title: Reorganizing the General Clinical Research Center to improve the clinical and translational research enterprise.
abstract: In 2010, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) was granted a Clinical and Translational Science Award which prompted reorganization and expansion of their clinical research infrastructure. A case study approach is used to describe the implementation of a business and cost recovery model for clinical and translational research and the transformation of VCU's General Clinical Research Center and Clinical Trials Office to a combined Clinical Research Services entity. We outline the use of a Plan, Do, Study, Act cycle that facilitated a thoughtful transition process, which included the identification of required changes and cost recovery processes for implementation. Through this process, the VCU Center for Clinical and Translational Research improved efficiency, increased revenue recovered, reduced costs, and brought a high level of fiscal responsibility through financial reporting.
authors: Center for Clinical and Translational Research, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Allen
authors: Elizabeth
authors: E
authors: Ripley
authors: Antoinette
authors: A
authors: Coe
authors: John
authors: J
authors: Clore
mesh_terms: D001363:Awards and Prizes; D028744:Ethics Committees, Research; D006801:Humans; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D016730:Program Development / Q000191:economics; D058996:Quality Improvement; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014768:Virginia
keywords: CTSA; clinical research units; cost recovery
references: Sci Transl Med. 2012 Jul 4;4(141):141cm7
references: 22764204