Evaluating emergency care research networks: what are the right metrics?
Research networks can enable the inclusion of large, diverse patient populations in different settings. However, the optimal measures of a research network's failure or success are not well defined or standardized. To define a framework for metrics used to measure the performance and effectiveness of emergency care research networks (ECRN), a conference for emergency care investigators, funding agencies, patient advocacy groups, and other stakeholders was held and yielded the following major recommendations: 1) ECRN metrics should be measurable, explicitly defined, and customizable for the multiple stakeholders involved and 2) continuing to develop and institute metrics to evaluate ECRNs will be critical for their accountability and sustainability.
Baren
Jill M
JM
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA. barenj@uphs.upenn.edu
Middleton
Melissa K
MK
Kaji
Amy H
AH
O'Connor
Robert E
RE
O'Conner
Robert E
RE
Lindsell
Christopher
C
Weik
Tasmeen Singh
TS
Lewis
Roger J
RJ
D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000592:standards*; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000592:standards*; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States