Toward More Effective Use of Research in State Policymaking
<p>A new <a href=" http://www.commonwealthfund.org/cnlib/pub/enews_clickthrough.htm?enews_… Fund E-Forum</a> from the February 7th State Health Research and Policy Interest Group Policy breakfast meeting is now available on the Fund's Web site. This Fund- and AcademyHealth-sponsored event was held to enhance communication between researchers and state policymakers seeking to improve health system performance.<br><br>If you missed the breakfast, watch our new multimedia presentation, or E-Forum, which features synchronized audio, slides, and a transcript from the event. Our E-Forums allow you to click through presenters' slides at your leisure to focus on the material that interests you the most.<br><br>Panelists from the breakfast meeting included:<ul><li>Jack Meyer (Moderator), President, Economic and Social Research Institute</li><li>Allyson Hall, Director of Research, Florida Center for Medicaid and the Uninsured</li><li>Richard Kronick, AcademyHealth/NCHS Fellow, National Center for Health Statistics</li><li>Scott Leitz, Director, Health Policy Program, Minnesota Department of Health</li></ul><br><br>Please note that these presentations use a self-contained viewer that will open in a new window, and that the audio clips might take a few seconds to load.</p>
http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/newsletters/ealerts/2006/feb/toward-more-effective-use-of-research-in-state-policymaking