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International Health Study Tour: Paris, France
October 18-23, 2009

Join AcademyHealth as we travel to France for an unprecedented opportunity to learn first-hand about the French health care system. This tour will address current health policy issues, such as payment to providers, quality and access to care, and will provide an exciting mix of site visits and briefing sessions. Learn more at www.academyhealth.org/studytours/france.

Health Policy Orientation: Registration Now Open
October 26-29, Washington, D.C.

The annual Health Policy Orientation continues to give participants an in-depth understanding of the formal and informal processes shaping the nation’s health policy agenda. With expert faculty members, group discussions, hands-on tutorials, and a congressional site visit, participants gain an understanding of the Washington health policy environment and master the fundamentals of policy development and implementation.

The Orientation is ideal for health policy fellows and analysts, public officials, federal or state government employees, private sector health care employees, consultants, and students.

Registration is now open and space is limited. Visit the Orientation Web site at www.academyhealth.org/orientation for more information, or call 202.292.6700.

MCRR Call for Papers

Medical Care Research and Review is producing a special issue titled “Implementation and Outcomes Associated with the Patient-Centered Medical Home.” The aim of this special issue is to assess current evidence on medical home implementation and effectiveness, particularly as it relates to the above components either in isolation or together. The special issue focuses on these areas because they are central to long-term sustainability and acceptance of the medical home concept by payers, patients, and providers. Medical Care Research and Review is actively soliciting empirical analyses, conceptual papers, and syntheses of existing studies that deal directly with implementation aspects of the patient-centered medical home and/or a variety of clinical, administrative, patient-focused, and workforce outcomes that may result from effective implementation. The call for papers submission deadline has been extended to September 30, 2009. 

Questions regarding the special issue can be sent to Timothy Hoff, Ph.D., Medical Home Issue Editor at thoff@albany.edu. For manuscript guidelines please see a recent issue of the journal or visit the manuscript submission guidelines online at http://mcrr.sagepub.com. For more information about the call for papers and submission guidelines see www.sagepub.com/upm-data/29309_MCRR_Special_Issue_Medical_Home_extended_deadline.pdf.

AcademyHealth Recognizes Outstanding Leaders in HSR

AcademyHealth has announced its 2009 award winners, recognizing leading researchers in different stages of their careers for significant contributions to the fields of health services research and policy. The following awards were presented at the Annual Research Meeting, June 28-30 in Chicago.


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