Study Section Research Foci

Descriptions of the peer review study section research foci.

Healthcare Systems & Value Research (HSVR)	Healthcare Information Technology Research (HITR)	Healthcare Effectiveness and Outcomes Research (HEOR)	Healthcare Safety and Quality Improvement Research (HSQR)	Healthcare Research Training (HCRT)
Development of Measures/Data/ Tools/Strategies for Reducing Healthcare Costs/Improving Quality of Care within Organization and/or Systems of Cares	Identify Challenges to Health Information Technology (HIT) Adoption and Use	Organization and Functioning of the Healthcare Delivery and Access to improve Healthcare Effectiveness	Identify Risks/Hazards that Lead to Medical Errors and Find Ways to Prevent Medical Errors – Improve Patient Safety	Health Services Research Training & Career Development
Implementation & Innovation Research	Implementation & Innovation Research	Patient-Center/Consumer-Focused Healthcare Effectiveness	Research on Scopes/Impacts of Medical Errors on Costs/Qualities & Efficiencies/Effectiveness of Cares	Institutional Training & Career Development
Access and Utilization	Technology/Health Information Technology (Health IT) Assessment	Qualitative & Quantitative Methods	Examine/Improve Medical Liability Advances in Patient Safety through Simulation Research Healthcare-associated Infection	Training-related Conferences/Workshops
Cost/Finance/Markets	Information Sciences; Dissemination	Evidence-based Medicine	Qualitative & Quantitative Methods	Demonstrations & Evaluations
Qualitative & Quantitative Methods	Qualitative & Quantitative Methods	Innovation Research	Evidence-based Medicine Quality Improvement Research
Delivery Systems System Focused CER	Clinical/Translational Decisionmaking	Access to & Utilization of Care	Dissemination/Translation Research Findings and Methods to Reduce Medical Errors; Quality Improvement
Organizational Studies	Patient Utilities, Morbidity & Function	Clinical Outcome Research	System-Level Delivery of Care
Infrastructure Building Research	Outcome Research	Health Care Decisions for Providers/Purchasers, and Policymakers	Environment/Culture – Level Delivery of Care
Provider Workforce	Uses of HIT for Healthcare Quality & Cost Improvement	Innovation & Emergent Issues Research	Innovation & Emergent Issues Research

Current as of October 2012

Internet Citation: Study Section Research Foci. October 2012. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/funding/grants/process/resfoci.html