The Quality Measurement, Evaluation, Testing, Review and Implementation Consortiu

描述（由申请人提供）：提高美国所有儿童的护理质量是国家优先考虑的目标。虽然已经开始尝试解决这个问题，但在制定界定质量的手段和努力将现有的质量措施付诸实践方面，仍有许多工作要做。为了响应合作研究示范和传播项目的提案征集，我们提出了一个结构化但灵活的研究能力和计划，即质量测量、评估、测试、审查和实施联盟（Q-METRIC）。拟议的方案将根据医疗保健质量和研究局（AHRQ）的指示，对质量措施的发展、评估、改进和测试进行研究。这些研究将侧重于儿童保健的质量措施，包括预防保健服务、急性病保健、慢性保健和改善身心状况影响的保健服务，并帮助婴儿、幼儿、学龄儿童和青少年（包括有特殊保健需要的儿童）的成长和发展。拟议的研究团队拥有丰富的经验、专业知识、数据资源、临床资源、IT基础设施，并有能力有效和高效地整合这些资源，在合作协议的框架内发挥作用。来自家庭和公众团体的意见也包括在研究计划中。拟议的研究联盟（Q-METRIC）将通过在广泛的方法、分析和测量测试场景中创造协同作用的能力，为分配的质量度量带来显著的创新。一旦AHRQ指定了一项任务，就会举行一系列由联合体参与者和顾问参加的经过深思熟虑的连续会议，以便处理任何潜在的请求。最初，联盟委员会的会议将确定每个联盟成员的能力和资源，以完成指定的任务。随后将召开执行委员会会议，决定财团的哪些组成部分最适合这项任务的需要。然后，执行委员会将命名项目特定工作组，该工作组将完成分配的任务。各工作组将有责任实际执行人权咨询中心所指派的任务，并将由拥有可用资源的成员组成。每个具体项目工作组的组成对于AHRQ分配的每项任务都是独特的。具体项目工作组将由经验丰富的研究人员领导，他们具有适合所分配任务的方法专业知识。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of improving the quality of care provided to all children in the United States is a national priority. Although nascent attempts have been made to address this issue, much work remains to be done in both developing the means to define quality, and also in efforts to implement into practice those quality measures which do exist. In response to the call for proposals for the Cooperative Research Demonstration and Dissemination Projects, we present a structured yet flexible capacity and program of research, the Quality Measurement, Evaluation, Testing, Review and Implementation Consortium (Q-METRIC). The proposed program will conduct studies on the development, assessment, refinement and testing of quality measures as directed by the Agency for HealthCare Quality and Research (AHRQ). These studies will focus on quality measures for children's healthcare, including preventive health services, healthcare for acute conditions, chronic health care and health services to ameliorate the effects of physical and mental conditions and to aid in growth and development of infants, young children, school-age children, and adolescents, including those with special health care needs. The proposed research team has extensive experience, expertise, data resources, clinical resources, IT infrastructure and the ability to marshal those resources effectively and efficiently to function within the framework of a cooperative agreement. Input from families and public groups is also included in the research plan. The proposed research consortium (Q-METRIC) will bring remarkable innovation to the quality measures assigned through the capacity to create synergy across a wide range of methodologic, analytic and measurement testing scenarios. Once a task is assigned by the AHRQ, a series of deliberate and sequential meetings of consortium participants and consultants will take place that will allow for the conduct of any potential request. Initially, a meeting of the Consortium Committee will determine the capacity and resources of each consortium member for the assigned task. This will be followed by a meeting of the Executive Committee which will determine which consortium components best fit the needs of the task. The executive committee will then name the Project-Specific Working Group which will complete the assigned tasks. The working groups will have the responsibility to actually conduct the task assigned by AHRQ and will be comprised of members with the resources available to do so. The composition of each Project-Specific Working Group will be unique for each task assigned by AHRQ. The Project-Specific Working Groups will be led by experienced researchers with methodologic expertise appropriate to the task assigned. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The goal of improving the quality of care provided to all U.S. children is a national priority. The proposed program will conduct studies on the development, assessment, refinement and testing of quality measures as directed by the Agency for HealthCare Quality and Research (AHRQ).