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Note that the feature article is about Legacy's Tele-baby program. Great program and nice article. Legacy is a TAO member, and we are proud of their innovative work!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Cathy<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b>Martha Nikides</b> <<a href="mailto:martha@nrtrc.org">martha@nrtrc.org</a>><br>Date: Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 5:29 AM<br>Subject: NRTRC News & Views Newsletter May 2013<br>To: <a href="mailto:csbritain@gmail.com">csbritain@gmail.com</a><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:black;border-right:transparent;border-bottom:transparent;border-top:transparent;border-left:transparent'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;border-right:transparent;border-bottom:transparent;border-left:transparent'><div 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style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1029" src="http://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/1118106/67e24a4c405f0bacdbeca41431499167/image/jpeg"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>My 2 Cents Worth</span></strong><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#BA4444'>By Bob Wolverton, NRTRC Program Director</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Howdy! It’s been a busy month! I’ve been on the road, making visits to our Board members and a lot of other people interested in </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Telehealth. The conversations have been informative and interesting.</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#333333'>WASHINGTON</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#2B3591'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#333333'>So far, I’ve visited both Nancy Vorhees and Cara Towle in Washington. Cara took me to Seattle Children’s Hospital to meet with a number of Telemedicine folks at SCH and at the University of Washington, arranged several meetings with</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#333333'>the Medical School staff and gave me the chance to sit in on a Project ECHO meeting. Great! Nancy invited me to a Northwest Telehealth staff meeting, gave me some time with a number of INHS folks and shared a lot of her time, helping me understand what’s going on in her area.</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#2B3591'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#333333'>IDAHO</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#2B3591'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#333333'>In Idaho, Tom Hauer in Coeur d’Alene set up several meetings with folks who will be super partners for NRTRC. We have</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#333333'>a great synergy developing in northern Idaho. And, not to be outdone, Neill Piland squired me around Pocatello, fed me a lot of good food and arranged some very productive meetings as well with tele-pharmacy and network folks. All those Idaho contacts have been active since the meeting and great </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>things are in the works (more when we have something nailed down!).</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'><a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=21101625&msgid=360151&act=80QA&c=1118106&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nrtrc.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2FMy_2_Cents_May2013.pdf" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=240 height=60 id="_x0000_i1030" src="http://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/1118106/892c775368c2791237a245247896abc6/image/jpeg"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></td><td width="50%" valign=top style='width:50.0%;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='background:white;padding:0in 37.5pt 0in 0in'><div style='border:none #C2D9E7 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;word-wrap:break-word'><tr><td style='padding:15.0pt 0in 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=240 height=153 id="_x0000_i1031" src="http://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/1118106/631573d77bc9e529ca0924c3b40e1d4b/image/jpeg"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>AHRQ Launches Regional Partnership Development Initiative to Promote Comparative Effectiveness Research </span></b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#BA4444'>By Catherine Brita</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>i<span style='color:#BA4444'>n, Staff Writer</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>The Federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) recently launched efforts to promote comparative effectiveness research (CER), a type of patient- centered outcomes research, in patient and professional communities in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S.</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>territories. AHRQ has established five Regional Partnership Development Offices that are cultivating sustainable partnerships with hospitals and health systems, patient advocacy organizations, businesses, and other groups that serve clinicians, consumers, and policymakers. You’re invited to learn more about CER and to partner with AHRQ by using and encouraging others to use free CER reports and materials, which support efforts to improve the quality of health care</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>in communities.</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>What is comparative effectiveness research?</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Comparative effectiveness research provides information that helps clinicians and patients work together to treat an illness or condition. CER compares drugs, medical devices, tests, surgeries, or ways to deliver health care. 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