HMO Research Network

HMO Research Network

= Description =

The HMO Research Network (HMORN) is a consortium of 15 U.S. health plans with integrated research divisions.1 Formed in 1998,2 HMORN’s goal is to transform health care practice through population-based research to improve the health and health care of broad populations.3 HMORN research covers a variety of health care topics including4


* Biostatistics
* Behavioral and mental health
* Cancer
* Complementary and alternative medicine
* Dental research
* Epidemiology
* Genomic research
* Health informatics
* Health services
* Health economics
* Infectious and chronic disease surveillance
* Organizational behavior
* Pharmacoepidemiology
* Pharmaco-economics
* Primary and secondary prevention
* Systems change

As of June 2008, HMORN members include5


* Geisinger Health System [http://www.geisinger.org/professionals/research/ Center for Health Research & Rural Advocacy]
* Group Health [http://www.centerforhealthstudies.org Center for Health Studies]
* Harvard Pilgrim Health Care [http://www.dacp.org Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention]
* [http://www.hprf.org HealthPartners Research Foundation]
* [http://www.henryfordhealth.org Henry Ford Health System–Health Alliance Plan]
* Kaiser Permanente Colorado [http://www.kpco-ihr.org Institute for Health Research]
* Kaiser Permanente Georgia [http://www.kpchr.org The Center for Health Research–Southeast]
* Kaiser Permanente Hawaii [http://www.kpchr.org The Center for Health Research–Hawaii]
* Kaiser Permanente Northern California [http://www.dor.kaiser.org Division of Research]
* Kaiser Permanente Northwest [http://www.kpchr.org The Center for Health Research–Northwest]
* Kaiser Permanente Southern California [http://www.kp.org/research Department of Research & Evaluation]
* Lovelace Health Systems [http://www.lcfresearch.org Lovelace Clinic Foundation]
* Marshfield Clinic / Security Health Plan of Wisconsin [http://www.marshfieldclinic.org/research/ Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation]
* Fallon Community Health Plan, Fallon Foundation, and the University of Massachusetts Medical School [http://www.umassmed.edu/meyers/ Meyers Primary Care Institute]
* Scott & White Health System [http://www.sw.org/web/SW/researchAndEducation/iwcontent/public/research/en_us/html/research.html Division of Research]

Official Website

[http://www.hmoresearchnetwork.org www.hmoresearchnetwork.org]

Related Websites

[http://www.ghc.org Group Health Cooperative]
[http://www.centerforhealthstudies.org Group Health Center for Health Studies]

References

* [http://www.centerforhealthstudies.org/newsroom/newsrel/2008/080613.html reference 1]
* [http://www.hmoresearchnetwork.org/resources/toolkit/HMORN_Collaborations.doc reference 2]
* [http://www.hmoresearchnetwork.org/resources/tools/HMORN_Brochure.pdf reference 3]
* [http://www.hmoresearchnetwork.org/resources/tools/HMORN_Brochure.pdf reference 4]
* [http://www.hmoresearchnetwork.org/members.htm reference 5]


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