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Items posted in the last 30 days

Last updated May 9, 2008

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About AHRQ

• Events & Announcements
  • Health Care Innovations Exchange Web Conference—May 12, 2008 (5/1/08)

News & Information

• Agency Press Releases
  • New Evidence Provides Clinicians with Better Tools To Help Smokers Quit (5/7/08)
  • AHRQ and Ad Council Encourage Men To Take Preventive Steps in Their Health Care (4/21/08)
  • AHRQ Web Resource Features 100 Examples of Health Care Innovations and Tools (4/14/08)
• Testimony, Speeches, and Interviews
  • Getting Involved for Better Health Care: Audio Transcript of an Interview with Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D. (4/30/08)

Clinical Information

• Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update
  • Clinical Practice Guideline—Updated (PDF file, 2 MB; PDF Help) (5/7/08)
  • General References From Guideline (PDF File, 200 KB) (5/9/08)
  • Helping Smokers Quit: A Guide for Clinicians—Updated (5/7/08)
• Evidence-based Practice
  • Outcomes of Maternal Weight Gain: Evidence Report (5/7/08)
  • Diabetes Education for Children With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and Their Families: Evidence Report (4/11/08)
• What's New at: National Guideline Clearinghouse™

Consumers & Patients

• Check Your Medicines: Tips for Using Medicines Safely— Updated (5/8/08)
• Help for Smokers and Other Tobacco Users—Updated (5/7/08)
• Real Men Wear Gowns (4/21/08)
• Advice Columns from Dr. Carolyn Clancy
  • Real Men Wear Gowns—And Help Their Health (5/6/08)
  • Superhéroes TV and Radio Ads Encourage Hispanics to Get Involved in Their Own Health Care (4/15/08)

Información en español

• Ayuda para fumadores u otros consumidores de tabaco (5/7/08)

Data & Surveys

• What's New at: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)
• What's New at: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)

Research Findings

• Research Activities Online Newsletter, May 2008 (PDF File, 355 KB; PDF Help) (4/22/08)

Specific Populations

• Real Men Wear Gowns (4/21/08)
• Chronic Care
  • Toolkit for Implementing the Chronic Care Model in an Academic Environment (5/1/08)
  • Hispanic Diabetes Disparities Learning Network in Community Health Centers (4/29/08)

Quality Assessment

• National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports
  • Slide Presentation, National Healthcare Quality Report (5/8/08)
  • Slide Presentation, National Healthcare Disparities Report (4/16/08)
  • Data Tables, National Healthcare Quality Report (4/16/08)
• Medical Errors & Patient Safety
  • Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses (5/5/08)
• Quality Information & Improvement
  • Regional Coalition Collaboration Guide (4/30/08)
  • Designing and Implementing Medicaid Disease and Care Management Programs: A User's Guide (4/25/08)
  • Chartered Value Exchanges
    • Chartered Value Exchange Application, 2008 (4/18/08)
    • Value Exchange Scoring Form, 2008 (4/18/08)
    • Detailed Guide to Chartered Value Exchange Scoring (4/18/08)
    • Becoming a Chartered Value Exchange: Frequent Questions (4/18/08)
• What's New at: National Quality Measures Clearinghouse™
• What's New at: QualityTools