Consumers United for Evidence-based Healthcare: Building Capacity andEngagement

描述（由申请人提供）：我们的目标是在2013年、2014年和2015年举办一系列面对面和在线会议，涉及比较有效性、卫生信息技术（health IT）、患者安全、预防和护理管理、价值、医疗保健创新和其他新兴领域。美国科克伦中心（USCC）和美国循证保健消费者联合会（CUE）将主办拟议的活动，目的是在保健消费者倡导团体内部建立能力；为他们的科学家伙伴提供更多了解他们的机会；并在利益相关者之间建立关系的机会。我们将通过提供以下服务来实现我们的总体目标：在华盛顿召开的三次CUE会员会议（2013、2014、2015）；2. 指导委员会三次面对面会议和每月电话会议；3. 每年在Cochrane学术会议上举行的三个教育研讨会。我们努力的目标是：1。在现有势头的基础上，培养一批经过培训、能够使用和传播EBHC基本要素的美国消费者倡导者；2. 增加越来越多的CUE成员组织、Cochrane协作贡献者、AHRQ社区论坛、以患者为中心的结果研究所（PCORI）、指南国际网络（G-I-N）和其他积极参与消费者倡导-科学家伙伴关系的团体之间的合作和伙伴关系；3. 提供与EBHC相关的最新主题领域的在线和面对面教育和培训（比较有效性，健康信息技术，患者安全，预防和护理管理，价值，医疗保健创新和其他新兴领域）；4. 为将证据纳入宣传活动的交流和方法协商提供论坛；5. 通过合作努力产生和使用临床证据并将证据转化为实践，为提高医疗保健质量作出贡献；6. 提高美国消费者对EBHC原则的认识、参与和贡献。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Our objective is to host a series of in-person and online meetings in 2013, 2014, and 2015, related to comparative effectiveness, health information technology (health IT), patient safety, prevention and care management, value, and healthcare innovations and other emerging areas. The United States Cochrane Center (USCC) and CUE, Consumers United for Evidence-based Healthcare, will host the proposed events, with an aim to build capacity within health consumer advocacy groups; to present opportunities for their scientist partners to learn more about them; and to establish relationship-building opportunities among stakeholders. We will accomplish our overall objective by offering the following: 1. Three CUE Membership meetings in Washington, DC (2013, 2014, 2015); 2. Three in-person Steering Committee meetings as well as monthly teleconferences; 3. Three educational workshops, held at the annual Cochrane Colloquium. The aims of our efforts are to: 1. Build on the established momentum to grow a critical mass of US-based consumer advocates trained to use and communicate the essential elements of EBHC; 2. Increase collaboration and partnership between the growing number of CUE member organizations, Cochrane Collaboration contributors, the AHRQ Community Forum, the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), Guidelines International Network (G-I-N), and other groups active in consumer advocacy-scientist partnerships; 3. Provide online and in-person education and training on up-to-date topic areas related to EBHC (comparative effectiveness, health information technology, patient safety, prevention & care management, value, & healthcare innovations and other emerging areas); 4. Provide a forum for communication and methodological consultation on incorporating evidence into advocacy activities; 5. Contribute to improving the quality of healthcare through cooperative efforts to produce & use clinical evidence and translate evidence into practice; 6. Increase awareness of, involvement in & contribution to the principles of EBHC, in US consumers.