TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 2. Information Technology, Access, ClinicalTrials.gov A1 - Chakrabarti, Anjan K. A1 - Gibson, C. Michael A2 - Lopes, Renato D. A2 - Harrington, Robert A. PY - 2013 T2 - Understanding Clinical Research AB - In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, concern grew among scientists, clinicians, and public policymakers regarding the direction of clinical research. Over the previous five decades, the scientific community had benefited from significant progress in the realm of basic science research, backed by the public's long-term investment in it. The concern over clinical research stemmed from the idea that scientific discoveries of these past generations were not being appropriately translated. This was addressed with numerous targeted initiatives, including the Clinical Research Roundtable at the Institute of Medicine in June 2000. This initiative identified four major challenges to the progress of clinical research: (1) enhancing public participation in clinical research, (2) funding, (3) an adequately trained workforce, and (4) developing information systems (1). The last challenge mentioned, and the focus of this section, highlights the idea that the use of information technology (IT) and standards not only improves healthcare delivery, accuracy, and patient safety (2) but also advances clinical research. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/18 UR - accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57835108 ER -