Newton Katherine M, Larson Eric B
Research and External Affairs, Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, Washington USA.
Clin Med Res. 2012 Aug;10(3):140-2. doi: 10.3121/cmr.2012.1099.
The Health Maintenance Organization Research Network (HMORN), a consortium of 19 health care delivery systems with integrated research centers, held their 18th annual conference in Seattle, Washington from April 29 to May 2, 2012. Group Health Research Institute hosted the conference, "Learning health care systems: Leading through research". The 2012 theme was chosen to reflect the critical role of collaboration among researchers, clinicians and health systems to improve health care nationally. Over 500 researchers and health care professionals participated in this conference. Representatives from the NCI, NHLBI, NIMH, and PCORI met with researchers to advance the quality and breadth of public domain research in HMOs. In this article we summarize information about the HMORN and its 18th annual conference.
健康维护组织研究网络（HMORN）是一个由19个拥有综合研究中心的医疗保健提供系统组成的联盟，于2012年4月29日至5月2日在华盛顿州西雅图市举行了第18届年会。健康集团研究所主办了此次会议，主题为“学习型医疗保健系统：通过研究引领”。选择2012年的主题是为了体现研究人员、临床医生和医疗系统之间合作在全国范围内改善医疗保健方面的关键作用。500多名研究人员和医疗保健专业人员参加了此次会议。美国国立癌症研究所（NCI）、美国国立心肺血液研究所（NHLBI）、美国国立精神卫生研究所（NIMH）和患者为中心的结果研究所（PCORI）的代表与研究人员会面，以提高健康维护组织（HMO）公共领域研究的质量和广度。在本文中，我们总结了有关HMORN及其第18届年会的信息。
