MONTREAL, April 26, 2012 /CNW/ - The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, announced today a partnership between the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Rx&D Health Research Foundation (HRF) to foster innovation in healthcare delivery.
"We are pleased to support research that will inform how to best deliver healthcare in our country," said Minister Aglukkaq. "The projects to be funded will be innovative, linked to current health priorities, take into consideration patients input, and be rapidly applied to the Canadian health care system."
Applicants will be required to demonstrate how their research includes both healthcare decision makers and patients as active partners. This approach will help improve health care delivery.
"HRF is proud to partner with CIHR to support research that will make a difference in how patients are cared for in Canada," said Dr. Philippe Couillard, Chair of the HRF Board of Directors. "The innovative projects to be funded will position research as close to patient values as possible to improve sustainability and patient satisfaction."
Dr. Alain Beaudet, President of CIHR, added "Researchers must demonstrate how their projects can strengthen our healthcare system. By bringing patients together with researchers and decision-makers, research results will translate into meaningful improvements in healthcare delivery for Canadians."
The new initiative will be launched in June 2012 and successful teams will receive up to three years of funding starting in 2013. The selection of projects will include a CIHR competitive merit review process.
The CIHR-HRF research program is part of Canada's Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research, a national initiative to ensure better translation of research findings into clinical practice. Minister Aglukkaq announced the strategy last August - and it will result in better alignment of research efforts with patients needs.
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CIHR - Rx&D Health Research Foundation: Fostering Innovation in Health Care
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Rx&D Health Research Foundation (HRF) have developed a new joint initiative to support research that will foster innovation in healthcare delivery.
Projects funded through the partnered program "Fostering Innovation in Health Care" will focus on both short and longer term impacts such as patient experience, safety and quality of life. The innovative characteristics of this initiative are its focus on improving healthcare delivery from the patient's perspective and positioning research as close to patient values as possible.
Applications will be co-led by researchers and healthcare decision makers, and be required to demonstrate active patient involvement. Funding commitment from publicly funded health organizations is also required to ensure research is aligned with current healthcare priorities to promote the uptake of research results. Public funders such as provincial health research funding organizations, provincial and territorial ministries of health, regional health authorities, and hospitals, could therefore partner on the projects. The possible total value of this initiative is $7.2 million over three years. CIHR and the Rx&D HRF will make contributions of $3 million each and the remaining funds will be provided by other health organizations (for a total of approximately $1.2 million).
The objectives of Fostering Innovation in Health Care are to:
- Fund innovative, patient-oriented, scalable health research projects linked to health system priorities, that can be rapidly applied to the Canadian health care system;
- Increase the value of the healthcare system from the patient's perspective; and
- Foster collaboration with the provinces, territories and other publicly funded organizations to support healthcare sustainability.
The initiative will be launched as part of CIHR's Partnership for Health System Improvement program in June 2012 and successful teams will receive up to three years of funding starting in 2013. Projects will be reviewed and selected through a CIHR competitive merit review process.
This funding initiative is part of the national Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research. For more information about the Strategy, visit: www.cihr.gc.ca/e/41204.html
About CIHR
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is the Government of Canada's health research investment agency. CIHR's mission is to create new scientific knowledge and to enable its translation into improved health, more effective health services and products, and a strengthened Canadian health care system. Composed of 13 Institutes, CIHR provides leadership and support to more than 14,100 health researchers and trainees across Canada. www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca
About Rx&D Health Research Foundation
The Rx&D Health Research Foundation is a non-profit organization whose mission is to support health research in Canadian academic health centres and to promote the value of health research in Canada. Funded by Canada's Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies (Rx&D), the HRF applies the highest standards of scientific excellence to address health challenges of great importance to Canadian society. It accomplishes this through a longstanding tradition of establishing partnerships with the academic field and government. As one of the leading private health research foundations in the country, the HRF contributes significantly to the prevention and treatment of disease and to a better health care system. www.hrf-frs.com
Cailin Rodgers, Office of the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, 613-957-0200
David Coulombe, Media Relations, CIHR, 613-941-4563, [email protected]
Christine Choury, Director Media Relations, Rx&D,613-236-0455 ext. 831 [email protected]
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