To develop a program of research to address the issues of use, cost, quality,
delivery, organization, financing, and outcomes of care;
To enhance existing research projects at MUSC supported by NIH, private
foundations, and various federal, state, and local contracts;
To develop, validate, and integrate data bases and information systems which
will provide information on service utilization patterns and outcomes related
to various populations, models of delivery, financing reforms, and/or provider
practices;
To support pilot studies and developmental activities expected to lead to
fundable research programs and demonstration projects;
To establish a research agenda which will help improve clinical practice,
influence health care policy, and contribute to a multidisciplinary knowledge
base.
Education
To operate a faculty development program;
To provide opportunities for trainees to learn and participate in HSR;
To maintain programs for visiting faculty;
To participate in other training programs.
Organizational
To expand the research opportunities within MUSC's colleges and centers
in order to support evolution of a concerted, interdisciplinary research program;
To integrate existing health services research activities among MUSC's colleges
and center;
To forge collaborative relationships between health services researchers
both within MUSC and with colleagues in other institutions;
To create mechanisms that will encourage and facilitate the sharing of resources
among those colleges and individuals participating in the Center's initiatives;
To coordinate and promote the dissemination of results and decision support
information to other researchers, policy makers, administrators, and providers
of health care services;
To create an environment that is conducive to the development of mutually
beneficial interdisciplinary relationships, sustaining rigorous standards
of scholarship, and achieving excellence in all Center related activities.
Service
To develop and disseminate information to health personnel;
To develop and expand mechanisms for dissemination of appropriate HSR information
to the
general public;
To maintain staff capable of rapidly responding to requests for focused
data collection and analysis for the Medical Center;
To work with MUSC and UMA to develop health care delivery resources.
