The AGING Initiative experience: a call for sustained support for team science networks
The AGING Initiative experience: a call for sustained support for team science networks
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DOI：
10.1186/s12961-018-0324-y
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发表时间：
2018-05-18
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4
通讯作者：
Whitson, Heather E.
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作者：
Garg, Tullika;Anzuoni, Kathryn;Whitson, Heather E.
团队科学被定义为利用不同学科专业知识的协作研究工作，被认为是解决复杂医疗挑战的关键手段，但团队科学的实际实施可能很困难。我们的目标是描述从我们的团队科学经验中吸取的障碍，解决方案和经验教训，适用于多种慢性病（MCC）的复杂和日益增长的挑战。MCC是指存在两种或多种慢性疾病，对健康状况、功能或生活质量产生集体不良影响，需要复杂的医疗管理、决策或协调。由于对美国社会的影响越来越大，MCC研究已被多个联邦机构确定为高度优先研究领域。为了满足这一需求，两个国家研究实体，医疗保健系统研究网络（HCSRN）和克劳德D。胡椒老年美国人独立中心（OAIC），形成了推进老年基础设施和网络增长（老龄化）倡议，以建立全国性的能力，为MCC团队科学。本文介绍了老龄化倡议的结构，经验教训和初步成果。我们呼吁建立资助机制，以维持在促进团队科学和创新方面取得成功的基础设施，将研究结果转化为解决医疗保健复杂问题所需的政策变革。
Team science, defined as collaborative research efforts that leverage the expertise of diverse disciplines, is recognised as a critical means to address complex healthcare challenges, but the practical implementation of team science can be difficult. Our objective is to describe the barriers, solutions and lessons learned from our team science experience as applied to the complex and growing challenge of multiple chronic conditions (MCC). MCC is the presence of two or more chronic conditions that have a collective adverse effect on health status, function or quality of life, and that require complex healthcare management, decision-making or coordination. Due to the increasing impact on the United States society, MCC research has been identified as a high priority research area by multiple federal agencies. In response to this need, two national research entities, the Healthcare Systems Research Network (HCSRN) and the Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Centers (OAIC), formed the Advancing Geriatrics Infrastructure and Network Growth (AGING) Initiative to build nationwide capacity for MCC team science. This article describes the structure, lessons learned and initial outcomes of the AGING Initiative. We call for funding mechanisms to sustain infrastructures that have demonstrated success in fostering team science and innovation in translating findings to policy change necessary to solve complex problems in healthcare.