Advisory Panel on Clinical Effectiveness and Decision Science Fall 2018 Meeting
Friday, November 30, 2018. Members of the public may register to view the meeting via webinar. (Source: HSR Information Central)
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Building the Case for Health Literacy Proceedings of a Workshop (2018)
The results of a November 2017 workshop, this volume looks at the role of health literacy in improving the health of communities, providing better care, providing affordable care, and improving the experience of the health care team (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - July 27, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Physician Compare What You Need to Know Webinar
August 2, 2018 3:00-4:00pm ET. (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - July 27, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Performance Feedback and Targeted Review Office Hours Session - Aug
August 14, 2018 2:00-3:00pm ET. CMS is hosting an office hours session to provide an opportunity for participants in the Quality Payment Program to ask questions about the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2017 performance feedback and targeted review process. (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - July 27, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Performance Feedback and Targeted Review Office Hours Session
July 31, 2018 12:00-1:00pm ET. CMS is hosting an office hours session to provide an opportunity for participants in the Quality Payment Program to ask questions about the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2017 performance feedback and targeted review process. (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - July 27, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Highest opioid prescribing rates in U.S. among congressional districts in Southeast, Appalachia, and rural West
Congressional districts with the highest opioid prescribing rates are predominantly concentrated in the southeastern U.S., with other hotspots in Appalachia and the rural west, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - July 27, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Federal Parity and Spending for Mental Illness
A difference-in-differences approach was used to compare commercially insured children ages 3 to 18 years (in 2008) who were continuously enrolled in plans newly subject to parity under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA)to children continuously enrolled in plans never subject to parity. (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - July 27, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Health IT Safe Practices for Closing the Loop (2018)
Toolkit addresses the consequences of failing to close the patient data loop loop by looking at evidence from Patient Safety Organization (PSO) hazards and events, an evidence-based literature review, and methodical analysis by a multistakeholder workgroup as they identified safe practices and supported the recommendations with tools and suggestions that reflect the concept that safety is a shared responsibility. (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - July 26, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Building Better Primary Care: New Tools for Getting Evidence into Practice
August 22, 2018 2:00-3:15pm ET. (Source: HSR Information Central)
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Characteristics of the Remaining Uninsured: An Update
Using data from March 2015-2017, this report provides the characteristics of uninsured people, including those eligible for Medicaid or eligible for financial assistance (premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions) through the marketplaces. (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - July 26, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
How Would State-Based Individual Mandates Affect Health Insurance Coverage and Premium Costs?
This analysis provides state-by-state estimates of the impact on insurance coverage, premiums, and mandate penalty revenues if the states were to adopt individual mandates. (Source: HSR Information Central)
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Annual Review of Biomedical Data Science
The Annual Review of Biomedical Data Science provides comprehensive reviews in biomedical data science, focusing on advanced methods to store, retrieve, analyze, and organize biomedical data and knowledge. (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - July 26, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
HCUP Data Users' Workshop: An In-Depth Exploration of HCUP Resources to Study Hospital Utilization for Opioid, Alcohol, and Other Substances
September 13, 2018; Rockville, MD. (Source: HSR Information Central)
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HCUP Data Users' Workshop
September 13, 2018; Rockville, MD. (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - July 26, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Measuring health and economic wellbeing in the Sustainable Development Goals era: development of a poverty-free life expectancy metric and estimates for 90 countries
Study proposes poverty-free life expectancy (PFLE) as a new metric that uses widely available data to provide a composite measure of population health and economic wellbeing. (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - July 26, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
