A CONFERENCE GRANT TO IMPLEMENT COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH INTO POLICY

 描述(由申请人提供)：尽管有额外的资源可用于进行比较有效性研究(CER)研究和在CER中培训个人，但我们对这些研究在临床实践和卫生政策中传播和实施的情况或条件知之甚少。我们建议召开一次年度会议，将社区成员、从业者、临床医生、研究人员、受训人员和政策领导人聚集在一起，讨论如何将CER结果落实到临床和卫生政策中。我们将邀请与会者介绍在临床和卫生政策倡议中传播和实施CER结果方面的成功和失败的真实例子。我们的具体目标是：1.将利益相关者(社区成员、政策制定者、临床医生和研究人员)网络联系起来，讨论CER研究并将CER结果落实到政策和实践中；2.在圣路易斯的华盛顿大学举办一系列关于使用CER结果推进临床和公共卫生政策的演讲和研讨会；以及3.向有兴趣了解如何制定研究或培训计划以将CER结果落实到常规临床实践和卫生政策中的其他利益相关者传播演讲和研讨会结果。具体会议成果包括：提高了对将CER结果落实到临床实践和卫生政策中的频率和条件的证据的理解；对使用CER解决不同人群的健康需求的方法和挑战进行了批判性评估；总结了利用电子资源和卫生信息技术进行CER的经验证据和最佳做法；以及关于创建CER社区的一套具体建议，使社区成员、政策制定者、研究人员和其他利益攸关方参与对话、讨论、研究并将CER结果落实为实践和政策。会议产品将通过现有的CER网站和华盛顿大学的广泛名单服务器、通过CER网络和专业协会以及主要卫生和公共卫生政策和实践领导人的现有网络进行传播。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Despite the additional resources available for conducting comparative effectiveness research (CER) studies and training individuals in CER, we know very little about how well or under what conditions these studies are disseminated and implemented in clinical practice and health policy. We propose an annual conference that will bring together community members, practitioners, clinicians, researchers, trainees, and policy leaders to discuss ways to implement CER findings into clinical and health policy. We will invite conference participants to present real-world examples of successes and failures in the dissemination and implementation of CER findings into clinical and health policy initiatives. Our specific aims are: 1. To connect a network of stakeholders (community members, policy makers, and clinicians, researchers) to discuss CER research and implementation of CER findings into policy and practice; 2. To conduct a series of presentations and workshops at Washington University in St. Louis on using CER findings to advance clinical and public health policy; and 3. To disseminate the presentations and workshop results to other stakeholders interested in learning about ways to develop research or training programs to implement CER findings into routine clinical practice and health policy. Specific conference outcomes include: improved understanding of evidence about how often and under what conditions CER findings are implemented into clinical practice and health policy; a critical assessment of the methodologies and challenges in using CER to address the health needs of diverse populations; a summary of empirical evidence and best practices for leveraging electronic resources and health information technology to conduct CER; and a set of specific recommendations for creating a CER community that engages community members, policy makers, researchers and other stakeholders in conversations, discussion, research and implementation of CER findings into practice and policy. Conference products will be disseminated through the existing CER website and extensive listserv at Washington University, through CER networks and professional societies, and to existing networks of key health and public health policy and practice leaders.