Conference--Patient Safety Issues in Long Term Care

AMDA基金会的研究发展会议“长期护理中的患者安全问题”将进一步推动AMDA基金会长期护理研究网络的研究议程的发展，这是一个由长期护理专业人员组成的以实践为基础的全国性研究网络。会议将确定围绕长期护理中患者安全问题的新的研究重点和研究，重点是使用绩效衡量标准(例如，质量指标、调查缺陷住院人数)和数据集(MDS、OSCAR、FIB)来将研究结果与国家标准进行比较。会议还将审查研究网络如何与大型数据集的用户合作，解释在这些大型数据集中观察到的实践模式和结果的差异，例如喂养管使用的地理差异。2001年开始的研究结果及其对改善长期护理质量和病人安全的影响也将被讨论。我们还将讨论该网络目前使用的现有研究方法和数据收集工具的益处和局限性，并确定可供该网络实施的新方法。我们将提供关于现场调查员在教育肋骨及其设施方面的作用的培训，这些培训涉及长期护理中的研究问题，包括人类受试者保护和隐私。会议的教职员工将包括长期护理研究领域的领先国家专家，以及来自AHRQ和CMS的患者安全和养老院质量倡议专家。

The AMDA Foundation's research development conference, "Patient Safety Issues in Long Term Care" will further the development of the research agenda for the AMDA Foundation Long Term Care Research Network, a national practice-based research network of long term care professionals launched in 2001. The conference will identify new research priorities and studies surrounding the issue of patient safety in long term care with an emphasis on using performance measures (e.g., quality indicators, survey deficiencies hospitalizations) and data sets (MDS, OSCAR, FIB) to compare research results against national norms. The conference will also examine how the Research Network can collaborate with users of large data sets to explain variations in practice patterns and outcomes that are observed in these large data sets, such as geographic variations in the use of feeding tubes. Findings of research studies initiated in 2001 and their implications for improving quality and patient safety in long term care will also be discussed. We will also discuss benefits and limitations of existing research methodologies and data collection instruments currently being used in the Network and identify new ones that are feasible for the Network to implement. We will provide training about the role of the site investigator in educating RIBs and their facilities about research issues in long term care, including human subject protection and privacy. Conference faculty will include leading national experts in long term care research, as well as experts on patient safety and nursing home quality initiatives from AHRQ and CMS.