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[Agency] AHRQ [Project Title] Request for Registries [Institution] Academy Health Electronic Data Methods (EDM) Forum for Comparative Effectiveness Research [Amount] $0 [Summary] AcademyHealth is pleased to submit to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) this application to convene the Electronic Data Methods (EDM) Forum for Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) ("EDM Forum"). The EDM Forum will advance methods related to development of the infrastructure and methodology for collecting and analyzing prospective data from electronic clinical data bases for CER. A key task of this initiative is to support investigators conducting the Prospective Outcome Systems using Patient-specific Electronic data to Compare Tests and therapies (PROSPECT) studies, and to assemble relevant stakeholders with an interest in addressing and resolving (when feasible) the infrastructure and methods challenges for these projects. Working closely with AHRQ staff, AcademyHealth will coordinate a series of meetings with key PROSPECT project staff and the EDM Forum Steering Committee, and convene a series of stakeholder symposia. AcademyHealth will also develop and broadly disseminate useful and timely products (needs assessments, issue briefs, papers, reports, and other analytic products) on scientific, clinical, technical, organizational, and data governance topics. AcademyHealth is ideally suited to the tasks outlined by AHRQ for the EDM Forum due to the organization's unique combination of content knowledge in CER and established processes and platforms for convening stakeholders and disseminating information. Equally important, AcademyHealth is a trusted partner among the primary stakeholders identified by AHRQ -- experts in clinical registries, distributed research methods, health information technology and outcomes and effectiveness research; practicing clinicians; and other relevant stakeholders including patients, business leaders and policymakers. By undertaking the convening efforts outlined, developing relevant and timely products, and disseminating EDM Forum and PROSPECT materials widely, AcademyHealth is confident the EDM Forum can successfully support development of the infrastructure and methods needed to ensure a sustainable and scalable foundation for the use of electronic clinical databases for CER over time. [Completion/ Closing Date] 09/02/2010 [Link] link [Category] 
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