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Appendix a: program evaluation effortsDivision Topic DescriptionStrategic Goal 4: Scientific Research and DevelopmentAHRQASPEBuilding Research Infrastructureand Capacity Program (BRIC)and Minority ResearchInfrastructure Support Program(M-RISP)Health information technology(health IT)Evaluate the effectiveness of the capacity-building BRIC and M-RISPprograms.Design at least three alternative business case demonstrations andevaluations for the acquisition and use of health IT in long-termcare.ASPE Health IT Explore how health information is exchanged with “unaffiliated”post-acute and long-term care providers and other componentsof the health care delivery continuum (e.g., physician offices,laboratories, pharmacies, and hospitals) that use health IT.CDCAmelioration of effects ofpoverty on childrenEvaluate to identify an effective public health intervention toameliorate the effects of poverty on the health and well-being ofchildren.CDC New factors for birth defects Evaluate the role of at least five new factors for birth defects anddevelopmental disabilities.CDC Occupational safety and health Evaluate progress in reducing agriculture-related workplace illnessand injuries, as judged by independent panels of external customers,stakeholders, and experts (based upon relevance and impact of theprogram).IHSNative American ResearchCenters for HealthEvaluate program administration and progress of grantees.NIH Parkinson’s disease research Evaluate the Morris K. Udall Parkinson’s Disease Centers ofExcellence to determine whether the centers have achieved theprogram’s goals and to examine management of the program.NIH Extramural peer review Evaluate the NIH Extramural Peer Review program to determinewhether the current method of determining workload, andconsequently staffing requirements, is appropriate and adequate tomeet the needs of the NIH Peer Review Program.HHS Strategic Plan FY 2007-2012151