Research Projects: National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO)

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Purpose of Project:

CHSRA provides scientific expertise to the National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO). NAHDO is a non-profit member organization of state health data agencies, hospital associations, and other non-profit groups that collect and analyze health data for state reporting. CHSRA projects for NAHDO include providing state technical assistance via toolkits and translational white papers, statistical consulting, data collection design, data linkage with surveillance data, research on Medicaid information systems. Funding agencies include the Centers for Disease Control, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), State Departments of Health in Mississippi and Washington, and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Participating Personnel:

Principal Investigator: Barbara A. Rudolph, Ph.D., MSSW

Contact Person: Barbara A. Rudolph

Sponsoring Agency:

National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO)

Presentations/Publications:

• Welch, W.P., Harmon, R.G., Shah, M., Love, D., Rudolph, B.A., Blewett, L.A., Johnson, K., and Parente, S.T. (2005). Management Tools for Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP): An Assessment Focusing on the Use of Administrative Data on Ambulatory Care. Contract No. 290-00-0012, Task#10, Agency for Health Care Research and Quality.
• Rudolph, B.A., Shah, G., and Love, D. (2006). Small Numbers, Disclosure Risk, Security and Reliability Issues in Web-based Data Query Systems. J. Public Health Management Practice, 12(2), 175-182.
• Welch, W.P., Rudolph, B.A., Blewett, L.A., Parente, S.T., Brach, C., and Love, D. (2006). Management Tools for Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, October-December, Vol. 29, Number 4, 272-282.
• Rudolph, B.A., Presentation: Quality and Safety Transparency: The Public Reporting Landscape. Colorado Health Institute Summit, Denver, CO. March 2006.
• Rudolph, B.A. Implementing Cost-to-Charge Ratios. Conference Call Presentation for HCUP Partners, HCUP Technical Support Task Order, AHRQ, July 26, 2006.