CommonSpirit Clinical Research: The Road Ahead
Bob Wiebe, MD, MBA, MPHFebruary 23, 2023

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February 23, 2023
Yesterday
https://www.fda.gov/media/110437/download
a) Penicillin
b) Polio vaccine
c) AZT, or azidothymidine
d) Measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine
e) COVID-19 vaccine https://blog.trialspark.com/clinicaltrials-that-made-medical-history/
Opportunities for patients to receive new therapies ● Growth/attract patients ● Maintain clinical accreditations ● Cultivate an academic environment
Enhance physician recruitment and retention
New revenue streams
“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.”
~ Carl Sagan, astronomer
● Investigators, coordinators, physicians, nurses and support staff
● Partners ○ Academic centers ○ Industry sponsors ○ Life science companies ○ Pharma ○ Federal agencies
170 resident, nursing and other student projects
● Talent
Volume and diversity of patient populations
Strong research infrastructure
Large data sets
Academic partners
Reputation
● Collaboration
● Financial sustainability
● Innovation
○ Digital Front Door
“If you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go together”
● Representation of diverse group in clinical trials
○ More in Common Alliance
● One CommonSpirit
~ African Proverb