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Friday, February 24, 2012

Dates for HCUP Spring Training

Save the Dates for HCUP Spring Training
  • April 11, 2012 2 PM - 3 PM – HCUP Overview Webinar
  • April 18, 2012 2 PM - 3 PM – HCUP Products and Tools Webinar
  • April 25, 2012 9 AM - 4 PM – HCUP Data Users’ Workshop (in person at AHRQ)
Registration for these events will open in mid March. Announcements will be on the HCUP User Support Website under What's New and on the HCUP Calendar - Events.
Registration for each event is separate. There is no charge for attendance at any of these events. If you have questions, please email hcup@ahrq.gov.

HCUP Webinar Series
AHRQ will host a two-part webinar series on the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) databases, products, and tools.

The first one-hour session will introduce health services and policy researchers to the HCUP databases and related resources that can enhance their research studies by providing a general overview of the HCUP databases. This webinar will be offered on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at 2:00 PM ET.

The second one-hour session will focus on the HCUP products and tools, with particular emphasis on HCUPnet, the free online data query system. This webinar will be offered on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at 2:00 PM ET.

HCUP Data Users’ Workshop
The HCUP Data Users’ Workshop will take place from 9 am – 4:00 pm ET on Wednesday, April 25, at the AHRQ Conference Center in Rockville, MD. The workshop, sponsored by AHRQ, is a one-day course for health services researchers on the use of databases and software tools from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization project (HCUP). The instructor-led workshop is oriented toward intermediate-level data users and/or people who are already familiar with HCUP. Computers will be provided and instructor-led programming examples will be presented in SAS. There will be a specific focus on conducting revisit analyses using HCUP.