The value of biomedical research—a $1.7 trillion annual investment—is ultimately determined
by its downstream, real-world impact, whose predictability from simple citation metrics …

As part of the reforms to NHS research and development strategy announced in 2000, the
Department of Health published a research governance strategy for England. 1 The basic …

Research and innovation in biomedicine and health care increasingly depend on electronic
data. The emergence of data-driven technologies and associated digital transformations has …

All medicine was innovation, once. Yet the contemporary notion of medical research is
remarkably narrow. While every clinician is encouraged to be aware of the latest advances, only a …

The United Kingdom is trying to bring more non-governmental funding into NHS research
through partnerships with the commercial and voluntary sectors. But it is still unclear exactly …

Objective Healthcare systems require transformation to meet societal challenges and projected
health demands. Digital and computational tools and approaches are fundamental to this …

Background Reviews of peer-reviewed health studies have highlighted problems with their
methodological quality. As published health studies form the basis of many clinical decisions …

Healthcare policy, clinical practice and clinical research all declare patient benefit as their
avowed aim. Yet, the conceptual question of what exactly constitutes patient benefit has …

… Nick McNally, assistant director, … Pollock AM, McNally N, Kerrison S. … Articles by Nick McNally …

Methods We carried out a rapid qualitative appraisal based on telephone interviews (n= 25)
to explore how staff experienced the research review and set-up system during the …