Box 2.

Impact of gap between research and clinical service/audit/quality improvement

Convergence of research and clinical service
  • Disease and outcome phenotypes

  • Research and clinical agendas

  • Research and clinical cultures

Improved quality of data
  • Better motivation to complete full dataset in electronic health records and long-term follow-up data

  • Better interoperability between research and clinical systems

  • Reduction in transcription errors because of lack of duplication

Less resource waste
  • Improved use of routine data

  • Less duplication of data

  • Less duplication of resource (human, financial)

  • Better use of synergies between evidence-based healthcare, quality improvement, informatics and service delivery

Better science
  • Better translation of bench-to-bedside research

  • Science more aligned with clinical need

  • Better alignment of research interventions and clinical service needs

Improved patient care
  • Better implementation of evidence-based guidelines

  • Increased real-time monitoring in acute and chronic care

  • Reduction in clinical errors and improved patient safety