AHRQ registry handbook
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality releases "Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes: A User's Guide" May 16, supported with funding from CMS. The 219-page 1guide, which in large part mirrors a draft version released in October, compiles 23 registry case studies and 343 references, and involved 39 contributors from government, industry and academia (2"The Gray Sheet" Oct. 23, 2006, p. 9). The guide includes chapters on registry design, ethical issues and data ownership, adverse event detection and assessing registry quality...