Rienhoff Otto
Department of Medical Informatics Georg August Universität, Göttingen, Germany.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2003;96:163-7.
Medical research networks (MRN) are described as a new approach in fostering science for health. It is described that this approach can be found in several countries and global business companies. MRNs try to maximise use of information technology (IT) for speeding up the long research and transfer process from basic science to patient care. Despite the fact that several countries have funding schemes for this approach, nomenclatures and frameworks vary due to different national conditions. Nevertheless there is a general expectation that MRNs are necessary. However, there long-term impact and efficiency has still to be evaluated. The results of this report are based on a benchmarking study currently underway in Germany.
医学研究网络（MRN）被视为促进健康科学发展的一种新方法。据描述，这种方法在多个国家和全球商业公司中都能找到。医学研究网络试图最大限度地利用信息技术（IT），以加速从基础科学到患者护理的漫长研究和转化过程。尽管有几个国家为此方法设立了资助计划，但由于国情不同，命名法和框架也各不相同。然而，人们普遍认为医学研究网络是必要的。不过，其长期影响和效率仍有待评估。本报告的结果基于德国目前正在进行的一项基准研究。
