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，以支持一个已经在长期护理环境中为临床研究做出贡献的候选人。应聘者是一名注册护士，在不同的项目、环境和学科中有近20年的工作经验；这为他作为卫生服务研究领域的独立调查员的成功职业生涯奠定了基础。职业发展计划提供了一系列精心挑选的培训和指导经验，包括研究生水平的人为因素研究课程，导致跨学科R01提案的指导研究，同行评议的出版物，以及专业网络，这将使他的研究成就跃升至下一个水平。候选人提出的研究计划，评估IT成熟度和疗养院质量之间的关系有两个具体目标：1)比较疗养院的压疮质量衡量标准比较IT成熟度高的疗养院和IT成熟度低的疗养院的数据；以及2)探索在信息技术成熟度高的疗养院和信息技术成熟度低的疗养院中使用的压疮预防策略。

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.