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HCUP Training at ECRI Institute

By crystal. Published on July 10, 2009 in Continuing Education and the Chronicle. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

Claudia Steiner and Chaya Merrill, two trainers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), provided training on the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project on Thursday, April 23 at ECRI Institute.   Forty-five attendees learned about the six different HCUP databases and received a quick demonstration of how to use “HCUPnet,” AHRQ’s free web-based tool.  Following the training session, Evelyn  Kuserk, ECRI Library Director, gave a tour of the facility and library.

HCUP’s suite of databases and tools contains hospital discharge data for both the insured and uninsured on the national, state, and local levels. The suite is useful for researching and comparing health statistics and practice patterns, healthcare policy and cost, patient access to healthcare, and healthcare quality. Read more» » »

HCUP training recap

By crystal. Published on May 5, 2009 in Continuing Education and Events. 0 Comments

HCUP (Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project) training held on Thursday, April 23 at ECRI institute drew 45 attendees, including Inquirer reporter Josh Goldstein. Claudia Steiner and Chaya Merrill, two trainers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) that sponsors HCUP provided the training. Steiner and Merrill provided detailed information on the six different HCUP databases and a quick demonstration of how to use “HCUPnet,” their free web-based tool. They were impressed with our level of interest and said “You should be really proud of the medical librarians in your chapter.” Following the training session, Evelyn Kuserk, ECRI Library Director, gave a tour of their facility and library.

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