Research on medical practices (ROMP) includes medical record reviews, comparative effectiveness research, quality improvement interventions, and point-of-care randomization, and may improve the efficiency, quality, and cost-effectiveness of medical care. In a study by Maureen Kelly and colleagues recently published in The American Journal of Bioethics, researchers found that patients may not fully understand the rationale for ...

On June 19, 2014, the NIH Common Fund is celebrating 10 years of achievement with a symposium, A Decade of Discovery, featuring its far-reaching research. Dr. Robert Califf, principal investigator of the NIH Collaboratory Coordinating Center, will speak during the 2:15-3:15 pm session “Reengineering the Clinical Research Enterprise.” Proceedings will be streamed live throughout the ...

A series aired on American Public Media’s Marketplace program profiled real-world examples of using healthcare data to improve care and reduce costs in Camden, NJ. 1. Using data to treat the sickest and most expensive patients 2. Data: The secret ingredient in hospital cooperation 3. Data opens doors in healthcare, but then what? The first segment follows Dr. Jeffrey ...

Today, May 20th, is International Clinical Trials Day, which  marks the anniversary of what is generally believed to be one of the world’s first controlled clinical trials. In 1747, Scottish naval surgeon James Lind had undertaken what at the time constituted a daring experiment to find a treatment for scurvy, a disease caused by vitamin ...

In a commentary published this week in the journal Nature and featured in the New York Times, NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins unveiled new NIH policies that will require balanced inclusion of male and female cells and animals in NIH-funded preclinical research (with few defined exceptions). Though inclusion of women in NIH-funded clinical trials has ...

As part of its 10-year commemoration activities, the NIH Common Fund is holding a video and song competition to showcase Common Fund–supported activities in a fun and creative way. Grantees and program staff were encouraged to submit brief, original works that would be accessible and engaging to the public. The video entries have been posted, and ...