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Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, a non-profit company focused on conducting health outcomes research, announced the award of a $1.2 Million fixed price contract from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are associated with high morbidity and mortality for the more than 1 million persons residing in long-term care facilities (LTCFs), with the CDC having a long-standing commitment for monitoring and reducing HAIs in LTCF residents. Arbor Research will support the National Healthcare Safety Network’s (NHSN) LTCF Component HAI Program through this important step of assessing how well Clostridioides difficile infections, an HAI of public health importance, can be captured in a standardized fashion by EHR systems used by nursing homes across all 10 US Health and Human Services regions.
“Arbor Research continues to expand our work in infectious disease and is looking forward to applying our combined research, policy, and clinical expertise to study the long-term care area, including nursing homes”, says Dr. Christopher Spera, President and CEO of Arbor Research Collaborative for Health.
The Lantana Consulting Group, a company with considerable expertise in developing electronic HAI reporting standards based on Clinical Document Architecture and Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources will serve as subcontractor for Arbor Research for this study.
“We greatly cherish this opportunity to support the CDC NHSN’s goal to easily, efficiently, and reliably capture HAI-related data for nursing home residents. This will ultimately help reduce reporting burdens for nursing home staff and help facilitate the NHSN’s objective to reduce the incidence of HAIs with the goal of improving health outcomes and quality of life for older adults in long-term care facilities”, says Dr. Ronald Pisoni, Principal Investigator for this study and Distinguished Research Scientist at Arbor Research.
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health (Arbor Research), a leading provider of innovative solutions in healthcare research, is pleased to announce its participation in the upcoming World Congress of Nephrology (WCN) 2024, scheduled to take place from April 13th to 16th, 2024. The WCN 2024 conference, organized by the International Society of Nephrology (ISN), is a […]
Arbor Research is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Steve Hines, PhD as a Senior Research Scientist focusing on health services research and strategic partnerships. Dr. Hines brings a wealth of experience and expertise, having most recently led learning community activities for the AHRQ-funded TAKEheart project while his work updating AHRQ’s TeamSTEPPS training curriculum […]
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The Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS) Program at Arbor Research Collaborative for Health is pleased to share their recent publication recognized as one of the most- downloaded articles at Kidney International Reports in the past few weeks titled “Alkaline Phosphatase and Parathyroid Hormone Levels: International Variation and Associations With Clinical Outcomes in the […]