HMO Network Research Conference 2003

请支持将于2003年4月1日至3日在科罗拉多州丹佛市凯悦摄政技术中心酒店举行的第九届HMO研究网络年会。HMO研究网络(HMORN)由位于大型HMO的主要公共领域研究中心组成，其中大多数是非营利性组织。本次会议的目标是： 1)为医疗保健组织的研究人员提供一个论坛，讨论在医疗保健组织进行的研究的方法和传播研究结果； 2)为医疗保健组织研究中心内的研究人员和工作人员创造机会，通过促进跨站点协作的方法，在多站点研究项目上进行协作；以及 3)提高参与保健组织研究网络的研究中心响应国家目标的能力，以提高医疗保健提供系统的效力、效率和整体质量，并为国家研究议程和资金优先事项作出贡献。 HMORN会议将包括为期两天的会议，主旨演讲者的正式发言，公开讨论的小组讨论，介绍论文和海报的“分组”会议，以及促进网络成员和资助机构之间合作和协商的非正式网络机会。因此，HMORN年度会议将提供：一个可以介绍和讨论参与中心的研究的论坛；研究人员和工作人员相互学习的机会；HMO研究网络主要合作研究项目的调查人员公开会议的机会；以及来自AHRQ、CDC和NIH的政府代表与参与中心的研究人员之间的交流和对话机会。因此，本次会议旨在推进卫生保健组织公共领域研究的质量和广度，并最大限度地提高这项研究与国家公共卫生议程的相关性。

Support is requested for the ninth annual HMO Research Network conference to be held on April 1-3, 2003 at the Hyatt Regency Tech Center Hotel, Denver, Colorado. The HMO Research Network (HMORN) is comprised of the major public domain research centers situated in large HMOs, most of which are non-profit organizations. The objectives of this conference are: 1) To provide a forum for the HMO researchers to discuss methods and to disseminate research findings from studies conducted in HMOs; 2) To create opportunities for researchers and staff working within HMO-based research centers to collaborate on multi-site research projects, with approaches that facilitate cross-site collaboration; and 3) To enhance the ability of the research centers participating in the HMO Research Network to respond to national goals to enhance the effectiveness, efficacy and overall quality of health care delivery systems, and to contribute to national research agendas and funding priorities. The HMORN conference will include two days of meetings, with formal presentations by keynote speakers, panels with open discussion, "break-out" sessions for presenting papers and posters, and opportunities for informal networking to facilitate collaboration and consultation among Network members and funding agencies. The HMORN annual conference will therefore provide: a forum where research from the participating centers can be presented and discussed; opportunities for investigators and staff members to learn from each other; opportunities for open meetings of the investigators of the major collaborative research programs of the HMO Research Network; and opportunities for communication and dialogue among governmental representatives from AHRQ, CDC, and the NIH and researchers from the participating centers. Thus, this meeting is intended to advance the quality and breadth of public domain research in HMOs and to maximize the relevance of this research to the nation's public health agenda.