Fostering Clinical Research in the Community Hospital: Opportunities and Best Practices

Adrian Snihur¹, Anne Mullin², Andrew Haller³, Ryan Wiley⁴, Patrick Clifford⁵, Katie Roposa⁶, Paul MacPherson⁷, Linnea Aasen-Johnston⁸

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¹ An engagement leader at Shift Health in Toronto, ON. During his tenure, Adrian has led the development of numerous corporate, research and product strategies for academic, government, hospital and industry leaders across Canada and globally. He received a PhD in neuroscience from Western University. He can be reached by e-mail at asnihur@shifthealth.com or phone at 416-236-1054 ext. 7646.
² An engagement leader and director of team development and performance at Shift Health in Toronto, ON. Anne has led over 100 life sciences strategy projects with Shift Health, including research strategies for academia, organizational strategies for not-for-profits and product strategies for industry and global health partnerships. Anne holds a PhD in virology from the University of Cambridge and an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business.
³ An industry outreach associate at Clinical Trials Ontario in Toronto, ON. Andrew's role is to be a connector for industry partners into the clinical research ecosystem in Ontario. He received a PhD in molecular pharmacology and is an adjunct lecturer with the University of Toronto's Pharmacology and Toxicology Department.
⁴ The president of Shift Health in Toronto, ON. As president, Ryan has helped grow Shift Health into one of the most dynamic and trusted advisory teams in the health and life sciences arena. He received his PhD in immunology from McMaster University, where he is now adjunct professor.
⁵ The director of research and innovation at Southlake Regional Health Centre in Newmarket, ON. Patrick has served in his current position for over nine years. Prior to that, he held other management and leadership roles during his 33 years in acute healthcare, including 20 years as a practising clinician in emergency mental health and extensive voluntary sector leadership roles with community social service organizations.
⁶ The director of research quality integration at University Health Network in Toronto, ON. Katie leads the development and implementation of quality and risk management initiatives, promoting best practices in the growth and development of a large-scale world-class academic research enterprise. Katie is a Certified Manager of Quality and Organizational Excellence with the American Society for Quality and a certified Canadian Risk Manager. She holds a master's degree in education, specializing in adult education, from the University of Toronto.
⁷ The director of clinical research services at University Health Network in Toronto, ON. Paul is responsible for operational oversight for clinical research at University Health Network, including the operational framework for research ethics, institutional authorization and clinical trial agreement approvals. He graduated from the University of Regina with a BFA (Theatre) and from the Schulich School of Business at York University with an MBA.
⁸ An industry outreach associate at Clinical Trials Ontario, MaRS Centre in Toronto, ON. Linnea has over 15 years of clinical research and clinical marketing experience in the medical device industry and is the principal consultant at BESPOKE Business Solutions, Inc. Her role at Clinical Trials Ontario is to develop and manage the QuickSTART and Research Ready programs, aimed at reducing clinical trial start-up times and increasing research capacity at institutions across the province.

PMID: 32762818
DOI: 10.12927/hcq.2020.26277

Fostering Clinical Research in the Community Hospital: Opportunities and Best Practices

Adrian Snihur et al. Healthc Q. 2020 Jul.

. 2020 Jul;23(2):30-36.

doi: 10.12927/hcq.2020.26277.

Authors

Adrian Snihur¹, Anne Mullin², Andrew Haller³, Ryan Wiley⁴, Patrick Clifford⁵, Katie Roposa⁶, Paul MacPherson⁷, Linnea Aasen-Johnston⁸

Affiliations

¹ An engagement leader at Shift Health in Toronto, ON. During his tenure, Adrian has led the development of numerous corporate, research and product strategies for academic, government, hospital and industry leaders across Canada and globally. He received a PhD in neuroscience from Western University. He can be reached by e-mail at asnihur@shifthealth.com or phone at 416-236-1054 ext. 7646.
² An engagement leader and director of team development and performance at Shift Health in Toronto, ON. Anne has led over 100 life sciences strategy projects with Shift Health, including research strategies for academia, organizational strategies for not-for-profits and product strategies for industry and global health partnerships. Anne holds a PhD in virology from the University of Cambridge and an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business.
³ An industry outreach associate at Clinical Trials Ontario in Toronto, ON. Andrew's role is to be a connector for industry partners into the clinical research ecosystem in Ontario. He received a PhD in molecular pharmacology and is an adjunct lecturer with the University of Toronto's Pharmacology and Toxicology Department.
⁴ The president of Shift Health in Toronto, ON. As president, Ryan has helped grow Shift Health into one of the most dynamic and trusted advisory teams in the health and life sciences arena. He received his PhD in immunology from McMaster University, where he is now adjunct professor.
⁵ The director of research and innovation at Southlake Regional Health Centre in Newmarket, ON. Patrick has served in his current position for over nine years. Prior to that, he held other management and leadership roles during his 33 years in acute healthcare, including 20 years as a practising clinician in emergency mental health and extensive voluntary sector leadership roles with community social service organizations.
⁶ The director of research quality integration at University Health Network in Toronto, ON. Katie leads the development and implementation of quality and risk management initiatives, promoting best practices in the growth and development of a large-scale world-class academic research enterprise. Katie is a Certified Manager of Quality and Organizational Excellence with the American Society for Quality and a certified Canadian Risk Manager. She holds a master's degree in education, specializing in adult education, from the University of Toronto.
⁷ The director of clinical research services at University Health Network in Toronto, ON. Paul is responsible for operational oversight for clinical research at University Health Network, including the operational framework for research ethics, institutional authorization and clinical trial agreement approvals. He graduated from the University of Regina with a BFA (Theatre) and from the Schulich School of Business at York University with an MBA.
⁸ An industry outreach associate at Clinical Trials Ontario, MaRS Centre in Toronto, ON. Linnea has over 15 years of clinical research and clinical marketing experience in the medical device industry and is the principal consultant at BESPOKE Business Solutions, Inc. Her role at Clinical Trials Ontario is to develop and manage the QuickSTART and Research Ready programs, aimed at reducing clinical trial start-up times and increasing research capacity at institutions across the province.

PMID: 32762818
DOI: 10.12927/hcq.2020.26277

Abstract

With potential to improve patient outcomes, quality of care and cost-effectiveness, clinical research activity in community hospitals has recently begun to increase. Recognizing that establishing or strengthening a clinical research program in this setting is an important, complex and challenging undertaking, this article introduces many of the resources, best practices and success stories that community hospitals can draw upon to develop and incentivize clinical researchers, operationalize the clinical research enterprise and make clinical research impactful.

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