RT Book, Section
A1 Chakrabarti, Anjan K.
A1 Gibson, C. Michael
A2 Lopes, Renato D.
A2 Harrington, Robert A.
SR Print(0)
ID 57835108
T1 Chapter 2. Information Technology, Access, ClinicalTrials.gov
T2 Understanding Clinical Research
YR 2013
FD 2013
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-174678-6
LK accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57835108
RD 2024/04/18
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.