# Presentation: 042982

## User Liaison Program(ULP)

- Bridging the gap between researchers and policymakers

**Notes:**
User Liaison Program (ULP):  Bridging the Gap Between Researchers and Policymakers, a presentation by Marcia Clark of the User Liaison Program. Presented at the AHRQ-NGA meeting, State Long Term Care Systems: Reducing Cost, Quality and Access, held in Indianapolis, IN May 6-8, 2002.

##      ULP Objectives

**Provide objective, science-based information and tools**
**Conduct targeted dissemination of health services research**
**Stimulate and facilitate policymakers’ use of health services research**
**Assist AHRQ in identifying policymakers’ information needs**

**Notes:**
The mission of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is to search for and disseminate research that increases the safety and cost effectiveness of health care.

AHRQ’s bridges the gap between researchers and policymakers by translating research into information and tools that you can use as policymakers to bring policy up to the latest research.. AHRQ logo is a bridge, a potentially overused image, but very valuable tool.

All User Liaison Program (ULP) workshops and teleconferences are bi-level – your ideas help us craft the products we create for your use.  We give you the information to allow you to make your own decisions – we are non-prescriptive

##           ULP  Products

**National Workshops and Seminars**
**State-specific Workshops**
**Audio Conferences**
**Audiotapes (Call 1-800-358-9295)**
**Summaries and Briefs**
**Online Distance Learning**

##    2002   

**and Audio Conferences **

**   ****2002 **

**Notes:**
I want to mention our upcoming meetings.

**Rural Health Care:**
**Readiness to Function Effectively in Times of Fiscal Constraint**
**June 3-5, 2002  **
**Denver, CO**

**Notes:**
This slide presentation will be on every morning. 

**Using Policy Analysis and Research More Effectively in Decision Making**
**July 28-August 2, 2002  **
**Rensselaerville, NY**

**Notes:**
REN, the nickname for the Rensselaerville meeting, is the flagship meeting of the AHRQ ULP program. At this meeting, we examine ways to solve the problem of healthcare in the fictitious state of Confusion – although it is a real state in many ways.  

**Children with Special Health Care Needs**
**September 23-25, 2002  **
**Los Angeles, CA**

**Notes:**
We are holding a workshop on children with special needs in September. 

**Workshop Title TBD**
**November 18-20, 2002**
**Tampa, FL**

**Notes:**
The new topic for November will not be mental health but the reorganization of hospitals – what policymakers need to know and why they should care.

**Managing Costs Associated **
**with the Care of **
**Persons with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses**
**December 11-13, 2002**
**Philadelphia, PA**

**Notes:**
NASHP will coordinate the December workshop in Philadelphia. 

##           ULP Audio Conferences

**Improving Patient Safety**
**	****    ****September 25-26, 2002   **
**Controlling Rising Health Care Costs:****  ****Promising Practices**
**         ****October 2002 (exact dates TBD)**

**Notes:**
Web assisted audio conferences allow us to reach a wider audience in time of tight travel budgets, even if  networking is less possible in a Web-based format. In September, there will be a series of Webcasts on Patient Safety. In October, the topic will be controlling rising health care costs: promising practices. Questions are taken in advance and audio tapes will be available through the website for a nominal amount.  We hope to stream these audio-conferences.

##           ULP on the Web

**www.ahrq.gov**
**Click on “**_**State & Local Policymakers**_**”                                      User Liaison Program in left column**
**Access Past Workshop Summaries and Information on Audiotapes**
**Take an Online Distance Learning Program on SCHIP**

**Notes:**
Do you have questions for AHRQ? Contact us using the website, our phone number, or send a fax with questions.  

##           Questions for ULP? 

**Call our central number at 301-594-6668**
**E-mail to our central e-mail address:  ****ulp@ahrq.gov**
**Fax us at 301-594-2035**
**Name and direct phone # of ULP staff attending this workshop can be found on the participant list**

**Notes:**
If you have any questions for us, our central number is 301-594-6668 or you can email us at ulp@ahrq.gov or our fax number is 301-594-2035.