Open AccessFostering Clinical Research in the Community Hospital: Opportunities and Best Practices
Author(s) -
Adrian W.K. Snihur,
Anne E. Mullin,
Andrew Haller,
Ryan E. Wiley,
Patrick R. Clifford,
Katie Roposa,
Paul MacPherson,
Linnea Aasen-Johnston
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
healthcare quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.256
H-Index - 37
ISSN - 1710-2774
DOI - 10.12927/hcq.2020.26277
Subject(s) - best practice , nursing , health administration , medicine , public relations , medical education , business , political science , public health , law
With potential to improve patient outcomes, quality of care and cost-effectiveness, clinical research activity in community hospitals has recently begun to increase. Recognizing that establishing or strengthening a clinical research program in this setting is an important, complex and challenging undertaking, this article introduces many of the resources, best practices and success stories that community hospitals can draw upon to develop and incentivize clinical researchers, operationalize the clinical research enterprise and make clinical research impactful.