NAC 2011 April - Director's Update Text version of slide presentation from a National Advisory Council meeting. On April 8, 2011, Carolyn Clancy, MD, made this presentation at the meeting of the National Advisory Council. Select to access the PowerPoint® presentation (6.7 MB) (Plugin Software Help).Director's UpdateSaying GoodbyeAHRQ TransitionNew NAC MembersNAC Member UpdatesOverviewFY 2011 BudgetFY 2012 Budget ProposalNational Health Care Quality StrategyNational Health Care .Quality Strategy—Why?Patient-Centered Outcomes Research InstituteOverviewRoutine Osteoporosis Screening Recommended for Older WomenKeystone Initiative Cuts Deaths From HAIs in Michigan ICUsVentilator-Associated Pneumonia Rates Down in Michigan ICUsReports Indicate That Quality Is Improving, but at Slow PaceTask Force Names .New Members and LeadershipHealth Literacy Linked to Death Rates, ED Visits, HospitalizationsTreatments Show Promise in Reducing Autism-related BehaviorsImpact Case Study: Hospital Quality AllianceImpact Case Study: IFMC (Medicare QIO for Iowa)Knowledge Transfer Case Study: Anaconda Internal Medicine (Montana)Knowledge Transfer Case Study: Piedmont Healthcare (Georgia)Knowledge Transfer Case Study: State of AlabamaOverviewRecent AHRQ In-Store CampaignsAudio-Video & New MediaPatient Safety OrganizationsHHS Guidance on PSOs and FDA ReportingHealth Information Technology Common FormatConsumer Assessment of Health Care Providers and Systems (CAHPS®)In Development: Health Care Exchanges CAHPS®Refreshed Patient Safety Web SitesAdvancing HHS Data Strategy and Planning EffortsMEPS Capacity to Inform: Provisions of the Affordable Care ActAHRQ Research Effort Informs Drug SafetyUpdate on the USPSTF Posting Draft RecommendationsFunding Opportunity: Research Centers for Excellence in Clinical Preventive ServicesAHRQ's Public Health Emergency Preparedness ProgramPublic Health Emergency Preparedness Program TransitionRecent Releases From AHRQ's Effective Health Care ProgramRecent Releases From AHRQ's Effective Health Care ProgramHealth Care Innovations ExchangeAHRQ Health Care Innovations ExchangeTwo IOM Reports ReleasedCenters for Education and Research on Therapeutics (CERTs)Upcoming Health IT ProductsWorkflow Assessmentfor Health IT ToolkitAHRQ Summit on Public Reporting for Consumers, March 23, 2011AHRQ Meeting: Challenge and Promise of Delivery System Research. Feb. 16-17, 2011Soon! MONAHRQ 2.0MONAHRQ Wins HHSInnovates AwardAdding Lab Data & Present on Admission (POA) to State Discharge Data2011 AHRQ Annual ConferenceOverviewToday's Agenda Current as of August 2011 Internet Citation: NAC 2011 April - Director's Update. August 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2011-04-nac/clancy/index.html