Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research

The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research seeks to improve the health of individuals, families, and populations by understanding the problems, issues and alternatives in the design and delivery of health care services. This is accomplished through an interdisciplinary program of research, consultation, technical assistance and training that focuses on timely and policy-relevant questions concerning the accessibility, adequacy, organization, cost and effectiveness of health care services and the dissemination of this information to policy makers and the general public.

12th Annual Gordon H. DeFriese Lecture on Health Services Research
October 6, 2010 3pm The Carolina Club/George Watts Hill Alumni Center
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Please mark your calendar for the lecture and reception
Sponsored by the Cecil B. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
Jonathan B. Oberlander, PhD
Professor, Departments of Social Medicine and Health Policy and Management
"Against All Odds: The American Struggle for Health Care Reform"

Upcoming Events

Aug 30 3-5 pm	AHRQ/NRSA Seminar Introductions, Overview of Sheps Center Projects Tim Carey -- Sheps Center, Rosenfeld Conf Rm
Sep 13 3-5 pm	AHRQ/NRSA Seminar Overview of the study of organizational change, where the field is and where we need to go Byran Weiner -- Sheps Center, Rosenfeld Conf Rm
Sep 20 3-5 pm	AHRQ/NRSA Seminar IPIP and practice change interventions Darren Dewalt -- Sheps Center, Rosenfeld Conf Rm
Sep 27 3-5 pm	AHRQ/NRSA Seminar An update on health reform Pam Silberman -- Sheps Center, Rosenfeld Conf Rm
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Oct 4 3-5 pm	AHRQ/NRSA Seminar Organizational change strategies to improve access to care Rebecca Wells -- Sheps Center, Rosenfeld Conf Rm
Oct 11 3-5 pm	AHRQ/NRSA Seminar Quality improvement and organizational change Greg Randolph -- Sheps Center, Rosenfeld Conf Rm
Oct 18 3-5 pm	AHRQ/NRSA Seminar Balancing organizational and patient characteristics in the study of organizational change Laura Hanson -- Sheps Center, Rosenfeld Conf Rm
Nov 1 3-5 pm	AHRQ/NRSA Seminar Diffusion of innovation and helping an organization adopt new practices Sheryl Zimmerman -- Sheps Center, Rosenfeld Conf Rm
Nov 29 3-5 pm	AHRQ/NRSA Seminar Academy Health/NRSA abstract review Jim Bader -- Sheps Center, Rosenfeld Conf Rm

What's New?

The NC Health Professions Data System has released a new report entitled, "Trends in the Supply of Pharmacists in North Carolina," [link to report]
The 2008 NC Health Professions Data are now available. [Databook] [Data]
Sheryl Zimmerman, PhD and Program on Aging, Disability, and Long-term Care announce publication of a first-of-its-kind manual to improve practices and inform policies in assisted living communities through the use of a collaborative method of research – community-based participatory research (CBPR). Press release link pdf manual link
Dr. Gerald Gartlehner presented a 'Critical Appraisal of Randomized Controlled Trials' as part of the RTI-UNC Evidence-based Practice Center seminar series. To view presentation slides visit this [link]
New Findings Brief: Updating Uninsured Estimates in an Economic Downturn [link]
The Center for Women's Health Research has moved to its new location in Southern Village. Contact information: CWHR, 104B Market Street, Campus Box #7521, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 Telephone: 919-843-7720. Please check their website at www.cwhr.unc.edu for details.

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