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加州大学洛杉矶分校/兰德管理医疗质量研究中心的运营核心由四个单元组成。行政股维持机构关系；提供空间和资源；支持科学审查、预算监督以及内部审查委员会的提交和答复；通过研究助理、方案编制支助、与调查小组联络、传播调查结果和产品以及召开咨询委员会会议和主办研讨会，为研究提供直接支助。科学咨询委员会审查中心的进展和方向，社区和政策咨询委员会就中心发展的更广泛方向提供建议。数据管理单元(DMU)起主要作用 本中心研究活动的信息处理和分析单位。评估和理论应用股促进对与健康有关的成果、护理质量、地方系统和社区背景以及干预实施的能力或准备情况的高质量评估。此外，该单位还在关键社会科学理论、原则和结构的应用以及将这些理论与衡量战略相匹配方面为中心项目提供咨询。该股的一个长期目标是制定一种以理论为基础的方法，以评估各组织和社区支持质量改进措施和相关创新的职能的能力。干预和信息技术股支持研究人员和社区合作伙伴使用最先进的技术和工具设计和实施干预措施，以促进项目管理和沟通。它还提供了适应不同年龄、文化和临床群体以及不同类型环境的干预措施的专业知识。调查员发展股支持与加州大学洛杉矶分校和兰德分校初级调查员的培训和指导相联系。业务核心的具体目标是：1)为中心的研究提供科学的监督、审查和优先事项；2)为中心的活动提供行政和预算支持；3)提供数据管理和分析支持；4)提供中心研究所需的关键资源和技术；5)传播中心的方法和结果；6)促进初级调查人员的发展；7)促进与不同组织和研究小组的合作和咨询。

The Operations Core of the UCLA/RAND Center for Research on Quality in Managed Care consists of four Units. The Administrative Unit maintains institutional relationships; provides space and resources; supports scientific review, budgetary oversight, and IRB submissions and responses; and provides direct support for research through research assistants, programming support, liaison with survey groups, dissemination of findings and products, and convening advisory board meetings and hosting seminars. The Scientific Advisory Board reviews Center progress and direction, and the Community and Policy Advisory Board advises on broader directions for Center growth. The Data Management Unit (DMU) serves as the primary information processing and analysis unit for research activities of our Center. The Assessment and Theory Application Unit promotes high-quality assessment of health-related outcomes, quality of care, and local system and community context and capacity or readiness for intervention implementation. In addition, this unit provides consultation to Center projects in the application of key social science theories, principles, and constructs, and in matching those theories to measurement strategies. A long-range goal of this Unit is to develop a theory-based approach to assessing the capacity of organizations and communities to support the functions of quality improvement interventions and related innovations. The Intervention and InformationTechnology Unit supports researchers and community partners in designing and implementing interventions using state-of-the art technologies and tools to facilitate project management and communication. It also provides expertise in adapting interventions for different age, cultural, and clinical groups and different types of settings. The Investigator Development Unit supports linkages to training and mentoring for junior investigators across UCLA and RAND. The specific goals of the Operations Core are: 1)To provide scientific oversight, review, and priority-setting for Center research; 2)To provide administrative and budgetary support for Center activities; 3)To provide data management and analysis support; 4)To provide key resources and technologies necessary for Center research; 5)To disseminate Center approaches and findings; 6.To facilitate development of junior investigators; 7)To facilitate collaboration and consultation with diverse organizations and research groups.