HMO Research Network
The HMO Research Network (HMORN) is a consortium of 15 U.S. health plans (health maintenance organizations) with integrated research divisions. Formed in 1998, HMORN’s goal is to transform health care practice through population-based research to improve the health and health care of broad populations. HMORN research covers a variety of health care topics including
- 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 January 2009, HMORN members include
- Geisinger Health System Center for Health Research & Rural Advocacy
- Group Health Center for Health Studies
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention
- HealthPartners Research Foundation
- Henry Ford Health System–Health Alliance Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Colorado Institute for Health Research
- Kaiser Permanente Georgia The Center for Health Research–Southeast
- Kaiser Permanente Hawaii The Center for Health Research–Hawaii
- Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research
- Kaiser Permanente Northwest The Center for Health Research–Northwest
- Kaiser Permanente Southern California Department of Research & Evaluation
- Lovelace Health Systems Lovelace Clinic Foundation
- Maccabi Institute for Health Services Research 1
- Marshfield Clinic / Security Health Plan of Wisconsin Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation
- Fallon Community Health Plan, Fallon Foundation, and the University of Massachusetts Medical School Meyers Primary Care Institute
- Scott & White Health System Division of Research
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Related Websites
Group Health Cooperative
Group Health Center for Health Studies