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Mission Statement

The mission of the UAB COERE is to build and maintain a successful program of research targeted at improving the quality and outcomes of health care. This is accomplished by
•   using interdisciplinary teams to test innovations that promote evidence-based practice, reduce inequities      in care for under-served and minority populations, and improve quality of life and functional outcomes for      patients;
•   developing and testing innovative methods with application to important questions in the delivery of health      care;
•   training and mentoring students, fellows and faculty in these methods;
•  and serving as a resource to UAB faculty, health care systems, related organizations, government, and     philanthropy to further disseminate outcomes research knowledge and expertise.

Multidisciplinary Membership

Sponsored by the Schools of Business, Dentistry, Education, Engineering, Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing, Optometry, Public Health, and Social and Behavioral Sciences, the Center has a membership of more than 200 faculty representing approximately 30 departments across the UAB campus.

Scope

The scope of outcomes research is broad, requiring a multidisciplinary approach. The COERE brings together clinical, biomedical, quantitative, behavioral, and social sciences researchers, offering a range of expertise.

Center Research

The COERE offers integrated scientific expertise and experience in all areas of outcomes and effectiveness research, including: quality measurement and improvement, patient-based outcomes assessment, outcomes management and tracking, economic and decision analytic modeling, clinical data analysis, and analysis of large administrative datasets. Center leadership applies this expertise to clinical and health services research through an active program of collaborative, investigator-initiated research and cooperative agreements.

Support for UAB's Research Infrastructure

The COERE is organized around six research and training units designed to build UAB's outcomes research infrastructure and function as University-wide shared facilities. They house faculty, staff and postdoctoral research trainees that collaborate on research projects to address issues of design and analytic methodology. Center leadership in these units provides mentoring and training opportunities in outcomes research and plays a crucial role in securing new extramural funding for UAB.

Achievements

Since formalized as a University-Wide Interdisciplinary Research Center, COERE leadership have been instrumental in the development and submission of more than $131M in funded interdisciplinary research grants. Through its work in quality measurement and improvement, COERE has become a resource to the health care industry around the state and nationally. An example of how the COERE’s research expertise has made it a national resource is the Achievable Benchmarks of Care (ABC™). In the area of training, COERE has an excellent track record in mentoring junior faculty to facilitate their training in clinical health services and outcomes research, and, as of July 1, 2003, the COERE has been awarded a 5-Year National Research Services Award Institutional Training Grant (T32) from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

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