VAAAHS researcher involved in research based at another site 2 Research vs Preparatory to research QI and research are easily confused because they can share similar characteristics ID: 246881
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Is a project considered research?Slide2
VAAAHS researcher involved in research based at another site
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Research vs. “Preparatory
to
research” Slide3
QI and research are easily confused because they
can share
similar characteristics:
ask clinically important questionsuse patient
datadownload data from hospital or billing databasesapply complex statistical analyses to those dataretrieve patient information directly from the bedsidehave as their goal the improvement of patient care 3Is the project quality improvement or research?Slide4
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How to distinguish quality
improvement from research?Slide5
VHA
Handbook 1058.05 requires that either the Program Office, or
VISN/Medical Center Director designee
(depending on funding) supply a determination as to whether a project falls under Operations and is thus QIResearch
does not have to be primary objective of the activity to require research oversight.A project initially deemed to be QI can become research if the activity has been modified at any point to expand the knowledge base of a scientific discipline or scholarly field of study or otherwise contribute to generalizable knowledge. The use of patient data, either in QI or research, requires oversight. Who is responsible? Current general guidance suggests:5However, remember that: