National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology (NICHSR)

Obesity Policy Research: Evaluation and Measures (R01)
Obesity Policy Research: Evaluation and Measures (R03)
Obesity Policy Research: Evaluation and Measures (R21)
Observational Medical Outcomes Project - This is a public-private partnership designed to help improve the monitoring of drugs for safety. The partnership is conducting a multi-year initiative to research methods that are feasible and useful to analyze existing healthcare databases to identify and evaluate safety and benefit issues of drugs already on the market.
Office of Adolescent Health (OAH) - Coordinates adolescent health programs and initiatives across DHHS related to adolescent health promotion and disease prevention. Supports multi-disciplinary projects focused on improving adolescent health, collects and disseminates information on adolescent health to health professionals and the general public, and works in partnership with other HHS agencies to support evidence-based approaches to improving the health of adolescents. Monitors trends in adolescent health and supports training of healthcare professionals.
Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research - Implementation Science - This website links to dissemination and implementation research funding opportunities, funded projects, and training institutes.
Office of Healthcare Quality - Established by the Assistant Secretary for Health in December 2009 to lead and coordinate cross-cutting issues that strengthen the health system and improve the quality of healthcare across the United States.
Office of Minority Health (OMH) - The mission of the Office of Minority Health (OMH) is to improve and protect the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs that will eliminate health disparities. Detailed information on cultural competency can be found on this site.
Office of Rural Health, Veterans Health Administration - Conducts, coordinates, promotes, and disseminates studies and analyses into issues affecting Veterans living in rural and highly rural areas, in cooperation with the medical, rehabilitation, health services and cooperative studies research programs.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) - ONC's mission includes: Promoting development of a nationwide Health IT infrastructure that allows for electronic use and exchange of information that ensures secure and protected patient health information; improves health care quality; reduces health care costs; informs medical decisions at the time/place of car; includes meaningful public input in infrastructure development; and, improves coordination of care and information among hospitals, labs, physicians, etc.
Office of the U.S. Surgeon General
Ohio Department of Health - Offers a broad range of health statistics and databases to the public.
Oklahoma State Department of Health/Data and Statistics - Link to health statistics data.
Online Research Ethics Course - Intended to provide a foundation for institutions that are working to promote Responsible Conduct of Research.
Online Training Courses - Free online classes on various aspects finding funding.
Opportunities for States to Improve Children's Care Under CHIPRA and Health Reform - Interview with Jocelyn Guyer, co-executive director of the Georgetown Center for Children and Families, about the opportunities and challenges for states to improve the quality of children's health care presented by the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA) and the health reform law.
Opportunities to Inform Public Health Workforce Policy - November 2009 supplement containing a collection of aritcles on public health workforce issues.
Oregon Health Policy and Research - The Office for Oregon Health Policy and Research (OHPR) conducts impartial, non-partisan policy analysis, research and evaluation, and provides technical assistance to support health reform planning and implementation in Oregon. The office serves in an advisory capacity to Oregon Health Policy Board, the Oregon Health Authority, the Governor and the Legislature.
Oregon Institute for Patient-Centered Comparative Effectiveness (ICE) Annual Research Intensive - October 14-18, 2012, Portland, OR - (Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) US) - This hands-on research intensive provides an opportunity for participants to learn patient-centered outcomes research and comparative effectiveness research (PCOR/CER) methods from national experts in the field. Sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute, this course involves active, hands-on development of proposals for primary research and provides participants the tools with which to become leaders in PCOR/CER at their institutions. Applications due August 17, 2012.
Out of Options: Why So Many Workers in Small Businesses Lack Affordable Health Insurance, and How Health Care Reform Can Help - Small-business owners and employees are among those who stand to benefit the most from provisions in some of the current health reform proposals under consideration by Congress, according to a September 2009 Commonwealth Fund analysis. Currently, 39 million Americans work for companies with fewer than 50 employees, and only 25 percent of them have health insurance through their employer.
Outcomes Research Publications - Lists Outcomes Research Branch publications by year, dating back to 2000.

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