The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Evidence-Based Practice Center (EPC) Program, following the program's 25th Anniversary Grand Rounds series in 2022, introduces a new series of Grand Rounds to promote and facilitate the use of EPC evidence reports in healthcare. With support from the Scientific Resource Center (SRC) of the EPC Program and AcademyHealth, these meetings feature presentations from EPC report authors followed by discussions with stakeholders to explore EPC report findings.

June 2023 Grand Rounds: Maternal Health

On June 14, 2023, AHRQ hosted a webinar on Maternal Health focused on findings from two recently published evidence reports conducted by the AHRQ EPC Program with funding from PCORI: (1) Postpartum Care up to 1 Year After Pregnancy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis and (2) Management of Postpartum Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy. The authors of the two reports, Ian Saldanha M.B.B.S., M.P.H., Ph.D., and Dale Steele M.D., M.S., respectively, shared the main findings from the reports. Two discussants, Rose Molina, M.D., M.P.H., and Megan McReynolds, PMP, provided initial reactions on evidence gaps and implications for the field. Lucy Savitz, Ph.D., M.B.A., AcademyHealth Board Chair, then moderated a discussion with the broader audience.

EPC Program Grand Rounds - Maternal Health (1 hour, 56 minutes)

• Meeting slide deck (PPTX, 10.4 MB)
• Postpartum Care up to 1 Year After Pregnancy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (full report)
• Management of Postpartum Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy (full report)

March 2023 Grand Rounds: Telehealth

On March 16, 2023, AHRQ hosted a webinar on Telehealth focused on findings from two recently published evidence reports conducted by the AHRQ EPC Program: (1) Use of Telehealth during the COVID-19 Era and (2) Improving Rural Health Through Telehealth-Guided Provider-to-Provider Communications. The authors of the two reports, Elham Hatef, M.D., and Annette Totten, Ph.D., respectively, shared the main findings from the reports. Three discussants, Arshad Rahim, M.D., M.B.A., FACP, Janice Tufte, and Ann Zerr, M.D., provided initial reactions on evidence gaps and implications for the field around policy, equity, and health systems. Lucy Savitz, Ph.D., M.B.A., AcademyHealth Board Chair, then moderated a discussion with the broader audience.

EPC Program Grand Rounds - Telehealth (1 hour, 25 minutes)

• Meeting slide deck (PDF, 3.2 MB)
• Use of Telehealth during the COVID-19 Era (full report)
• Rural Health Through Telehealth-Guided Provider-to-Provider Communications (full report)