Collaborative Efforts with AHRQ Collaborative Efforts with AHRQ

April 23, 2004April 23, 2004NCHS Board of Scientific CounselorsNCHS Board of Scientific Counselors

OverviewOverview

AHRQ’s new missionAHRQ’s new mission New Initiatives/ActivitiesNew Initiatives/Activities Collaborations Collaborations Future opportunitiesFuture opportunities

New AHRQ Mission StatementNew AHRQ Mission Statement

To improve the quality, safety, To improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americanshealth care for all Americans

New OrganizationNew Organization

OEREPOEREP (Francis Chesley, MD, Director) (Francis Chesley, MD, Director) OCKTOCKT (Chris Williams, Director) (Chris Williams, Director) OPARTOPART (Kathie Kendrick, Director [Acting]) (Kathie Kendrick, Director [Acting]) CDOMCDOM (Irene Fraser, Ph.D., Director) (Irene Fraser, Ph.D., Director) CFACTCFACT (Steve Cohen, Ph.D., Director) (Steve Cohen, Ph.D., Director) COECOE (Jean Slutsky, Director [Acting]) (Jean Slutsky, Director [Acting]) CP3 CP3 (Helen Burstin, MD, MPH, Director)(Helen Burstin, MD, MPH, Director) CQuIPSCQuIPS (Dan Stryer, MD, Director) (Dan Stryer, MD, Director)

On-Going Collaborations On-Going Collaborations

Coordinated effort on DHHS Data Council & Coordinated effort on DHHS Data Council & DHHS Data Strategies Workgroup DHHS Data Strategies Workgroup

Prioritize data collection efforts that inform health care Prioritize data collection efforts that inform health care policy and monitor the national’s health care quality policy and monitor the national’s health care quality and public health. and public health.

Jointly designed DHHS Survey Integration Plan to Jointly designed DHHS Survey Integration Plan to achieve efficiencies in Departmental data collection achieve efficiencies in Departmental data collection efforts and fill important gaps to inform health policy efforts and fill important gaps to inform health policy

On-Going CollaborationsOn-Going Collaborations

Joint support for statistical and methodological Joint support for statistical and methodological research to improve the quality, efficiency, research to improve the quality, efficiency, timeliness of health care surveystimeliness of health care surveys

Co-sponsors of:Co-sponsors of:

Conferences on Health Survey Research Methods             Conferences on Health Survey Research Methods            

OMB’s Statistical Policy Conference on Achieving OMB’s Statistical Policy Conference on Achieving Statistical Quality in a Diverse and Changing Statistical Quality in a Diverse and Changing EnvironmentEnvironment

Survey Design CollaborationsSurvey Design Collaborations

AHRQ serves on NHIS sample redesign AHRQ serves on NHIS sample redesign research committeeresearch committee

NCHS participates in MEPS steering groupNCHS participates in MEPS steering group

Co-sponsorship of expert meetings on typology Co-sponsorship of expert meetings on typology of Long-Term Care Residential Settingsof Long-Term Care Residential Settings

On-going Collaborations On-going Collaborations

Data and findings for inclusion in NHQRData and findings for inclusion in NHQR

Data and findings for inclusion in NHDR Data and findings for inclusion in NHDR

Statistical research directed towards meeting Statistical research directed towards meeting HIPPA and data confidentiality standardsHIPPA and data confidentiality standards

Survey Design CollaborationsSurvey Design Collaborations

Collaborative research on Collaborative research on design of SLAITS to support state estimates of design of SLAITS to support state estimates of

uninsured and SCHIP take-upuninsured and SCHIP take-up measurement of the community based and measurement of the community based and

residential care based long-term care and sub-residential care based long-term care and sub-acute care populationsacute care populations

development of LTC provider frames, survey development of LTC provider frames, survey and data collection methods for assisted living and data collection methods for assisted living and residential care populationsand residential care populations

Health Information TechnologyHealth Information Technology

AHRQ focus on:AHRQ focus on: developing, implementing, and evaluating the developing, implementing, and evaluating the

use of new and innovative technologies to use of new and innovative technologies to improve patient safety and quality of care in improve patient safety and quality of care in diverse health care settings. diverse health care settings.

clinical data standards and interoperabilityclinical data standards and interoperability

Technological InnovationsTechnological Innovations

New modes of data collection are becoming more viable: internet New modes of data collection are becoming more viable: internet surveys, use of mobile phones, tablets, palms.surveys, use of mobile phones, tablets, palms.

Caution in being on cutting edge: version 1 always has an Caution in being on cutting edge: version 1 always has an upgradeupgrade

Computers, phones, palms, video capacity are coming together Computers, phones, palms, video capacity are coming together into the next generation of communication devices: need to into the next generation of communication devices: need to anticipate the capacity and determine optimal time for adoption anticipate the capacity and determine optimal time for adoption

Future OpportunitiesFuture Opportunities

Technological Innovations Technological Innovations advances in CAPI systemsadvances in CAPI systems web-based surveysweb-based surveys mobile phone surveysmobile phone surveys more efficient use of existing electronic data more efficient use of existing electronic data

systems for patient data systems for patient data Enhanced off-site data access to restricted Enhanced off-site data access to restricted

data data

Future OpportunitiesFuture Opportunities NCHS providing additional sentinel data NCHS providing additional sentinel data

indicators for NHDR & NHDRindicators for NHDR & NHDR Continued co-ordination on Early Alerts of Continued co-ordination on Early Alerts of

alternative national estimates on health alternative national estimates on health insurance coverage from federal surveys insurance coverage from federal surveys

More visible collaborations between research More visible collaborations between research and statistical staff to improve quality, efficiency and statistical staff to improve quality, efficiency and timeliness of sponsored surveys and timeliness of sponsored surveys

Future Opportunities Future Opportunities

Collaborations on CDC Futures InitiativeCollaborations on CDC Futures Initiative

Overarching health protection goals Overarching health protection goals

Health preparednessHealth preparedness

Health promotion and prevention of disease, Health promotion and prevention of disease, injury and disabilityinjury and disability

Future OpportunitiesFuture Opportunities

Identification of innovative models for Identification of innovative models for improved data access to restricted dataimproved data access to restricted data– Models for remote access Models for remote access – Building on existing off-site Data Centers Building on existing off-site Data Centers

that promote regional access that promote regional access – Tabular and graphic data summaries that Tabular and graphic data summaries that

promote knowledge transferpromote knowledge transfer

Future OpportunitiesFuture Opportunities

NCHS/ AcademyHealth Health Policy FellowshipsNCHS/ AcademyHealth Health Policy Fellowships

Include AHRQ rotation for visiting scholars in health Include AHRQ rotation for visiting scholars in health services research-related disciplines services research-related disciplines

Collaborations on studies to inform NHQR and NHDR Collaborations on studies to inform NHQR and NHDR

   

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