Embedding research in health systems: lessons from complexity theory

"We argue for the need to study how micro-processes of organisational dynamics may give rise to macro patterns of behaviour and strategic organisational direction and for the use of systems approaches to investigate the emergent properties of health research systems."

Embedding research in health systems: lessons from complexity theory
L Caffrey, C Wolfe, C McKevitt
Health Research Policy and Systems, 2016, 14:54

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Regulatory cultures and research governance

"This report is intended to help improve understanding of health research governance in the UK by exploring the regulatory practices and cultures in other countries and sectors."

Regulatory cultures and research governance
C Manville, P Hackett, S Gunashekar, M Morgan Jones
RAND Europe
2013

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An organizational guide to building health services research capacity

"The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) sponsored the development of this guide to help research organizations and institutions improve their health services research capacity and competitiveness for grant and contract funding."

An organizational guide to building health services research capacity
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
October 2011

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Clinical Practice Research Datalink

The Department of Health’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) in partnership with Health and Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has announced the creation of a new Clinical Practice Research Datalink service (CPRD), which will be fully established by 1 April 2012. The CPRD will provide capability, products and services across a number of areas including:

• Data services
• Interventional research services
• Research advisory services

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Facilitating the use of research evidence

"Facilitating the use of research is the topic of a newly published virtual issue of The Milbank Quarterly. The issue includes, in chronological order, twenty-two articles and two commentaries that were published in the Quarterly between 2001 and 2011."

Facilitating the use of research evidence
Milbank Quarterly - 2011 Milbank Memorial Fund
Edited by Bradford H. Gray
2011

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The influence of health research on the NHS

"Health services research can have a significant impact on maintaining quality, efficiency, equity and cost effectiveness in the new NHS landscape."


The influence of health research on the NHS
NHS Confederation
October 2011

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