Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Center for Research on Health Care Data Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Eval Health Prof. 2013 Dec;36(4):432-46. doi: 10.1177/0163278713499586. Epub 2013 Aug 19.
The Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) program was designed by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop processes and infrastructure for clinical and translational research throughout the United States. The CTSA initiative now funds 61 institutions. In 2012, the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, which administers the CTSA Program, charged the Evaluation Key Function Committee of the CTSA Consortium to develop common metrics to assess the efficiency of clinical research processes and outcomes. At this writing, the committee has identified 15 metrics in six categories. It has also developed a standardized protocol to define, pilot test, refine, and implement the metrics. The ultimate goal is to learn critical lessons about how to evaluate the processes and outcomes of clinical research within the CTSAs and beyond. This article describes the work involved in developing and applying common metrics and benchmarks of evaluation.
临床与转化科学研究奖（CTSA）计划由美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）设计，旨在为全美临床和转化研究开发流程和基础设施。CTSA 计划现资助 61 个机构。2012 年，管理 CTSA 计划的国家推进转化科学中心（National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences）责成 CTSA 联盟的评估关键功能委员会制定共同指标，以评估临床研究流程和结果的效率。在撰写本文时，该委员会已经确定了六个类别的 15 项指标。它还制定了一个标准化协议来定义、试点测试、改进和实施这些指标。最终目标是了解有关如何在 CTSA 及其以外的范围内评估临床研究流程和结果的关键经验教训。本文描述了制定和应用通用指标和评估基准的工作。
