Translational research: A systems engineer approach

Author

Beydoun, Sam ; Calvert, Bruce ; FitzPatrick, Brendon ; Gupta, Priya ; McNeal, Robert ; Quarmby, Colin ; Sweeney, Timothy ; Tamburello, Brian ; Thomas, Colin ; Welch, Jeff

Author_Institution

Syst. Eng., Virginia Univ., Charlottesville, VA

fYear

2008

fDate

25-25 April 2008

Firstpage

216

Lastpage

220

Abstract

The World Health Organization, in its World Health Report 2000 - Health Systems: Improving Performance said, ldquoThe U.S. health system spends a higher portion of its gross domestic product than any other country but ranks 37 out of 191 countries according to its performance...rdquo National Institute of Health (NIH) established the Common Fund in 2004 to advance interdisciplinary research across institutes and research centers. In 2006 the Congress passed the NIH Reform Act that instructed the NIH to support cross-cutting trans-NIH programs. As a result of the NIH Reform Act, the NIH Institutes and Centers developed specific criteria for Common Fund programs.

Keywords

health care; medical information systems; Common Fund program; NIH Reform Act; health system; Collaboration; Design engineering; Economic indicators; Educational institutions; Guidelines; Medical services; Proposals; Public healthcare; Systems engineering and theory; USA Councils;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium, 2008. SIEDS 2008. IEEE

Conference_Location

Charlottesville, VA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2365-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2366-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SIEDS.2008.4559714

Filename

4559714