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Provision of scientifically sound, high-quality care remains formidable challenge, both in terms of producing and applying new knowledge. Overall research production is growing but there are significant concerns regarding the adequacy of support for science, relevance of studies to practical applications and transformation of research discoveries into practical knowledge.
The purpose of this series of panel discussions is advancing the debate and policy concepts of scientific knowledge management, particularly Evidence-Based Practice, to support health care that is timely, patient-centered, safe, effective, and efficient and equitable.
Panel member include a regular group of experts from diverse areas of health sciences and an ad hoc group of local experts invited at each location of the forum discussion. After wide-ranging consultations with stakeholders, panel members are selected based on their expertise and perspective (e.g., clinicians, researchers, policy-makers, industry leaders, consumer representatives).
At varying geographic locations, four one-day meetings are planned in a consistent structure (afternoon arrival and dinner discussion; next morning open meeting with invited additional panelists and local publicity; lunch session for brief summary; and afternoon departure).
The National Forum on Healthcare Knowledge Management meetings are planned for the discussion of the following issues (date and locations are subject to change):
(i) Comparative Effectiveness: Innovation and Access
(Washington DC; March 2007)
(ii) Repurposing Knowledge for Healthcare Improvement
(Virginia Beach VA; May 2007);
(iii) Gaps in the Production of New Scientific Knowledge
(St. Louis, MO or Rochester, MN; September 2007);
(iv) Models for Health Knowledge Management:
Supporting Quality, Value and Innovation
(San Francisco, CA or Washington, DC; November 2007).
Members of the Healthcare Knowledge Management panels will make recommendations for strategies accelerating progress in public health and produce a white paper at the conclusion of the series. It is also anticipated that observations and progress notes will be presented in editorial contributions.
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