ECRI Institute Conference_How are Decision Makers Using Big and Small Data Now

描述(申请人提供)：随着技术的不断进步，我们收集生活几乎方方面面的数据的能力呈指数级增长。虽然积累大量数据变得更加容易，但如何使用这些数据的问题仍有待确定。人们希望通过分析和挖掘海量数据，帮助解决医疗保健和商业领域的重大问题。然而，关于大数据的讨论大多集中在它对未来的影响上，而不是关于大数据如何影响当今的决策者。随着关于大数据的讨论通常涉及到它的未来用途，许多根本问题都没有得到回答。今年会议的主题是“决策者现在如何使用大数据和小数据？”，会议的目标是通过了解决策者现在如何使用大数据来定义大数据是什么，以及它对医疗保健领域的各个利益相关者意味着什么。与会者将更好地了解当今公共和私人医疗系统、主要雇主、提供商、保险公司和消费者如何利用大数据。每一位大会发言人都将提出他或她的组织如何使用(或不使用)大数据的证据，并解释他们到目前为止的经验。关注大数据作为卫生信息技术的一部分，引起了卫生保健研究和质量机构的极大兴趣，这次会议将讨论对AHRQ具有战略重要性的关键领域。AHRQ的健康信息技术(Health IT)计划旨在将信息技术应用于医疗保健，并为合同和赠款提供资金，以了解医疗信息技术如何提高以患者为中心的医疗保健的质量和安全性。本次会议将讨论与AHRQ资助的项目相关的主题，包括大数据和医疗信息技术如何影响质量衡量标准，以及如何将电子病历用于有效的临床决策支持。我们已经为这次会议与公共和私人组织建立了合作关系，这些组织对我们的主题具有重要的利害关系，或者可以成为重要的资源。退伍军人健康管理局、宾夕法尼亚大学和Kaiser Permanente已同意在这次会议上发挥主导作用。另一位共同赞助商卫生事务部正在计划一个主题问题来协调这次会议。与过去几年一样，这次会议将有300至500名面对面的观众，更多的与会者将通过网络实时跟踪会议进程。这次会议的主题及其对审查证据的重视使其对当前的医疗环境以及AHRQ及其正在进行的倡议具有极大的价值和重要性。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): As technology continues to advance, our ability to collect data on nearly every aspect of our lives has improved exponentially. While amassing large amounts of data has become easier, the question of how that data can be used is still being determined. The hope is that the vast volume of data, often referred to as "big data," can be analyzed and mined to help solve major problems in healthcare and in business. Yet most of the discussions about big data focus on what it holds for the future, and not about how big data is influencing decision-makers today. With conversations about big data generally addressing its future uses, many fundamental questions are going unanswered. The goal of this year's conference, titled "How are Decision Makers Using Big and Small Data Now?", is to define what big data is and what it means to various stakeholders in healthcare by taking status of how decision-makers are using big data now. Conference attendees will gain a greater understanding of how big data is being utilized today by public and private health systems, major employers, providers, insurers, and consumers. Each conference speaker will present the evidence on how his or her organization is using (or not using) big data and will explain what their experiences have been thus far. The focus on big data as part of health IT is of great interest to the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality and this conference will be addressing key areas of strategic importance to AHRQ. AHRQ's health information technology (health IT) initiative was created to "put information technology to work" in health care and has funded contracts and grants to see how health IT can improve the quality and safety of patient-centered healthcare. This conference will address topics that relate to AHRQ-funded projects, including how big data and health IT are impacting quality measures and how EHRs can be used for effective clinical decision support. We have established collaborations for this conference with public and private organizations that have an important stake, or can be an important resource, for addressing our themes. Veterans Health Administration, the University of Pennsylvania, and Kaiser Permanente have agreed to play lead roles in this conference. Health Affairs, another co-sponsor, is planning a themed issue to coordinate with the conference. This conference, as like those in past years, will have an in-person audience that we estimate will be between 300 to 500 with additional participants following the proceedings over the Web in real-time. The conference's themes and its emphasis on examining the evidence make it one of great value and importance to the current healthcare climate and to AHRQ and its on-going initiatives.