Category Archives: Research

Academics and Care Delivery: A Necessary Symbiosis in an Era of Reform

Posted on April 12, 2012 by

By James McDeavitt, MD At the 2011 AAMC Annual Meeting in Denver, I participated in a panel called “Organizing for Success during Reform,” which showcased a variety of care and research initiatives designed to align with the goals of health … Continue reading →

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Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Is Critical to Improved Care

Posted on March 21, 2012 by

By Eugene Washington, MD PCORI’s mission statement, which was developed by the Board of Governors last year, reads: “The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) helps people make informed health care decisions, and improves health care delivery and outcomes, by producing … Continue reading →

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Learning among Leaders: Integrating Effectiveness and Implementation Research into Clinical Care

Posted on March 2, 2012 by

By Mildred Solomon What do reducing the bleeding complications of angioplasty, injuries due to shoulder dystocia in newborns, and blood glucose levels for patients with diabetes all have in common? These diverse improvements in quality of care are three examples … Continue reading →

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Fostering Rapid-Cycle Research at Health Affairs

Posted on February 22, 2012 by

By Susan Dentzer Someone said to me recently, “I know why they call it research, because you search and you search and you search again.” Research takes time, but in a decade of constantly new developments in the medical field, … Continue reading →

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The Credit Crunch

Posted on February 21, 2012 by

Posted January 24, 2012 By Sachin Jain, MD Trainees face special challenges in negotiating research authorship. Here’s a way forward. As a first-year medical student at HMS, I worked as a research assistant for a senior faculty member writing a … Continue reading →

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Implementation Science is Mission Critical for Academic Medical Centers

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

By Ann Bonham The Affordable Care Act recast a bright spotlight on the decade-old recommendations of the Institute of Medicine report, Crossing the Quality Chasm, which called for transforming our fragmented health care delivery system into one that is safe, … Continue reading →

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