Tracking Hospital Readmissions for Assessing Quality of Care: Methodological and

描述（由申请人提供）：全国健康数据组织协会（NAHDO）、犹他州公共卫生信息学卓越研究中心和达拉斯沃斯堡医院委员会提议召开一次关于“追踪医院再入院的方法和政策问题以及指导方针”的联合会议。在全国范围内，人们越来越关注的是，尽管是跟踪护理质量的重要工具，但在跟踪医院再入院方法的重要方面缺乏共识，包括根据再入院情况进行质量报告的标准措施。要有效解决这一问题，在全国范围内形成多方协同效应，当务之急是把关心这一问题、有知识和最佳实践、有完善方法需求的人聚集在一起，召开一次会议。拟议的会议将促进研究人员、医院人员、公共卫生官员和其他最终用户之间的互动，他们将有机会提出他们最常见的问题和关切，并得到解释和适当的答案。

DESCRIPTION (PROVIDED BY APPLICANT): National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO), Utah Research Center for Excellence in Public Health Informatics, and the Dallas Fort Worth Hospital Council propose a joint conference on 'methodological and policy issues and guidelines in tracking hospital readmissions'. Nationally, there is a growing concern that despite being an important tool in tracking quality of care, there is lack of consensus on important aspects of the methodology for tracking hospital readmissions, including standard measures for quality reporting based on readmissions. To address this issue effectively and to achieve multi-stakeholder synergy form across the nation, it is imperative that those who care about the issue, have knowledge and best practices to share, and have a need for a refined methodology, be brought together in a conference. The proposed conference would function as a facilitator for interaction between researchers, hospital personnel, public health officials, and other end-users, who will have the opportunity to voice their most frequent questions and concerns, and receive explanations and appropriate answers.