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Linda Cabral and Laura Sefton on So many to choose from: How to Select Organizations for a Site Visit

1 Comment / Health Evaluation / August 14, 2013 August 14, 2013

Greetings. We are Linda Cabral and Laura Sefton from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Center for Health Policy and Research. We are part of a multi-disciplinary team evaluating the Massachusetts Patient Centered Medical Home Initiative (MA PCMHI), a 3-year, statewide, multi-site demonstration project engaging 46 primary care practices in organizational transformation to adopt this …

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Linda Cabral and Laura Sefton on Utilizing Survey Data in a Traditional In-Person Interview

Greetings. We are Linda Cabral and Laura Sefton from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Center for Health Policy and Research. We are part of a multi-disciplinary team evaluating the Massachusetts Patient Centered Medical Home Initiative (MA-PCMHI), a state-wide, multi-site demonstration project engaging 46 primary care practices in organizational transformation to adopt the PCMH primary …

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Kathy Muhr, Aniko Laszlo and Alexis Henry on Using Concept Mapping to Evaluate Employment Collaboratives for People with Disabilities.

Leave a Comment / Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations, Health Evaluation / June 10, 2013 June 10, 2013

Hi. We are Kathy Muhr, Aniko Laszlo and Alexis Henry from UMass Medical School’s Center for Health Policy and Research. Through Work Without Limits, a Massachusetts network of employers and providers that aims to increase employment for people with disabilities, we evaluate and promote programs, policies, and practices related to recruitment, retention, accommodation, and career …

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Clare Nolan on Transforming Health Care: Evaluating Accountable Care Organizations

1 Comment / Health Evaluation / April 16, 2013 April 16, 2013

My name is Clare Nolan and I work for Harder+Company Community Research, a national consulting firm that specializes in evaluation. For the past 27 years, we have helped foundations, government agencies, and nonprofits plan and evaluate programs and policies. Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) mark a new frontier in how healthcare is delivered in the United …

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Linda Cabral and Laura Sefton on Using Voice Recognition Software for Transcription

6 Comments / Health Evaluation, Qualitative Methods / March 27, 2013 March 27, 2013

Hello, we are Linda Cabral and Laura Sefton from the Center for Health Policy and Research at UMass Medical School. We often collect qualitative data from interviews and focus groups. One challenge we frequently face is how to quickly and efficiently transcribe audio data. We have experimented using voice recognition software (VRS), and we’d like …

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Kim Snyder, Rene Lavinghouze, and Patricia Rieker on Program Infrastructure – The Left Hand Side of the Logic Model

2 Comments / Health Evaluation / March 25, 2013 March 26, 2013

This is Kim Snyder, Associate at ICF International, Rene Lavinghouze, Evaluation Team Lead for CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health, and Patricia Rieker, Adjunct Professor of Sociology at Boston University and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. We have been investigating public health program infrastructure as an ignored component of the left hand …

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Kristi Fuller and Glenn Landers on Ensuring Utility in Evaluation Practice

1 Comment / Evaluation Use, Health Evaluation / March 24, 2013 March 24, 2013

Hello all! We are Kristi Fuller and Glenn Landers, staff at the Georgia Health Policy Center. The Center is housed within Georgia State University’s nationally ranked Andrew Young School of Policy Studies and provides evidence-based research, program development, and policy guidance. We gave a roundtable presentation at the American Evaluation Association’s (AEA) 2012 conference focused …

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Christine Johnson and Terri Anderson on the Quality Improvement – Evaluation Connection

Leave a Comment / Health Evaluation, Internal Evaluation, Qualitative Methods / March 8, 2013 March 8, 2013

Hi, we are Christine Johnson and Terri Anderson, members of the Massachusetts Patient Centered Medical Home Initiative (MA-PCMHI). MA-PCMHI is Massachusetts’ state-wide, multi-site PCMH demonstration project engaging 46 primary care practices in organizational transformation to adopt the PCMH primary care model. Our roles as Transformation and Quality Improvement Director (Christine) and Qualitative Evaluation Study Team …

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Bonnie Stabile on Publishing Beyond the Evaluation Community

Leave a Comment / Health Evaluation / January 30, 2013 January 30, 2013

Hi – I’m Bonnie Stabile and I am Deputy Editor of the World Medical & Health Policy Journal. As an editor, I’d like to encourage evaluation practitioners and scholars to reach out beyond the evaluation community to share their findings and insights. Particularly in the areas of Health and Health Policy, I believe evaluators have much to …

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CP Week: Susan Staggs on Promoting Active Collaboration among Researchers, Practitioners, and Community Members

Leave a Comment / Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation, Community Psychology, Health Evaluation / December 10, 2012 November 26, 2012

Hi aea365ers! Susan Staggs here. I’m an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin – Stout, coordinator of an online graduate certificate program in Evaluation Studies, and incoming Program Director of our Master’s in Applied Psychology program, which includes a concentration in Evaluation Research. I write today on behalf of the American Evaluation …

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