INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON OBJECTIVE MEASUREMENT

在保健和其他领域改进测量的需要急剧增加；例如，对医疗的融资、提供、质量和结果进行全面改革的需求。同时，由于芝加哥大学的Benjamin D. Wright和客观测量研究所的同事们的努力，客观测量的实践在过去十年中得到了极大的改进和扩展，他们现在活跃在许多其他大学和研究机构。因此，现在是时候进行指数级扩展，以满足对更好的度量的需求，从而实现更好的管理。建议召开一次会议，以分享和建立客观测量研究所的知识和专业知识基础。会议主题为“客观卫生保健测量从理论到应用”。将提出论文，突出客观测量的关键辩论。提出了在提高测量精度的同时显著减轻应答者负担的测量技术。将介绍客观测量的优点，如确定更大的影响和监测整个护理连续体的医疗状况。论文将重点介绍从新生儿保健和门诊康复到全球卫生保健措施等领域的客观测量的持续应用。最后，卫生保健政策领域的领导者将探讨这些测量方面的进步将如何潜在地改变卫生保健服务、研究和政策。

The need for improved measurement in health care and other fields has increased dramatically; for example, with the demands for sweeping changes in the financing, delivery, quality, and outcomes of care. Concurrently, the practice of objective measurement has improved and expanded greatly in the past 10 years thanks to the efforts of Benjamin D. Wright of the University of Chicago and colleagues in the Institute for Objective Measurement who are now active in many other universities and research institutes. Therefore, the time has come for an exponential expansion to meet the demands for better measurement to enable better management. A conference is proposed in order to share and build on the base of knowledge and expertise of the Institute for Objective Measurement. The conference theme will be, "Objective Health Care Measurement From Theory to Application." Papers will be presented which highlight the critical debates in objective measurement. Measurement technology will be presented which significantly reduces respondent burden while increasing measurement precision. Advantages of objective measurement such as determining rater influences and the monitoring healthcare status across the continuum of care will be presented. Papers will highlight ongoing applications of objective measurement in areas from neonatal health care and outpatient rehabilitation to global measures of health care. Finally, leaders in the area of health care policy will explore how these advances in measurement will potentially change health care delivery, research, and policy.