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Closer Partnerships Needed Between Researchers and Healthcare Executives

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Larson-JohnsonIn a commentary published this week in Modern Healthcare, Eric Larson, MD, MPH, and Karin Johnson, PhD, of Group Health Research Institute, argue that greater collaboration is needed between clinical researchers and healthcare system executives to address a “a gap between research approaches and delivery system needs.” Perspectives gathered through a survey and Institute of Medicine workshop with healthcare executives indicated that research is not conducted fast enough or designed in a way that facilitates translation of evidence into clinical practice. The NIH Collaboratory and National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network (PCORnet) are cited as examples of effective partnerships between researchers and healthcare leaders; these research programs are addressing high-priority clinical questions and generating actionable knowledge. According to Drs. Larson and Johnson, pragmatic clinical trials and big data offer opportunities to create a learning health system, but this will require combining the perspectives and expertise of researchers and stakeholders from healthcare delivery systems. Drs. Larson and Johnson are part of the NIH Collaboratory’s Health Care Systems Interactions Core, a working group that “aims to support and facilitate productive collaboration between researchers, clinicians, and health system leaders.”

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Grand Rounds (4-4-2014): Defining Denominator Populations Within and Across Complex Health Systems

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Update:

Archived video and slides from the April 4 Grand Rounds are now available on the NIH Collaboratory Grand Rounds webpage.

This Friday’s NIH Collaboratory Grand Rounds (“Defining Denominator Populations Within and Across Complex Health Systems”) will be presented by Greg Simon, MD, MPH, of the Group Health Research Institute. Dr. Simon is the principal investigator for the NIH Collaboratory Demonstration Project “Pragmatic Trial of Population-Based Programs to Prevent Suicide Attempt” (detailed description available here).

The Grand Rounds presentation will take place from 1:00-2:00 PM Eastern time on Friday, April 4. Details are available here. Archived video and slide sets from the presentation will be available early the following week; links to archived material will be provided in an update to this post.