical Specialty Societies, health care professional organizations, federal agencies, individual members and others interested in improving the quality and efficiency of patient care, PCPI is committed to enhancing quality of care and patient safety by taking the lead in the development, testing, and maintenance of evidence-based clinical performance measures and measurement resources for physicians.
American Medical Association Meeting - Information on the AMA annual meeting.
American Medical Informatics Association - Lists upcoming AMIA meetings and events.
American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) - The AMIA is the professional home for biomedical and health informatics. AMIA is dedicated to promoting the effective organization, analysis, management, and use of information in health care in support of patient care, public health, teaching, research, administration, and related policy.
American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) International Affairs Committee - The mission of AMIA's International Affairs Committee is to participate in the international scientific community for biomedical informatics research and to support the increasing use of health informatics globally to improve public health and the quality and efficiency of health care.
American Nurses Association (ANA) Health Care Form Resources - The ANA is a full-service professional organization representing the interests of the nation's registered nurses. The ANA assembled resources and links related to health care reform.
American Psychological Association - Aging - APA government relations efforts utilize the science and practice of psychology to inform federal policy efforts related to older adults and their caregivers. Policy initiatives have focused on a range of issues impacting the aging population, including mental and behavioral health, integrated care, suicide, caregiving, elder abuse and trauma, emergency and disaster preparedness and response, long-term care, aging veterans and the health care workforce.
American Public Health Association (APHA) - APHA is an Association of individuals and organizations working to improve the public's health and to achieve equity in health status for all. We promote the scientific and professional foundation of public health practice and policy, advocate the conditions for a healthy global society, emphasize prevention and enhance the ability of members to promote and protect environmental and community health.
American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meetings
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Investments in Comparative Effectiveness Research for Data Infrastructure: A Factsheet - Details how American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds for the Office of the Secretary, Health and Human Services will enhance existing infrastructure and develop new databases, networks, and registries to make both public and private comparative effectiveness research endeavors sustainable and multiplicative.
American Society for Healthcare Risk Management, October 16-19, 2011, Phoenix - ASHRM's annual meeting.
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 for Information Science and Technology (ASSIS&T) Special Interest Group MED (SIGMED) - SIG/MED brings together members of various disciplines to evaluate the needs and problems of developing and managing medical information systems that can handle the complex uses to which they are put.
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) - World's leading professional organization representing physicians who treat people with cancer. Members conduct health services research. Link to HSR ASCO meeting abstracts.
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Meetings - Links to upcoming ASCO (domestic and international) meetings.
American Society on Aging - Organization of multidisciplinary professionals in the field of aging; resources, publications, and educational opportunities are geared to enhance the knowledge and skills of people working with older adults and their families.
AMIA Academic Forum: Biomedical Informatics Core Competencies - AMIA has been working toward the development of informatics competencies with the academic units that constitute AMIA's Academic Forum. committee will gather to review your feedback at a two-day meeting on the Thursday immediately following the upcoming AMIA conference in Phoenix, Arizona. The committee will present a final manuscript for endorsement by Academic Forum members on June 17, 2010. If approved, the BMI Core Competencies will be presented to the AMIA Board of Directors for approval and publication in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA).
Anticipated Regulations for 2012 - Several Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRMs) are anticipated to come from CMS and ONC this winter. This chart outlines the regulations that are currently anticipated, the agency from which they will be administered, and the date for which public comments are due to the government. Also included is the anticipated timeframe for release of final rules.
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.
Applied Research Fellowships & Collaborative Research - Lists some of the mechanisms by which NCI has brought students and scientists in to work with them, including NIH research and training opportunities, the Division of Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, and NIH Guest Researcher/Special Volunteer Programs.
Applied Research Funding Opportunities - Lists funding opportunities within ARP that are directed towards the extramural research community focus on building capacity for cancer surveillance research to evaluate patterns and trends in cancer-related risk factors, health behaviors and health services.
Applied Research Health Services & Economics Branch (HSEB) Publications - Lists Health Services and Economics Branch (HSEB) publications by different categories, such as cancer treatment and outcomes.
Arizona Department of Health Services Health Status and Vital Statistics - Mission is to provide meaningful and timely information on patterns and trends in health status of Arizonans.
Arkansas Department of Health/Data & Research - Data, reports, and publications.
Article and Policy Forum Examine Medicare, Health Reform and the Challenges Facing People With Disabilities - On Sept. 8, 2010, the Foundation held a policy forum examining the health care issues facing people with disabilities and the opportunities and challenges presented by the new health care reform law enacted earlier this year.
Articles of Interest Alert - A weekly compilation of articles appearing in recently released journals and newsletters, including articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.
Assessing the Potential of National Strategies for Electronic Health Records for Population Health Monitoring and Research - The authors review strategies for electronic health records in Australia, Canada, England and New Zealand, and outlines key issues that must be addressed to maximize the contribution of national strategies for Electronic Health Records to population health monitoring and research.
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) - Principal advisor to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on policy development, and is responsible for major activities in policy coordination, legislation development, strategic planning, policy research, evaluation, and economic analysis.
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Quality Guidelines - This site presents the HHS Information Quality Guidelines, the supporting administrative mechanisms to request correction of information covered under the guidelines, the Annual Information Quality Reports, and the HHS Peer Review Agenda. The HHS Guidelines were developed in accordance with the provisions of P.L. 106-554 and OMB government-wide requirements directing all federal agencies to issue guidelines for ensuring the quality of the information that they disseminate to the public.
Association for Healthcare Philanthropy - Dedicated exclusively to advancing and promoting the health care development profession. Provides fundraising education and information.
Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) - Founded in 1876, conducts research and compiles and disseminates data on medical schools, students, faculty members, and teaching hospitals. A variety of publications are also available. It is "a nonprofit association of medical schools, teaching hospitals, and academic societies" whose purpose is to "improve the nation's health by enhancing the effectiveness of academic medicine."
Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) - The Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) is the only national organization representing the deans, faculty and students of the accredited member schools of public health and other programs seeking accreditation as schools of public health.
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) - National nonprofit organization representing the state and territorial public health agencies of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and the District of Columbia.
Asymmetry in the Ability to Communicate CER Findings: Ethics and Issues for Informed Decision Making - February 9, 2012 - This meeting explored an ethical framework for considering asymmetry in CER communications, identified patient and other stakeholder information needs, and looked into ensuring access to CER information.
At the Intersection of Health, Health Care and Policy: the Legislative Battle over Health Services Research - This 1992 essay by BH Gray, published in Health Affairs [11, No.4 (1992):38-66], examines the 1989 legislation that created the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (now known as the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - AHRQ). Political complexities are examined. Additional information is available from http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/11/4/38.
Atlas of Rural and Small-Town America - This Internet-based information system allows one to manipulate various socioeconomic data series used in many Economic Resource Service (ERS) products. Use the interactive tools to create and manipulate charts, maps, and tables-including multidimensional tables, such as poverty rates by metro/nonmetro status.

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