New Evidence-Based Practice Center (EPC II) Awards

June 21, 2002

Today the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) awarded 5-year contracts for Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPCs). The EPCs will undertake projects that continue and expand the work performed by the first group of EPCs. Most of the second group of EPCs were part of the initial set, but three are new to the EPC program.

These EPCs will continue to perform methodologically rigorous systematic reviews and analyses of scientific literature on clinical, behavioral, organizational and financing systems topics. The resulting evidence reports and technology assessments will be used by Federal and State Agencies, private sector professional societies, health delivery systems, providers, payers, and others committed to evidence-based health care. In addition, the EPCs will:

• Update prior evidence reports.
• Provide technical assistance to professional organizations, employers, providers, policymakers, etc. to facilitate translation of the reports into quality improvement tools, evidence-based curricula, and reimbursement policies.
• Undertake methods research.

New Awards for EPC IIs

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, Technology Evaluation Center EPC
Chicago, IL
Naomi Aronson, Ph.D., Director

Duke University EPC
Durham, NC
David Matchar, M.D., F.A.C.P., Director

ECRI EPC
Plymouth Meeting, PA
Charles Turkelson, Ph.D., Director

Johns Hopkins University EPC
Baltimore, MD
Eric Bass, M.D., M.P.H., Director

McMaster University EPC
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Parminder Raina, Ph.D., Director

New England Medical Center EPC
Boston, MA
Joseph Lau, M.D., Director

Oregon Health & Science University EPC
Portland, OR
Mark Helfand, M.D., M.P.H., Director

Southern California—RAND EPC
Santa Monica, CA
Paul Shekelle, M.D., Ph.D., Director

Research Triangle Institute—University of North Carolina EPC
Research Triangle Park, NC
Kathleen Lohr, Ph.D., Director

Stanford University—University of California, San Francisco EPC
Stanford, CA
Douglas Owens, M.D., M.S., Director

*University of Alberta EPC
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Terry Klassen, M.D., M.Sc., FRCPC, Director

*University of Minnesota EPC
Minneapolis, MN
Robert Kane, M.D., Director

*University of Ottawa EPC
Ottawa, Canada
David Moher, M.Sc., Director

*First-time awards for EPCs.

Current as of June 2002

Internet Citation:

New Evidence-Based Practice Center (EPC II) Awards. June 2002. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/epcII.htm

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