Announcements

AHRQ Seeks Applications to Inform the Development of Health IT Meaningful Use Objectives

Notice of New Application Due Date with Temporary Increase in Budget Limit on AHRQ Large Research (R01) and Demonstration (R18) Grant Applications for Standing AHRQ Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs)

Please see:  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HS-13-005.html

This Notice informs the research community that AHRQ announces a new application due date for two AHRQ standing Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOAs).  These include the following program announcements:

• AHRQ Health Services Research Projects (R01) (see http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-13-045.html)
• AHRQ Health Services Research Demonstration and Dissemination Grants (R18) (see http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-13-046.html)

For these two large research project and research demonstration FOAs, AHRQ will accept applications for a new receipt date which is:  March 28, 2013.  The open period for these applications will begin February 28, 2013.  AHRQ will accept all competing applications for this new cycle, including new, renewal, and resubmission applications for both FOAs.

Additionally, AHRQ announces a modification in the total budget limit for this new submission date only.  Applications submitted for the March 28, 2013 due date will be allowed to submit projects that contain a budget of up to $500,000 in total annual costs.

For all remaining application due dates for these two FOAs, the application due dates will revert back to the standard R01 and R18 due dates, which can be found in the FOAs.  Further, application budgets will revert back to the limits indicated within the FOAs.  This budget limit is $250,000 in total annual costs.  

AHRQ Centers for Primary Care Practice-Based Research and Learning

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has funded grants to establish Centers for Primary Care Practice-Based Research and Learning to stimulate innovation in how to improve the delivery and organization of primary care and to accelerate quality improvement in real world primary care practices.  Please visit this webpage to learn more about these Centers for Primary Care Practice-Based Research and Learning: http://www.ahrq.gov/research/rescenters.htm.

Notice of Intent For Future (Winter 2013) Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Funding Opportunity Announcements:

Please see below for 3 new items that may be of interest: a new report, a new guide, and a new grant-related item:

• Improving Health Care and Palliative Care for Advanced and Serious Illness—Closing the Quality Gap: Revisiting the State of the Science Series: Evidence Report.

• Private Performance Feedback Reporting for Physicians: Guidance for Community Quality Collaboratives.

• NIH Guide Notice: AHRQ Requires Mandatory Use of the Federal Financial Report (FFR) System in the eRA Commons

AHRQ PBRN Resource Center (PBRN RC)

November 2012

WELCOME TO THE AHRQ PBRN RESOURCE CENTER!

The mission of the AHRQ PBRN Resource Center (PBRN RC) is to support AHRQ in providing resources and assistance to all registered primary care PBRNs engaged in clinical and health services research. The PBRN RC staff and experts provide support to registered PBRNs through informational resources, web-based collaborative space, group learning experiences, and research tools.  The PBRN RC encourages iterative information-sharing amongst PBRNs along the continuum from idea development to preliminary work to dissemination of published final products.  The PBRN RC is also working to identify innovative, sustainable strategies and approaches to support primary care PBRNs in developing the capacity to fulfill dual roles as both research and learning networks.

Please visit the following resources to learn more about new members, content and priorities, which will be posted as they become available:

• PBRN public website: http://pbrn.ahrq.gov
• PBRN Research Portal: https://portal.pbrn.ahrq.gov  

Contact the PBRN Resource Center by e-mail or telephone:

PBRN@abtassoc.com

1-855-239-2259

All calls or emails will be returned within one business day.

The PBRN RC is a collaborative effort amongst participating PBRNs, through the support of Abt Associates Inc., the MacColl Center for Health Care Innovation at Group Health Research Institute, the NIATx Foundation, and a breadth of technical experts.

New PBRN Initiative Director

As 2012 closes, new opportunities are unfolding with AHRQ’s PBRN Initiative. Rebecca Roper, MS, MPH, is pleased to announce her new role as the PBRN Initiative Director. Rebecca looks forward to building upon her decade of diversified, collaborative projects with the PBRNs both at AHRQ and the National Institutes for Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) Dental PBRNs.  Her tenure as the inaugural Project Officer for the National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) Dental PBRNs and the Administrator for the NIDCR context within the National Cancer Institute’s Bioinformatics Center sparked a sustained appreciation for the promise and power of a PBRN.  Much of her grant and contract work with AHRQ-sponsored PBRNs has explored how to leverage the use of health information technology to improve quality of care provided through the generation of actionable information to clinicians and patients, empower staff, and mobilize others’ interest to replicate appropriate adaptations of these projects in other healthcare settings.  Rebecca is particularly excited about working with the PBRNs to optimize opportunities for development of multi-media platforms to assist in the dissemination of findings and practical guidance in order to accelerate the translation of research into practice.  
   

The September issue of PBRNews is now available

To view this and other issues, select the PBRNews tab on the left navigation menu.

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