Ethical Oversight of Research on Patient Care

• Published in: The Hastings Center report Vol. 43; no. s1; pp. S2 - S3
• Main Authors: Solomon, Mildred Z., Bonham, Ann C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2013
• Subjects: Clinical medicine; Clinical Trials as Topic - ethics; Data collection; Ethics, Research; Health care industry; Human Experimentation - ethics; Humans; Medical ethics; Moral Obligations; National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.) Health and Medicine Division; Organizational learning; Patient Care - ethics; Quality of care; Research Subjects; United States; United States > US

The Institute of Medicine has called on health care leaders to transform their health systems into “learning health care systems,” capable of studying and continuously improving their practices. Learning health care systems commit to carrying out numerous kinds of investigations, ranging from clinic...