Planning Grant: I/UCRC for Center for Health Organization Transformation

该中心位于亚拉巴马-伯明翰大学（UAB），旨在为I/UCRC进行卫生组织转型（CHOT），旨在重点评估医疗保健服务创新，如信息技术、护理协调和设施设计策略，最终目标是产生知识，从而实现以患者为中心的高效、高质量和公平的护理。我们的研究活动与UAB CHOT网站的拟议重点保持一致，可以分为七个领域：1）信息技术，2）护理协调，3）设施设计，4）效率，5）护理质量，6）以患者为中心，7）公平。该新工厂计划扩大CHOT的现有产能，扩大CHOT在东南部的地理覆盖范围，并扩大CHOT所涉及的行业合作伙伴的类型。随着2011年美国医疗保健成本达到GDP的近18%，预计到2020年这一比例将增加到20%，确定“弯曲成本曲线”的方法的需求从未如此紧迫。重要的是要在学术机构和行业合作伙伴之间建立有意义的多学科合作伙伴关系，为美国医疗保健系统的各种问题提供创新的解决方案。它们还可以促进与各种卫生保健提供干预措施的制定和评估有关的基于实践的研究。UAB与CHOT I/UCRC的联系将通过加入经验丰富的学习合作，并利用UAB和潜在行业合作伙伴的资源，促进和加速我们地区的此类研究。UAB在CHOT的参与将提高我们的研究生在课堂上和现场的经验，并将为教师提供以实践为基础的，多学科的研究机会。

This planned center site at the University of Alabama - Birmingham (UAB) for the I/UCRC for Health Organization Transformation (CHOT) intends to focus on the evaluation of health care delivery innovations, such as information technology, care coordination, and facility design strategies with the ultimate goal of generating knowledge that may result in efficient, high-quality care that is patient-centered and equitable. Our research activities align well with the proposed focus of the UAB CHOT site, and can be organized into seven domains: 1) information technology, 2) care coordination, 3) facility design, 4) efficiency, 5) quality of care, 6) patient-centeredness, and 7) equity. The new site plans to expand on CHOT's existing capacity, extend the geographic reach of the CHOT in the Southeast, and broaden the types of industry partners involved in CHOT.With health care costs in the U.S. reaching nearly 18% of GDP in 2011, and projections of this rate increasing to 20% by 2020, the need to identify ways to "bend the cost curve" has never been more critical. It is important to develop meaningful and multi-disciplinary partnerships between academic institutions and industry partner to yield innovative solutions to various issues in the U.S. health care system. They can also facilitate practice-based research related to the development and assessment of various health care delivery interventions. UAB's affiliation with the CHOT I/UCRC will facilitate and accelerate such research in our region by joining an experienced learning collaborative, and by leveraging the resources of UAB and potential industry partners. UAB's participation in the CHOT will enhance our graduate student experience in the classroom and in the field, and will provide faculty with opportunities for practice-based, multi-disciplinary research.