Volume 2: Attachments

Evaluation of AHRQ's Pharmaceutical Outcomes Portfolio

This volume shows sociograms for the networks of individuals Centers for Education and Research on Therapeutics (CERTs) as well as the CERTS Coordinating Center. Abt used Social Network Analysis (SNA) techniques. A detailed description of the network relationships for each CERT is found in Chapter 3, and an overview of the social network analysis (SNA) measures is provided in Exhibit 5. Each sociogram has central points (the CERT and the CERT Coordinating Center) with lines radiating out from the central point to every organization they are partnered with and the CERT network as a whole. A key to the abbreviation for each organization listed as a network point is shown below the sociogram.

Attachment 1. HMO Network Sociogram
Attachment 2. Duke Sociogram
Attachment 3. UNC Sociogram
Attachment 4. Vanderbilt Sociogram
Attachment 5. Arizona Sociogram
Attachment 6. Penn Sociogram
Attachment 7. Alabama Sociogram
Attachment 8. Coordinating Center (Now) Sociogram
Attachment 9. Coordinating Center (Now) Sociogram
Attachment 10. Preferred Partners Sociogram
Attachment 11. Final Collaboration Network Sociogram
Attachment 12. Appreciative Inquiry Workshop And Stakeholder Discussion Guides

Attachment 1: HMO Network

This figure is a sociogram of the HMO Network CERT that displays the network relationships between the CERT and organizations associated with it. The HMO Network is one central point, with the CERT Coordinating Center the other point. The list of organizations that work with the HMO Network CERT are displayed in a table below.

Note: For an in-depth analysis, please refer to Section 3.1.2 of Volume 1.

Key to Organization Abbreviations

Full Name of Organization	Abbreviation in Sociogram
CERT Harvard	CERTH
CERT Alabama	CERTA
CERT University of North Carolina	CERTUNC
Brigham and Women's	BW
Centers for Disease Control	CDC
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	CMS
Channing Laboratory	CL
Drug Industry	DIND
Duke University	DUKE
Fallon	FALLON
Fallon Community Health Plan	FCHP
Fallon Healthcare/Umass	FHUM
Fallon/Umass	FUM
UMASS	UMASS
Group Health Cooperative	GHC
Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound	GHCPS
Harvard HMO	HHMO
Harvard Medical School	HMS
Harvard Pilgrim Research Foundation	HPRF
Harvard School of Public Health	HSPH
Harvard Vanguard	HVAN
HealthPartners Research Foundation	HPRF
Henry Ford Health Sciences Center	HFHSC
Henry Ford Health System	HFHS
HMO Research Network	HMORN
HPHC	HPHC
Hugh H. Tilson, MD, DrPH, Steering Committee Chair	CERTSCChair
Kaiser Foundation Colorado	KFC
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Colorado	KFHPC
Kaiser Foundation Research Institute	KFRI
Kaiser Permanente	KP
Kaiser Permanente Hawaii Region?	KPHR
Kaiser Permanente North Carolina	KPNC
Kaiser Permanente Northern California	KPNCAL
Kaiser Permanente of Colorado	KPC
Kaiser Permanente of Georgia	KPG
Kaiser Permanente of Northwest	KPNW
Kaiser Permanente Southern California	KPSC
Lovelace Clinic Foundation	LCF
Lovelace Health Systems	LHS
Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation	MCRF
Meyers Primary Care, Fallon, Umass	MPCFUM
Meyers Primary Care/Umass	MPCUM
Scott and White Health System	SWHS
St. Vincent's, Umass	STVUM
US Department of Health and Human Services	HHS
CERT Project Partners	CERTPP
CERT Steering Committee	CERTSC
CERT PENN	CERTP
CERT Arizona	CERTAZ
CERT Duke	CERTDUKE
Coordinating Center	CERTCC
CERT Vanderbilt	CERTV
Food and Drug Administration	FDA
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality	AHRQ
Outside Experts	OUTEXP
Physicians	MDS
Media/Journals	MEDIA
Grantees	GRANT

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Attachment 2: Duke

This figure is a sociogram of the Duke Network CERT that displays the network relationships between the CERT and organizations associated with it. The Duke Network is one central point, with the CERT Coordinating Center the other central point with organizations radiating out of it. The list of organizations that work with the Duke CERT are displayed in a table below.

Note: For an in-depth analysis, please refer to Section 3.1.3 of Volume 1.

Key to Organization Abbreviations

Full Name of Organization	Abbreviation in Sociogram
CERT Duke	CERTDUKE
Duke Clinical Research Institute	DCRI
Duke University System Community	DUKEUS
American College of Cardiologists	ACC
American Heart Association	AHA
Coalition for Affordable Healthcare Quality	CAHQ
American Academy of Healthcare Physicians	AAHP
National Committee for Quality Assurance	NCQA
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	CMS
CERT Coordinating Center	CERTCC
Food and Drug Administration	FDA
CERT Steering Committee	CERTSC
CERT Harvard	CERTH
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality	AHRQ
National Institutes of Health	NIH
CERT University of North Carolina	CERTUNC
CERT Alabama	CERTA
Healthcare Stakeholders	HS
CERT Cornell University	CERTCU
CERT Iowa	CERTIU
Kaiser Permanente Northern California	KaiserCA
Media/Journals	MEDIA
CERT Project Partners	CERTPP

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Attachment 3: UNC

This figure is a sociogram of the UNC Network CERT that displays the network relationships between the CERT and organizations associated with it. The UNC Network is one central point, with the CERT Coordinating Center the other central point with organizations radiating out of it. The list of organizations that work with the UNC CERT are displayed in a table below.

Note: For an in-depth analysis, please refer to Section 3.1.4 of Volume 1.

Key to Organization Abbreviations

Full Name of Organization	Abbreviation in Sociogram
CERT University of North Carolina	CERTUNC
UNC Chapel Hill	UNCCH
Research Triangle Institute	RTI
American Board of Pediatric Medicine	ABPM
North Carolina WIC	NCWIC
American Academy of Pediatrics	AAP
Institute of Health Medicine	IHM
UNC Children's Hospital	UNCCH
US Pharmacopoeia	USP
National Institute for Children's Healthcare Quality	NICHQ
Medtronic Company	Medtronic
Beckinson, Dickinson, & Co.	BD
Texas A&M	A&M
KB Reynolds Foundation	KBRF
North Carolina Medicaid	NCMA
CERT Harvard	CERTH
CERT Duke	CERTDUK
CERT Penn	CERTP
Glaxo Smith Kline	GLAXO
Community Care Network of North Carolina	CCNNC
National Institute of Child Health& Human Development	NICHD
North Carolina Access Care	NCAC
Duke Hospital	DH
Piedmont Health Clinic	PHC
Cincinnati Children's Hospital	CCH
CERT Vanderbilt	CERTV
CERT Arizonian	CERTAZ
CERT Alabama	CERTA
CERT Steering Committee	CERTSC
Kaiser Permanente Northern California	KAISERNC
CERT Coordinating Center	CERTCC
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality	AHRQ
National Institutes of Health	NIH
Food and Drug Administration	FDA
Media/Journals	MEDIA
CERT Project Partners	CERTPP
Healthcare Stakeholders	HS

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Attachment 4: Vanderbilt

This figure is a sociogram of the Vanderbilt Network CERT that displays the network relationships between the CERT and organizations associated with it. The Vanderbilt Network is one central point, with the CERT Coordinating Center the other central point with organizations radiating out of it. The list of organizations that work with the Vanderbilt CERT are displayed in a table below.

Note: For an in-depth analysis, please refer to Section 3.1.5 of Volume 1.

Key to Organization Abbreviations

Full Name of Organization	Abbreviation in Sociogram
CERT Vanderbilt	CERTV
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	VUMC
TENNCARE Program	TENNCARE
Veterans Administration	VA
State of Tennessee Health Department	TENNHD
Geriatric Research Education Center and Clinical Care Center	GRECC
Institute of Health Medicine	IHM
CERT Harvard	CERTH
University of Washington	UW
Harvard School of Public Health	HSPH
DECIDE Network	DECIDE
CERT Steering Committee	CERTSC
CERT Coordinating Center	CERTCC
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality	AHRQ
National Institutes of Health	NIH
Food and Drug Administration	FDA
Media/Journals	MEDIA
CERT Project Partners	CERTPP
Healthcare Stakeholders	HS

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Attachment 5: Arizona

This figure is a sociogram of the Arizona Network CERT that displays the network relationships between the CERT and organizations associated with it. The Arizona Network is one central point, with the CERT Coordinating Center the other central point with organizations radiating out of it. The list of organizations that work with the Arizona CERT are displayed in a table below.

Note: For an in-depth analysis, please refer to Section 3.1.6 of Volume 1.

Key to Organization Abbreviations

Full Name of Organization	Abbreviation in Sociogram
CERT Arizona	CERTAZ
University of Arizona	UAZ
Advanced PCS	APCS
National Institutes of Health	NIH
NIH Center Of Excellence in Women's Healthcare	NIHCEWH
Food and Drug Administration	FDA
Walgreens	WALLGREENS
General Clinical Research Center	GCRC
United Mine Workers	UMWA
CERT Penn State	CERTP
Wellpoint	WELLPOINT
Medtronic Company	MC
Express Script	ES
University of Arizona Health Sciences	UAZHS
Acuscan	AS
LaFrontiera HealthCenter	LHC
Critical Path Institute	CPI
Integrate Pain Center	IPC
Hope Center	HC
CERT Harvard	CERTH
CERT Duke	CERTDUKE
CDC	CDC
CERT Steering Committee	CERTSC
CERT Coordinating Center	CERTCC
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality	AHRQ
Media/Journals	MEDIA
CERT Project Partners	CERTPP
Healthcare Stakeholders	HS

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Attachment 6: Penn

This figure is a sociogram of the Penn Network CERT that displays the network relationships between the CERT and organizations associated with it. The Penn Network is one central point, with the CERT Coordinating Center the other central point with organizations radiating out of it. The list of organizations that work with the Penn CERT are displayed in a table below.

Note: For an in-depth analysis, please refer to Section 3.1.7 of Volume 1.

Key to Organization Abbreviations

Full Name of Organization	Abbreviation in Sociogram
CERT Alabama	CERTA
CERT Penn	CERTP
CERT Duke	CERTDUKE
CERT Harvard	CERTH
CERT Steering Committee	CERTSC
CERT Arizona	CERTAZ
CERT Project Partners	CERTPP
CERT Steering Committee	CERTSC
Food and Drug Administration	FDA
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality	AHRQ
Department of Veterans Affairs	DVA
National Institutes of Health	NIH
FDA	FDA
DHHS	DHHS
Congress	CONGRESS
Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics	CCEB
The Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics	LDIHE
Healthcare Stakeholders	HS
The Center for Experimental Therapeutics	CET
General Clinical Research Center	GCRC
The University of Pennsylvania Health System	UPHS
The University of Pennsylvania	UPENN
Media/Journals	MEDIA
Outside Experts	OUTEXP
Pennsylvania State Department of Health	PSDH
Penn CERTS Public-Private Partnerships	PCPPP
Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	AGOURON
Amgen	AMGEN
Aventis	AVENTIS
Bayer	BAYER
Berlex	BERLEX
Centocor, Inc.	CENTO
Dupont Pharmaceuticals Company	DUPONT
Genetech	GENET
GlaxoSmithKline	GLAXO
Institute on Medicine	IOM
Johnson & Johnson	JJ
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Int'l	JDRF
Knoll Pharmaceutical Company	KPC
McNeil	MCNEIL
Nanogen	NANO
Infectious Disease Society of America	IDSA
Pfizer Inc.	PFIZER
Pharmacia & Upjohn Company	PUC
Provantage Health Systems	PHS
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation	RWJF
SmithKline Beecham	SB
U of PA Health System	UPHS
VAMC	VAMC
Whitehall-Robins Healthcare	WRH
Wistar Institute	WISTAR
Wyeth-Ayerst Research	WAR
Prescription Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly	PACE
Government of Botswana	BOTSWANA
University of British Columbia	UBC
Centers for Disease Control	CDC
State Health Dept	SHD
Academy of Thoracic Surgeons	ATS

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Attachment 7: Alabama

This figure is a sociogram of the Alabama Network CERT that displays the network relationships between the CERT and organizations associated with it. The Alabama Network is one central point, with the CERT Coordinating Center the other central point with organizations radiating out of it. The list of organizations that work with the Alabama CERT are displayed in a table below.

Note: For an in-depth analysis, please refer to Section 3.1.8 of Volume 1.

Key to Organization Abbreviations

Full Name of Organization	Abbreviation in Sociogram
Duke University Center for Aging	DUCA
Aetna U.S. Healthcare	AETNA
U.S. Quality Algorithms	USQA
Arthritis Foundation-Maryland Chapter	AFMC
American Academy of Pediatrics	AAP
UnitedHealth Group	UHG
Duke University Medical Center	DUMC
Medtronic Company	Medtronic
TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc.	TAP
National Institutes of Health	NIH
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality	AHRQ
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases	NIAMS
CERT Harvard (HMO Research Network)	CERTH
CERT Duke	CERTDUKE
CERT Penn	CERTP
CERT Arizona	CERTAZ
Aventis	AVENTIS
Southeast Regional Osteoporosis Board	SROB
P&G	P&G
North Carolina Access Care	NCAC
Eli Lilly and Company	ELC
Alacare Network	ALNET
BCBS of Alabama	BCBSAB
Food and Drug Administration	FDA
Lincoln Technologies	LT
United Mine Workers of America Health	UMWA
CERT Coordinating Center	CERTCC
University of North Carolina	UNC
CERT Steering Committee	CERTSC
Media/Journals	MEDIA
CERT Project Partners	CERTPP

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Attachment 8: Coordinating Center Now

This figure is a sociogram of the CERT Coordinating Center network as it currently operates. There are two central points, one with the CERTs Coordinating Center and CERT Penn, and the other central point with the CERTs Steering Committee and CERT Harvard. The other CERTs are connected to these central points.

Note: For an in-depth analysis, please refer to Section 3.1.9 of Volume 1.

Key to Organization Abbreviations

Full Name of Organization	Abbreviation in Sociogram
Coordinating Center	CERTCC
CERT PENN	CERTP
CERT Arizona	CERTAZ
CERT Duke	CERTDUKE
CERT Harvard	CERTH
CERT University of North Carolina	CERTUNC
CERT Vanderbilt	CERTV
CERT Alabama	CERTA
CERT Arizona	CERTAZ
CERT Project Partners	CERTPP
CERT Steering Committee	CERTSC
Food and Drug Administration	FDA
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality	AHRQ
National Institutes of Health	NIH
DHHS	DHHS
Media	MEDIA
Outside Experts	OUTEXP
Duke University	DUKE

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Attachment 9: Coordinating Centers Future

This figure is a sociogram with a projection of the CERT Coordinating Center in the future.

Note: For an in-depth analysis, please refer to Section 3.1.9 of Volume 1.

Key to Organization Abbreviations

Full Name of Organization	Abbreviation in Sociogram
Coordinating Center	CERTCC
CERT PENN	CERTP
CERT Arizona	CERTAZ
CERT Duke	CERTDUKE
CERT Harvard	CERTH
CERT University of North Carolina	CERTUNC
CERT Vanderbilt	CERTV
CERT Alabama	CERTA
CERT Arizona	CERTAZ
CERT Project Partners	CERTPP
CERT Steering Committee	CERTSC
Food and Drug Administration	FDA
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality	AHRQ
National Institutes of Health	NIH
DHHS	DHHS
Media	MEDIA
Outside Experts	OUTEXP
Duke University	DUKE

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Attachment 10: Preferred Partners

This is a graphical portrayal of the preferred partners of the CERTs centers. These preferred partners were determined to be connections garnered and maintained by the CERTs Coordinating Center. There is no key to the abbreviations in this diagram.

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Attachment 11: Final Collaboration Network

This is a graphical portrayal of the networking between CERTs and its partners. It shows a set of points with lines intersecting between them and numbers estimating the number of authors for the different partners next to the points.

Description of Sociogram: This is a graphical portrayal of the networking between CERTs and its partners. It shows a set of points with lines intersecting between them and numbers estimating the number of authors for the different partners next to the points.

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Internet Citation: Volume 2: Attachments: Evaluation of AHRQ's Pharmaceutical Outcomes Portfolio. December 2007. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/pharmportfolio/vol2.html