Pediatric Quality Improvement Methods, Research and Evaluation Conference

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请是针对为期一天的儿科质量改进方法、研究和评估会议的PA-09-231提交的提案。会议将集中讨论研究设计和方法。具体地说，这次会议将集中讨论在质量改进和保健服务研究领域具有重要意义的方法和技术问题。演讲者和与会者将重点讨论开发和设计用于医疗保健质量改进研究的最先进方法和研究方法的障碍和促进因素(例如，集群或组随机对照试验；准实验方法，如中断时间序列、前后研究；了解背景和实施过程的方法以及了解不同干预措施和环境的结果差异等)本方案旨在通过为机构利益攸关方和其他人提供一种机制来补充和促进AHRQ的核心研究和实施活动(1)制定卫生服务研究议程并确定研究议程的战略和机制；(2)围绕卫生服务研究方法和技术问题进行讨论并达成共识；(3)传播和实施卫生服务研究信息和评估卫生服务提供的工具；(4)提高卫生服务的质量和有效性。为了确保广泛的参与，我们将在2011年儿科学术协会会议（2011年4月29日）的前一天安排会议。会议将由学术儿科协会（APA）主办，该协会是学术普通儿科的专业之家。与会者将包括来自美国家庭实践学会（AAFP）、美国儿科学会（AAP）、国家儿童健康质量倡议（NICHQ）的主要领导人。会议的成果包括与儿科质量改进的方法学问题有关的参考论文，这些论文将通过儿科学术协会网站和适当的出版物传播。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is a proposal is in response to PA-09-231 for a one-day conference on Pediatric Quality Improvement Methods, Research and Evaluation. The meeting will focus on research design and methodology. Specifically, this conference will focus on methodological and technical issues of major importance in the field of quality improvement and health services research. Speakers and participants will focus on barriers and facilitators to the development and design of state-of-the-art methodologies and research methods for healthcare quality improvement research (e.g., cluster or group randomized controlled trials; quasi-experimental approaches such as interrupted time series, pre-post studies; approaches to understanding context and implementation processes and understanding variations in results across interventions and settings, etc.) This program is intended to complement and promote AHRQ's core research and implementation activities by providing a mechanism for Agency stakeholders and others to (1) develop health services research agendas and identify strategies and mechanisms for studying them, (2) discuss and develop consensus around health services research methodological and technical issues, (3) disseminate and implement health services research information and tools for evaluating health care delivery, and (4) improve quality and effectiveness of health care. To ensure broad attendance, we will schedule the meeting one day before the 2011 Pediatric Academic Societies meeting (April 29, 2011). The conference will be sponsored by the Academic Pediatric Association (APA), the professional home for academic general pediatrics. Participants will include key leaders from the American Academy of Family Practice (AAFP), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the National Initiative for Child Health Quality (NICHQ).Products of the meeting with include referred papers related to methodologic issues in pediatric quality improvement, which will be disseminated through the Academic Pediatric Association website and appropriate publications. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Despite the recognized need for quality improvement in pediatric care, there are gaps in current methodologies for understanding if current innovations are truly effective in improving care. The purpose of this meeting is to disseminate and advance state-of-the-art research methods for healthcare quality improvement research (e.g., cluster or group randomized controlled trials; quasi-experimental approaches such as interrupted time series, pre-post studies; approaches to understanding context and implementation processes and understanding variations in results across interventions and settings, etc.). The meeting would further develop the science and common language of pediatric quality improvement research.