Assessing the Relationship Between IT Sophistication and Nursing Home Quality

描述（由申请人提供）：K08申请概述了一个五年计划，以支持已经在长期护理环境中为临床研究做出贡献的候选人。候选人是一名注册护士，在不同的项目、环境和学科中有近20年的工作经验；这使他成为健康服务研究领域的独立调查员。职业发展计划提供了一系列精心挑选的培训和指导经验，包括人因研究的研究生水平课程，引导跨学科R01提案的指导研究，同行评审的出版物和专业网络，这些将使他的研究成就达到下一个水平。候选人提出的研究计划“评估IT先进程度与养老院质量之间的关系”有两个具体目的：1)比较养老院的压疮质量措施比较高IT先进程度的养老院与低IT先进程度的养老院的数据；2)探索在高IT先进程度的养老院与低IT先进程度的养老院中交流压疮预防措施的策略。

DESCRIPTION (provided by the applicant): The K08 application outlines a five-year plan to support a candidate who is already contributing to clinical research in long term care settings. The candidate is a registered nurse with nearly 20 years of work in diverse projects, settings, and disciplines; which positions him for a successful career as an independent investigator in health services research. The career development plan provides a sequence of carefully selected training and mentoring experiences, including graduate level coursework in human factors research, mentored research leading to an interdisciplinary R01 proposal, peer reviewed publications, and professional networking, that will catapult him to the next level of research achievement. The candidates proposed research program, Assessing the Relationship Between IT Sophistication and Nursing Home Quality has two specific aims: 1) Compare pressure ulcer quality measures in Nursing Home Compare data in nursing homes with high IT sophistication versus nursing homes with low IT sophistication; and 2) Explore strategies to communicate pressure ulcer preventions used in nursing homes with high IT sophistication versus nursing homes with low IT sophistication.