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Upcoming Events

• Special Issue of Health Services Research on Mixed Methods in Healthcare Delivery System Research
  HSR Call for Papers
  Submission deadline: October 15, 2012
  
  
• APA Quality Improvement Meeting
  April 27, 2012
  2nd Annual
  Advancing Quality Improvement
  Science for
  Children's Healthcare Research
  
  Boston, Massachusetts
  
  
  QI Program & Presentations
  QI Bibliography
  
  Funding for this conference was made possible in part by grant 1R13 HS21397-01 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
  
  
• Call for Abstracts - Evidence for Informing the Next Generation of Quality Improvement Initiatives
• Educational Resources from Academy for Healthcare Improvement

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Topics and Events

• ISRN to launch a Pediatric Special Interest Group
• 2012 Nemours Child Health Services Research Award - focused on QI in pediatric health services - AcademyHealth
• NIH/VA Training Institute for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health: Call for Applications
• Improvement Science Research Network (IRSN)
  
  • Call for Letters of Intent
    
  • ISRN Call for Letters of Intent to Conduct Research in Healthcare Quality Improvement
    
  • ISRN Promotional Brochure
    
    

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Enhancing Implementation Science Seminar
Was held: Thursday, June 9 12:00pm-1:00pm ET
Evaluation Examples and Guidance for Study Design
by Carol VanDeusen Lukas, Ed.D. and Brian Mittman, Ph.D.

Here is the link to the flash video of the presentation:
http://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/for_researchers/cyber_seminars/archives/eis-060911.cfm

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HERC Health Economics Seminar
Was Held: Wednesday, June 8 2:00pm-3:15pm ET
Is Physician Organization Related to Efficiency and Patient Outcomes?
by Todd Wagner, Ph.D.

Here is the link to the flash video of the presentation:
http://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/for_researchers/cyber_seminars/archives/hmcs-060811.cfm

Join us for ongoing Q&A discussion at our SharePoint site located at
http://vaww.infoshare.va.gov/sites/HERC/Lists/CyberCourse%2002102010/AllItems.aspx

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David Cooperberg Integrating EBM and QI Education Curricula Materials

• Integrating Evidence-Based Medicine in Quality Improvement Education
• First Exercise
• Process Mapping Guide
• QI Workshop DIDACTICS
• ReferencesQualityWorkshop
• SCHC PEDS residency QI Curriculum
• SCHC PEM Fellow Quality Curriculum
• Second Exercise
• Workshop Contact Info

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Improving Quality Improvement -- APA Conference for Pediatric Quality Improvement Methods, Research and Evaluation
April 29, 2011
8-5 p.m.
Hyatt Regency Downtown
Denver, CO
Meeting Materials

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Funding Opportunity Announcement
Researching Implementation and Change while Improving Quality (R18)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-136.html

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Previous Newsletters

• June 2010

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Current SIG Co-Chairs:

Denise Dougherty, PhD
540 Gaither Road
Rockville, MD 20850
Phone: (301) 427-1868
denise.dougherty@ahrq.hhs.gov

David Link, MD
1493 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: (617) 665-1497
david_link@hms.harvard.edu