Establishing Western Center for Health Services Research

描述(由申请人提供)：国家卫生数据组织协会(NAHDO)与五个符合金砖四国资格的国家合作，提议在NAHDO建立西部卫生服务研究中心。NAHDO的这个中心将扩大山间研究基础设施和能力建设联盟(IC-BRIC)的合作，并在金砖四国第一阶段奠定的基础上，为金砖四国建立中央卫生服务研究资源。NAHDO的中心将是独一无二的，因为其工作的主要受众将是州卫生数据机构，重点将是卫生保健系统监测和卫生保健指标的制定。第二阶段项目将加强金砖四国的合作，并通过三大支柱活动继续财团活动：1)维持金砖四国的伙伴关系，实施国家和地区研究项目；2)在NAHDO创建西部卫生服务研究中心，其组织结构和分析基础设施支持初步研究和提案撰写；3)通过联合项目开发建设研究能力。除了联盟和中心的活动外，还提出了三个试点项目：1)犹他州范围内的药房索赔数据倡议：门诊用药安全和处方药的有效使用；2)西部各州的医院质量指标；以及3)创建农村卫生服务研究框架。这些试点项目的目标将是：1)开发区域研究的数据资源和分析工具；2)撰写研究论文和开发初步研究，以纳入未来的研究提案；3)在NAHDO和金砖四国的西部卫生服务研究中心建设能力。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO), in collaboration with five BRIC-eligible states, proposes to establish a Western Center for Health Services Research at NAHDO. This Center at NAHDO would extend the Intermountain Consortium for Building Research Infrastructure and Capacity (IC-BRIC) collaboration and build on the groundwork laid during Phase I of the BRIC to establish a central health services research resource for the IC-BRIC states. The Center at NAHDO would be unique in that the primary audience for its work will be state health data agencies, and the focus would be on health care systems surveillance and health care indicators development. The Phase II project will enhance the IC-BRIC collaboration and continue consortium activities through three pillars of activities: 1) sustaining the IC-BRIC partnership and implementing state and regional research projects; 2) creating the Western Center for Health Services Research at NAHDO with organizational structure and an analytic infrastructure to support preliminary studies and proposal writing; and 3) building research capacity through joint project development. In addition to consortium and Center activities, three pilot projects are proposed: 1) Utah Statewide Pharmacy Claims Data Initiative: Outpatient Medication Safety and Effective Use of Prescription Drugs; 2) Hospital Quality Indicators in Western States; and 3) Creating a Rural Framework for Health Services Research. The goals of these pilot projects will be to: 1) develop data resources and analytic tools for regional research; 2) write research papers and develop preliminary studies to incorporate into future research proposals; and 3) build capacity at the Western Center for Health Services Research at NAHDO and IC-BRIC states.