About this Research Topic
Every year billions of dollars and millions of people are invested in biomedical research globally. Although those endeavors have achieved substantial improvements at individual and population health and well-being, much more could be done if the waste and inefficiency in performing biomedical research-related activities are corrected. Thus, Chalmers and Glasziou in 2009, estimated a cumulative waste of approximately 85% of global research investment every year—equivalent to $200 billion of the approximately $240 billion invested in 2010. This waste can be found across all the steps of scientific process including framing of research questions, writing research protocols, research performing, and results communication.
Due to the relevance and contemporary of this issue, the Topic Editors are inviting manuscript submission that address this topic in its different aspects. Thus, the aim of this Research Topic is to call the attention and provide useful evidence to key stakeholders (research regulators, funders/payers, academia, patients and the public, providers, policy makers, and principal investigators) to tackle this important public health problem. Submission could be in the area of basic science, clinics, bioethics, population health and translational research or an intersection of those areas. We will prioritize articles that provide new and impactful evidence to reduce futile biomedical research, that use novel approaches such as implementation science and comparative effectiveness research.
Areas to be covered in this Research Topic may include, but are not limited to:
• Bioethics of health research priority
• Ways to evaluate tangible return of research funding
• Successful experiences of reducing futile biomedical research
• Studies that close the know-do gap to reduce waste in biomedical research
• Evidence to disseminate findings in a useful and appropriate manner for stakeholders
• Studies that generate new scientific evidence and analytic tools to reduce waste in performing biomedical research
• Studies with negative results/experiences that could inform biomedical research policy
Due to the relevance and contemporary of this issue, the Topic Editors are inviting manuscript submission that address this topic in its different aspects. Thus, the aim of this Research Topic is to call the attention and provide useful evidence to key stakeholders (research regulators, funders/payers, academia, patients and the public, providers, policy makers, and principal investigators) to tackle this important public health problem. Submission could be in the area of basic science, clinics, bioethics, population health and translational research or an intersection of those areas. We will prioritize articles that provide new and impactful evidence to reduce futile biomedical research, that use novel approaches such as implementation science and comparative effectiveness research.
Areas to be covered in this Research Topic may include, but are not limited to:
• Bioethics of health research priority
• Ways to evaluate tangible return of research funding
• Successful experiences of reducing futile biomedical research
• Studies that close the know-do gap to reduce waste in biomedical research
• Evidence to disseminate findings in a useful and appropriate manner for stakeholders
• Studies that generate new scientific evidence and analytic tools to reduce waste in performing biomedical research
• Studies with negative results/experiences that could inform biomedical research policy
Keywords: Biomedical research, health research policy, bioethics, policy and practice, reducing futile research
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