Integrating Research into Clinical Practice: Development of an Echocardiography Research Unit

Introducing a research program into an echocardiography clinical practice can pose many challenges. Some initial factors to consider are the possible effects on the current clinical schedule and the equipment and personnel resources required to support the research projects. More importantly, how ca...

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Published in:	Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) Vol. 26; no. 6; pp. 699 - 703
Main Authors:	Green, Tammy M., Barnes, Marion E., Belohlavek, Marek, Gilman, Gregory, Carlson, Laurel A., Hagen, Mary E., Pellikka, Patricia A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Inc 01-07-2009
Subjects:	Biomedical Research - organization & administration Cardiology - organization & administration Cardiovascular Diseases - diagnostic imaging Echocardiography echocardiography research Humans Minnesota Practice Patterns, Physicians' - organization & administration research design research integration Systems Integration Technology Transfer
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Summary:	Introducing a research program into an echocardiography clinical practice can pose many challenges. Some initial factors to consider are the possible effects on the current clinical schedule and the equipment and personnel resources required to support the research projects. More importantly, how can an organization successfully complete reliable and accurate research projects? Here, we describe our experience with establishing an echocardiography research center within our clinical echocardiography practice. In addition, we identify key staff roles, highlight our current research practice methods, and suggest essential components that may prove advantageous when incorporating echocardiography research into a clinical practice. (ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, Volume 26, July 2009)
Bibliography:	ark:/67375/WNG-J9JX0C17-R ArticleID:ECHO911 istex:42B30B8CAB5C0842922FBE5206994F4A6DFBA808 Conflict of interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose. ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-3 content type line 23 ObjectType-Review-1
ISSN:	0742-2822 1540-8175
DOI:	10.1111/j.1540-8175.2009.00911.x