Health Services Research
Specific Aims
Aim 1: Increase access to and utilization of existing health care data
resources that can be used to anchor multidisciplinary health services
research within Arkansas. The HSR component will assist investigators in
obtaining research-quality data that reflect the content and cost of care
delivered in community practice settings across the state.
Aim 2: Review and
monitor clinical practice patterns for opportunities to improve adoption of
efficacious clinical interventions. Data from Aim 1 will be
used to review clinical practice patterns and identify clinical domains
that exhibit large gaps and disparities in adherence to desired
interventions in order to inform studies aimed at improving adoption of
these interventions.
Aim 3: Stimulate interdisciplinary collaboration in the design and conduct of
health services research studies within Arkansas. This will
increase the number of UAMS investigators actively conducting HSR and the number
of funded HSR studies at UAMS and its partner institutions.
Aim 4: Increase collaborative health services research activities that
directly involve Arkansas health care delivery and financing organizations in
the conduct, translation, and application of research activities. At least 10 new studies
will be initiated involving partnerships with the Arkansas health care
organizations, including Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Arkansas Department of Human Services as the state’s Medicaid
agency, Arkansas Department of Health, Arkansas Community Practice Networkand
the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System.
Aim 5: Increase the application of recent methodological
advancements in health services research in studies conducted at UAMS and
partner institutions. This will enhance the ability of UAMS
investigators to apply research methods from the field of implementation
science, which develops and tests strategies designed to speed the translation
of evidence-based interventions to clinical practice. Similarly, the HSR
component will promote and support the use of recent methodologic advancements
in other areas, such as quality measurement, comparative effectiveness trials,
and assessments of cost-effectiveness and clinical practice efficiency.
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