RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
THE FUTURE OF RESEARCH
Importance of accelerated clinical trials for evidence-based treatments
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ver the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic has heightened the urgency for clinical research to understand the disease, uncover treatment plans, and develop vaccines to treat a disease that was once unknown to the world. It was equally crucial that findings were swiftly made available to the public, to prevent misleading information from undermining the public health response. As we look ahead, we must continue to take what we learnt from the accelerated trials and apply them to other diseases. At the same time, we must ensure that patient safety and quality are not compromised as we make progress in evidence-based treatments for patients.
How data helps clinicians make quick and accurate plans
Over the past 12 months, the COVID-19 pandemic has heightened the importance of clinical research and its dissemination. It was and continues to be vital that clinical research is carried out rapidly in order to provide clinicians with an effective, evidence-based, response to the global healthcare crisis. As we look ahead, it is important that we re-evaluate the process of accelerated research trials and understand what healthcare organisations can do to ensure that patient safety and quality is not compromised in the path towards progressing evidence-based treatments for patients. Oli Cram, General Manager, Elsevier
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Healthcare data plays an increasingly important role in aiding clinicians and researchers to develop an effective, evidence-based response to tackle the global healthcare crisis. The World Health Organization 1 (WHO) has published over 199,000 pieces of scientific literature on SARSCoV-2 virus since its outbreak. And the figure will continue increasing with discoveries made every day. When real-time datasets collated from the population are made immediately available, it enables quicker disease pattern analysis, earlier detection, and reduces trials and errors. 1 https://search.bvsalud.org/global-literature-on-novelcoronavirus-2019-ncov/
