2012-05-25T23:17:22Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/methodology.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1207.html May 17, 2012 May 17, 2012

This report, by researchers from Partners HealthCare and the RAND Corporation, primarily describes the work associated with Task 4.8 of the Advancing Clinical Decision Support effort, a project intended to accelerate the effective use of computer-based clinical decision support (CDS) interventions to facilitate evidence-based clinical practice. Twenty-two CDS artifacts and 16 value sets were developed that cover the five CDS intervention types.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1187.html May 8, 2012 May 8, 2012

Together this and two companion monographs demonstrate a method, model, and simulation that the U.S. Army can use to analyze and manage portfolios at any stage of the research and development process. This monograph expands and applies RAND's portfolio analysis and management (PortMan) method to address the problem of selecting Army engineering and manufacturing development projects in order to develop affordable systems.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201200110.html May 1, 2012 May 1, 2012

This study assesses, from a Swedish societal perspective, the cost effectiveness of interferon β-1b (IFNB-1b) after an initial clinical event suggestive of multiple sclerosis (MS) (ie, early treatment) compared with treatment after onset of clinically definite MS (CDMS) (ie, delayed treatment).

http://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/CF301.html Apr 16, 2012 Apr 16, 2012

This document distills and synthesizes the proceedings of a workshop in which experts in the field of regulatory analysis and terrorism risk examined alternative approaches for estimating the benefits of regulations designed to reduce the risks of terrorist attacks in the United States. The workshop gave rise to several recommendations for improving the modeling and data collection that support the benefit-cost analysis of terrorism security regulations.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9653.html Apr 13, 2012 Apr 13, 2012

This report describes the socioeconomic environment officers will encounter if they leave active-duty service and analyzes its potential impact on Army retention and how it can be effectively communicated to officers making stay/leave decisions.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1129.html Apr 2, 2012 Apr 2, 2012

The federal electronic health record (EHR) incentive program includes clinical decision support (CDS) as a central requirement of improving health outcomes; however, a process for identifying and prioritizing the most promising targets for CDS has not been established. This report describes a protocol for eliciting high-priority targets for electronic CDS for individual clinical specialties and summarizes lessons learned.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1136z1.html Mar 28, 2012 Mar 28, 2012

In consideration of the many challenges associated with Qatar's continued growth and demographic changes, the government of Qatar is interested in updating its school transportation system (STS). This volume assesses parents' and school administrators' perspectives on Qatar's STS, identifies a vision and goals for the STS, and discusses strategies to achieve the vision and better align Qatar's STS with international norms. This is the Arabic-language version.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1211.html Mar 27, 2012 Mar 27, 2012

Pattern and trend analysis and systematic randomness can be used to position U.S. border security personnel and equipment effectively for interdiction, and in some circumstances the combined approach is competitive with perfect surveillance.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1164.html Mar 22, 2012 Mar 22, 2012

This report is the result of an evaluation of the 16 DH integrated care pilots (ICPs).

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1164z2.html Mar 22, 2012 Mar 22, 2012

This report contains appendices to the result of an evaluation of the 16 DH integrated care pilots (ICPs).

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1164z1.html Mar 22, 2012 Mar 22, 2012

This report is a summary of the result of an evaluation of the 16 DH integrated care pilots (ICPs).

http://www.rand.org/pubs/documented_briefings/DB597.html Mar 22, 2012 Mar 22, 2012

This exploratory study investigates the characteristics of publications cited on clinical guidelines, and the funding sources they acknowledge, in order to better understand how research is translated into changes in policy and practice.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2012/03/21/IS.html Mar 21, 2012 Mar 21, 2012

Many organizations that we have worked with indicate that this approach has helped improve reporting and communication both within and external to their organization, writes Sarah Hunter.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2012/03/14.html Mar 14, 2012 Mar 14, 2012

The RAND Corporation, Risk Management Solutions, Inc. (RMS) and private investors have launched a company named Praedicat, Inc., that will provide consulting services and software to the property and casualty insurance industries.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR949.html Mar 13, 2012 Mar 13, 2012

This report documents work to update the Application System of the Sydney Strategic Model (STM). The Application System implements models of frequency, mode and destination choice for each of the nine travel purposes in the STM.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/CF287.html Mar 9, 2012 Mar 9, 2012

These proceedings present the topics and findings discussed at a July 2010 workshop convened to examine how consumers of intelligence might be better served by analysis whose focus is longer term or more strategic than the current reporting that dominates today's intelligence production. An appendix presents relevant lessons from the private sector.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1162.html Mar 8, 2012 Mar 8, 2012

RAND Europe evaluated the National Institute for Health Research Leadership Programme to help the English Department of Health consider the extent to which the programme has helped to foster wider research aims and extract lessons for the future.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120051.html Mar 5, 2012 Mar 5, 2012

As health care reform expands the use of "report cards" to grade health care providers, greater attention to reporting methods may be needed to assure the quality of such efforts.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120056.html Mar 1, 2012 Mar 1, 2012

This study developed a vision-targeted health state classification system based on the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire-25 (NEI VFQ-25).

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120057.html Mar 1, 2012 Mar 1, 2012

This study seeks to develop a new prognostic model, the Patient-Reported Outcome Mortality Prediction Tool (PROMPT), for six-month mortality in community-dwelling elderly patients.