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2010 National Meeting on Improving Health Care for Rural Veterans  (01-27-2010)
Abstracts due: Friday, February 19, 2010
Attention Implementation Researchers: New NIMH Funded Training Institute Invites Applications  (11-17-2009)
The IRI invites applications from PhD/MD investigators who wish to conduct ground-breaking research in the area of implementation science.
Evidence Synthesis Report  (10-19-2009)
NEW! Determining the Efficacy of Psychotherapy for Treatment Resistant Depression
Evidence Synthesis Report  (10-15-2009)
NEW! Determining the Responsiveness of Depression Questionnaires and Optimal Treatment Duration for Antidepressant Medications
HSR&D Meeting Opportunities for 2010  (09-29-2009)
Field-Based Meetings, Society for General Internal Medicine, AcademyHealth




2/10/2010 2:00pm EST
Series: HERC Cost Effectiveness Analysis Course
Title: Inpatient and Outpatient Costs from DSS
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2/16/2010 12:00pm EST
Series: VIReC Clinical Informatics Seminar
Title: TBA
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2/17/2010 2:00pm EST
Series: HERC Health Economics Seminar
Title: The Role and Future of Private Medicine Health Plans
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2/24/2010 2:00pm EST
Series: HERC Cost Effectiveness Analysis Course
Title: Pharmacy Costs
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VA HSR&D Impacts 2009
In this Issue: A summary of select research findings and impacts
(01-14-2010)

Forum
In this Issue: Opportunities for Ensuring a Safe Environment, Research Highlights, Organizational Profile
(12-16-2009)

Management eBrief
In this Issue: Measuring Changes in Depression and Assessing Optimal Treatment: New Evidence Syntheses
(11-05-2009)

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