Comparative Effectiveness Case Studies by Year Impact Case Studies and Knowledge Transfer Case StudiesThe mission of the comparative effectiveness portfolio is to provide health care decisionmakers—including patients, clinicians, purchasers, and policymakers—with up-to-date, evidence-based information about their treatment options to make informed health care decisions. 2013Maryland Guides Prescribers on Use of Atypical Antipsychotic Medications2012StayWell Health Management Uses AHRQ's Effective Health Care Materials in Consumer OutreachArizona Health Care Cost Containment System Uses Evidence Report in Rural HospitalsOhio Medicaid Uses AHRQ Evidence Report to Guide Policy Decision for Women and InfantsMinnesota, New Hampshire, Washington, and Wyoming Medicaid Programs Improve Medication Policies With AHRQ MaterialsNiagara Health Quality Coalition Incorporates Effective Health Care SummariesAmerican Nurses Association Incorporates AHRQ Information Into Research ToolkitPuerto Rican Diabetes Association Uses AHRQ's Effective Health Care SummaryAHRQ Publications Influence North Carolina Medicaid PolicyMinnesota Department of Human Services Uses AHRQ Evidence Report to Guide Policy Decision for Pregnant WomenAHRQ Publication Provides Foundation for Health Informatics Curriculum 2011Texas Health and Human Services CommissionOklahoma Health Care AuthorityDynaMedNortheastern University School of PharmacyWashington State MedicaidColorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing 2010Kimball Medical CenterIowa Medicaid EnterpriseAmerican Association of Colleges of Pharmacy; American College of Clinical Pharmacy; Academy of Managed Care PharmacyHighmark, Inc.Mayo ClinicOregon Department of Human ServicesConnecticut Department of Social ServicesAlabama Medicaid AgencyPennsylvania Department of Public WelfareIBM Integrated Health ServicesMassachusetts Medicaid Office of Clinical AffairsAmerican Academy of Nurse Practitioners 2009Iowa Medicaid EnterpriseNew York Department of Health; Alabama Medicaid Agency; Wyoming Department of HealthAmerican College of PhysiciansAccreditation Council for Continuing Medical EducationAlabama Medicaid AgencyThe Joint CommissionPhiladelphia Department of Public Health2008American Academy of PediatricsNew York State Department of HealthHealth CanadaAmerican Heart Association; American Dental AssociationAmerican Medical Association (AMA)/AMA FoundationOmnicare, Inc.American College of Obstetricians and GynecologistsState of Washington2007National Business Group on HealthInfectious Disease Society of America; American Thoracic SocietyConsumers UnionAmerican College of Chest Physicians2006The American College of PhysiciansAmerican Heart AssociationMaking a Difference: Heart to HeartSocial Security Administration2005Veterans Integrated Service Network, Upstate New YorkLos Angeles County Department of Health ServicesAmerican Pharmacy Services CorporationCreighton UniversityMemorial Hospital of Union CountySaint Vincent Health CenterThe Leapfrog GroupKaiser PermanenteAmerican Academy of Pediatrics; American Academy of Family Physicians; Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery2004National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality; American Academy of PediatricsHenry Ford Health SystemAmerican Academy of Pediatrics Current as of April 2013 Internet Citation: Comparative Effectiveness Case Studies by Year: Impact Case Studies and Knowledge Transfer Case Studies. April 2013. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/case-studies/comparative-effectiveness/index.html