Conference--Patient Safety Issues in Long Term Care

协会基金会的研究发展会议“长期护理中的病人安全问题”将进一步发展协会基金会长期护理研究网络的研究议程，该网络是2001年发起的一个长期护理专业人员的全国性实践研究网络。会议将确定新的研究重点和研究，围绕长期护理中的患者安全问题，重点是使用性能指标（例如，质量指标，调查缺陷住院）和数据集（MDS，OSCAR，FIB）比较研究结果与国家规范。会议还将研究研究网络如何与大型数据集的用户合作，以解释在这些大型数据集中观察到的实践模式和结果的变化，例如使用饲管的地理差异。2001年开始的研究结果及其对提高长期护理质量和患者安全的影响也将被讨论。我们还将讨论网络目前使用的现有研究方法和数据收集工具的优点和局限性，并确定网络实施可行的新方法和工具。我们将提供关于研究中心研究者在教育RIB及其设施有关长期护理研究问题（包括人类受试者保护和隐私）方面的作用的培训。会议教师将包括长期护理研究方面的领先国家专家，以及AHRQ和CMS的患者安全和疗养院质量倡议专家。

The AMDA Foundation's research development conference, "Patient Safety Issues in Long Term Care" will further the development of the research agenda for the AMDA Foundation Long Term Care Research Network, a national practice-based research network of long term care professionals launched in 2001. The conference will identify new research priorities and studies surrounding the issue of patient safety in long term care with an emphasis on using performance measures (e.g., quality indicators, survey deficiencies hospitalizations) and data sets (MDS, OSCAR, FIB) to compare research results against national norms. The conference will also examine how the Research Network can collaborate with users of large data sets to explain variations in practice patterns and outcomes that are observed in these large data sets, such as geographic variations in the use of feeding tubes. Findings of research studies initiated in 2001 and their implications for improving quality and patient safety in long term care will also be discussed. We will also discuss benefits and limitations of existing research methodologies and data collection instruments currently being used in the Network and identify new ones that are feasible for the Network to implement. We will provide training about the role of the site investigator in educating RIBs and their facilities about research issues in long term care, including human subject protection and privacy. Conference faculty will include leading national experts in long term care research, as well as experts on patient safety and nursing home quality initiatives from AHRQ and CMS.