HMO Research Network 13th Annual Conference

描述（由申请人提供）：本提案请求国家癌症研究所（NCI）支持将于2007年3月19日至21日在俄勒冈州波特兰市和2008年4月23日至25日在明尼苏达州明尼阿波利斯市举行的HMO研究网络（HMORN）第13届和第14届年度会议。HMORN成立于1994年，是一个由15个国家认可的研究中心组成的联盟，以综合医疗保健服务系统为基础，专注于开展非专有的临床、流行病学和卫生服务研究。综合输送系统为卫生保健研究提供了人口基础、电子医疗和金融数据库以及纵向观察能力的最佳组合。该网络的使命是利用其集体能力，将研究和实践结合起来，以改善不同人群的健康和保健。2007年会议的主题是“建立国家研究模式：基于卫生组织的研究的未来”。2008年会议的暂定主题是“合作研究：发展有效的过程和伙伴关系”。HMORN年会的目的是：1)为HMORN研究人员、资助机构代表和我们的学术合作伙伴提供一个论坛，讨论方法和传播研究结果，这些研究使用不同的患者群体和参与组织的综合交付系统，特别关注与HMORN癌症研究网络（CRN）相关的研究；2)为参与者创造合作研究项目的机会；3)提高HMORN研究中心响应国家目标的能力，以提高卫生保健服务系统的有效性、功效、效率和整体质量，并为国家研究议程和资助重点做出贡献；4)提升和分享中心研究基础设施的核心竞争力；5)培养年轻研究人员和新加入HMORN的研究人员的研究技能。HMORN年会与NCI支持癌症研究、研究培训和支持癌症研究网络的使命密切相关。1999年，HMORN获得了NCI颁发的首个多机构项目奖。这一倡议，即癌症研究网络（CRN），现在包括13个HMORN成员，旨在研究和提高HMORN社区卫生保健系统中癌症控制干预措施的有效性。HMORN的工作所推动的许多研究倡议与NCI的使命是协同的。这些努力包括进行研究，以改善癌症和慢性病的健康结果，了解和减少在获得保健和治疗方面的种族和族裔差异，改变吸烟和饮食等健康行为，减少医疗保健中的错误，并促进将新知识转化为提供保健。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal requests National Cancer Institute (NCI) support for the 13th and 14th annual conferences of the HMO Research Network (HMORN) to be held March 19-21, 2007 in Portland, Oregon, and April 23-25, 2008 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Founded in 1994, the HMORN is a consortium of 15 nationally recognized research centers based in integrated health care delivery systems that focus on conducting non-proprietary clinical, epidemiologic, and health services research. Integrated delivery systems provide the optimal mix of population base, electronic medical and financial databases, and longitudinal observation capabilities for health care research. The mission of the Network is to use its collective capabilities to integrate research and practice for the improvement of health and health care among diverse populations. The theme of the 2007 conference is 'Building a National Research Model: the Future of HMO-Based Research'. The tentative theme for the 2008 conference is 'Collaborative Research: Developing Efficient Processes and Partnerships'. The aims of the HMORN annual conference are to: 1) Provide a forum for HMORN researchers, representatives of funding agencies, and our academic partners to discuss methods and disseminate research findings from studies using the diverse patient populations and integrated delivery systems of the participating organizations, with a special focus on studies affiliated with the HMORN's Cancer Research Network (CRN); 2) Create opportunities for participants to develop collaborative research projects; 3) Enhance the ability of the HMORN research centers to respond to national goals to raise the effectiveness, efficacy, efficiency, and overall quality of health care delivery systems, and to contribute to national research agendas and funding priorities; 4) Enhance and share core competencies of our centers' research infrastructure; and, 5) Develop the research skills of young investigators and those new to the HMORN. The HMORN annual conference is closely aligned with NCI's mission to support cancer research, research training, and to support cancer research networks. The HMORN received its first multi-institutional program award from the NCI in 1999. This initiative, the Cancer Research Network (CRN), now includes 13 of the HMORN members and was developed to study and improve the effectiveness of cancer control interventions in the HMORN's community-based health care systems. Many of the research initiatives that have been advanced by the work of the HMORN are synergistic with the mission of the NCI. These efforts include research to improve health outcomes for cancer and chronic diseases, understand and reduce racial and ethnic disparities in access to health care and treatment, change health behaviors such as smoking and diet, reduce errors in medical care, and facilitate the translation of new knowledge into the delivery of health care.