Improving quality and efficiency of translational research: Environmental scan of adaptive capacity and preparedness of Clinical and Translational Science Award Program hubs

Raj C Shah; Verónica Hoyo; Patricia Moussatche; Boris B Volkov

doi:10.1017/cts.2022.423

Improving quality and efficiency of translational research: Environmental scan of adaptive capacity and preparedness of Clinical and Translational Science Award Program hubs

J Clin Transl Sci. 2022 Jul 4;7(1):e42. doi: 10.1017/cts.2022.423. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Raj C Shah^{1

2}, Verónica Hoyo^{3

4}, Patricia Moussatche⁵, Boris B Volkov^{6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Translational Medicine, The University of Chicago and Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
² Department of Family Medicine and Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
³ Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (NUCATS), Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
⁴ Clinical and Translational Research Institute (CTRI), University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
⁵ Stanford University, Stanford Medicine, Spectrum: Stanford's Center for Clinical and Translational Research and Education, Stanford, CA, USA.
⁶ University of Minnesota Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
⁷ Institute for Health Informatics and Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.

Abstract

Translational science is, by definition, groundbreaking; however, without an emphasis on quality and efficiency, some innovations in healthcare may translate into unnecessary risk, suboptimal solutions, and potentially loss of well-being and even lives. The COVID-19 pandemic and the Clinical and Translational Sciences Award Consortium's response created an opportunity for quality and efficiency to be better defined, expediently and thoughtfully addressed, and further studied as central foundations in the translational science mission. This paper presents findings of an environmental scan of adaptive capacity and preparedness to illuminate the assets, institutional environment, knowledge, and forward-looking decision-making needed to optimize and sustain research quality and efficiency.

Keywords: Quality and efficiency; adaptive capacity; clinical and translational research; continuous improvement; emergency preparedness; environmental scan; translational science.

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