IMPROVEMENT SCIENCE SUMMIT: RESEARCH METHODS TO TRANSFORM HEALTHCARE

描述（由申请人提供）：改进科学峰会：改革医疗保健的研究方法PI：Kathleen R。Stevens February 16，2012摘要本基金建议将改进科学峰会作为一个开放的会议，为期1天半，以推进改进研究的方法，主题和合作。2012年会议的主题是“IQ for QI：Discovery and Spread”，反映了会议的精神和目标。该峰会是一个平台，用于提高个人能力和集体能力，以进行具有里程碑意义的研究，改善医疗保健。在其第三个年头，尚未羽翼未丰的年度峰会准备达到新的高度。在前两次峰会上，只能描述改进科学研究网络（ISRN）的研发阶段。现在，随着ISRN的全面运作，峰会是一个进一步开展改进研究的核心业务的场所。会议满足了国家的需要。改革医疗保健，实现质量改进和患者安全举措是国家的优先事项。然而，在这一领域，没有足够的研究，不够严谨，很少有科学家从事研究，以证明哪些举措是有效的，哪些是适合在不同环境中传播，哪些是能够持续的。作为卫生专业教育中一种相对较新的能力，国家研究质量改进的研究能力福尔斯远远落后于发现“什么有效”的需要，而且很少有合作者和基础设施来推进这一领域。利用与国家资助的改善科学研究网络（史蒂文斯，2009年a）和临床转化研究奖计划创造的势头紧密结合，本次峰会将大大有助于国家卫生保健科学家和实践学者的能力，以严格评估改善策略。峰会计划将由改进科学研究网络指导理事会的国家领导人规划。会议的目标是推进思想，方法，基础设施和国家研究伙伴关系能力，以进行严格的改进研究。会议结束后，将出版材料，通过一些地点广泛传播。材料分发将包括关键演讲、会议记录和手稿的流媒体视频记录。 公共卫生相关性：公共卫生相关性声明医疗保健中的质量改进和患者安全是联邦政府、认证机构、监管机构和患者倡导团体的高度优先事项;但在开发有关如何在系统环境中提高有效性和安全性的基础科学方面取得的进展不足。该项目的目标是提供一个会议场所，全国的医疗保健提供者和科学家可以参与开发和进行严格的改进研究，并扩大这样做的能力，目标是加速跨专业研究，向我们展示如何在急性护理环境中进行安全有效的护理。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): IMPROVEMENT SCIENCE SUMMIT: RESEARCH METHODS TO TRANSFORM HEALTHCARE PI: Kathleen R. Stevens February 16, 2012 ABSTRACT This grant proposes the Improvement Science Summit as an open-to-all, 1 1/2 day conference to advance methodology, topics, and collaboration in improvement research. The 2012 conference theme, "IQ for QI: Discovery and Spread," reflects the spirit and goal of the conference. The Summit is a platform for growing individual capability and collective capacity for conducting landmark studies in healthcare improvement. In its 3rd year, the yet fledgling annual Summit is poised to reach new heights. In the two previous Summits, only the description of the R&D phase of the Improvement Science Research Network (ISRN) could be described. Now, with the ISRN fully operational, the Summit is a venue in which to further the core business of conducting improvement research studies. The Summit meets a national need. Transforming health care and achieving quality improvement and patient safety initiatives are national priorities. Yet in this field, there is insufficient research, insufficient rigor, and few scientiss engaged in studies to demonstrate which initiatives are effective, which are amenable to spread across settings, and which are capable of sustainment. As a relatively new competency in health professional education, the nation's research capacity to study quality improvement falls well behind the need to discover 'what works' and there are few collaboratives and little infrastructure to advance the field. Leveraging a close alignment with the momentum created by the nationally-funded Improvement Science Research Network (Stevens, 2009a) and the Clinical Translational Research Award program, this Summit will contribute significantly to national capacity of health care scientists and practice scholars to rigorously evaluate improvement strategies. The Summit program will be planned by the national leaders of the Improvement Science Research Network Steering Council. The conference goal is to move forward the thinking, methods, infrastructure, and national research partnership capacity to conduct rigorous improvement research. Following the conference, materials will be published for wider dissemination through a number of venues. Materials distribution will include streaming video recordings of key presentations, conference proceedings, and manuscripts. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Public Health Relevance Statement Quality improvement and patient safety in healthcare are high priorities held by the federal government, accrediting bodies, regulatory agencies, and patient-advocacy groups; yet insufficient progress has been made in developing the underlying science about how to improve effectiveness and safety in a systems context. The goal of this project is to provide a conference venue in which the nation's healthcare providers and scientists can engage in developing and conducting rigorous improvement research studies, and expand capacity to do so, with a target of accelerating interprofessional studies that show us how to make care safe and effective in acute care settings.