Arbor Research
 

Arbor Research Collaborative for Health News 

 
August 2014
In This Issue
New Contract with CMS
World Transplant Congress
RMADA Contract Awarded
Recent Publications

 

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The DOPPS will host a free, public Web conference to discuss the latest data available from the DOPPS Practice Monitor (DPM) on Thursday, September 4, 2014 at 3 p.m. EDT. Registration will be available via the DPM website. Please click here to view DPM website.
  

 

                                     

 

 

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Arbor Research Awarded Contract
for Alignment of Quality and Public Reporting
Programs and Websites

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Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, in partnership with the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago, has been awarded a four-year contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for the Alignment of Quality and Public Reporting Programs and Websites.  

 

With this initiative, Arbor Research expands its support of CMS in aligning and advancing existing quality and public reporting programs to improve health care quality, safety, and cost effectiveness in the United States.

Learn more about this project.

 

 

                                     

 
 Arbor Research Contributes to the World Transplant Congress 

 

Arbor Research was well-represented at the World Transplant Congress (WTC) held July 25-31, 2014 in San Francisco, CA. Scientists from the Adult to Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation Study (A2ALL) and the Renal and Lung Living Donor Evaluation Study (RELIVE) moderated or presented at sessions focused on: medical and psychosocial outcomes of living donation, interpretation of clinical data, operative technique, and ethical challenges associated with living donation. Please click here to read more.

 

 

 

RMADA Contract Awarded to Arbor Research 
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded a team led by Arbor Research Collaborative for Health a Research, Measurement, Assessment, Design, and Analysis (RMADA) contract. Under this 5-year umbrella contract vehicle Arbor Research is one of only fifteen organizations eligible to bid on future projects under RMADA. We look forward to the new and valuable research opportunities that we expect the RMADA contract will provide. Click here to learn more.  

 

                                     

 

Data from the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study validate an association between high intravenous iron doses and mortality. Bailie GR, et al; Kidney Int. Click to view abstract. 

The French Chronic Kidney Disease-Renal Epidemiology and Information Network (CKD-REIN) cohort study. Stengel B, et al; Nephrol Dial Transplant. Click to view abstract. 
 

 Morbidity and mortality of live lung donation: Results from the RELIVE study.  Yusen RD, et al; Am J Transplant. Click to view abstract.
 

Association between allopurinol and mortality among Japanese hemodialysis patients: Results from the DOPPS. Tsuruta Y, et al; Int. Urol Nephrol. Click to view abstract.