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Director's Update



On November 4, 2011, Nancy E. Donaldson, Arthur (Tim) Garson, Junius J. Gonzales, Lisa M. Latts, Keith J. Mueller, Xavier Sevilla, Bruce Siegel and Jane Sisk made this presentation at the meeting of the National Advisory Council. Select to access the PowerPoint® presentation (10 MB) (Plugin Software Help).


  1. Director's Update.
  2. NAC Members With Expiring Terms.
  3. Overview.
  4. FY 2012 Budget Proposal.
  5. Overview.
  6. Nighttime-Breathing Treatments Most Effective to Treat Sleep Apnea.
  7. Guides Help Spanish Speakers Make Treatment Decisions.
  8. Guides Compare Benefits, Risks of Treatments for GERD.
  9. DMARDs Effective in Treating Juvenile Arthritis.
  10. Little Evidence for Some 'Off-Label' Uses of Atypical Antipsychotic Drugs.
  11. Birth Defects May Be Linked to Hypertension, NOT Treatment.
  12. Formal Parent Training Effective To Treat Young Children With ADHD.
  13. AHRQ Creates Clinical Preventive Services Research Centers.
  14. Research Centers for Excellence in Clinical Preventive Services.
  15. In the News.
  16. Knowledge Transfer Case Study: Washington State Medicaid.
  17. Knowledge Transfer Case Study: Hawaii Dept. of Human Services.
  18. MEPS Impact Citation Private Sector Uses.
  19. MEPS Impact Citations Private Sector Uses.
  20. MEPS Impact Citations Public Sector Uses.
  21. Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.
  22. Health Literacy Missouri: University of Missouri Center for Health Policy.
  23. Fletcher Allen Health Care (VT).
  24. OSF Medical Group (IL/MI).
  25. Spanish Catholic Center of Catholic Charities (DC).
  26. Overview.
  27. Health Care Innovations Exchange: Find Innovations by State.
  28. Questions are the Answer: 2011.
  29. Added Focus on Prioritizing.
  30. Patient Engagement is a Team Sport.
  31. Infrastructure for Maintaining Primary Care Transformation (IMPaCT).
  32. IMPaCT Grantees.
  33. Update From the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
  34. New Efforts to Increase Transparency & Stakeholder Engagement.
  35. First Annual Report to Congress.
  36. 2011-2015 CERTs Centers.
  37. New Research From Effective Health Care Program—Stents in CKD.
  38. New Research From Effective Health Care Program—Child ADHD.
  39. New on AHRQ's Public Reporting Front.
  40. New Work Underway: Feasibility of Collecting Data on Physicians and Their Practices.
  41. Significant Findings: AHRQ's HIV Research Network (HIVRN).
  42. News From AHRQ's Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP).
  43. Consumer Health IT in the Home: Design Considerations.
  44. Health Care Comes Home: The Human Factors.
  45. Active Aging Research Center.
  46. Award of Pathways to Quality.
  47. 2010 MEPS-IC Family Premium Estimates Now Available for Use in Setting State Tax Credits for Small, Private Sector Firms Under Health Care Reform.
  48. MEPS Informs Policy and Practice.
  49. Advancing HHS Data Strategy and Planning Efforts.
  50. Consumer Assessment of Health Providers and Systems (CAHPS®).
  51. National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report (NHQR/DR).
  52. Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs).
  53. AHRQ Patient Safety Portfolio.
  54. AHRQ Annual Conference.
  55. NAC Subcommittee.
  56. Today's Agenda.

Current as of May 2012


Internet Citation:

Director's Update. Slide Presentation from the November 4, 2011, Meeting of the National Advisory Council (Text Version). Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/about/nac2011/nac1111/clancy1104.htm


 

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