Challenges and countermeasures on the translation of scientific research achievements of public hospitals in China / 中华医院管理杂志

ABSTRACT

Public hospitals play an important role in independent innovation of basic medicine and clinical medicine. As key players in translation of medical research achievements, they play a pivotal role in promoting the development of medical sciences. At present, these hospitals however, are faced with challenges in the translation, namely system defects, unclear property rights ownership, misleading research project goals, defective assessment mechanism, insufficient funding, and lack of translation channels. In such considerations, the authors suggested based on their experiences to improve the translation system of scientific research achievements, set up special departments for translation, clarify the rights to use and dispose of scientific research achievements and that to yields. They also proposed to actively guide the establishment of clinical application projects, improve the evaluation mechanism, and broaden channels of funding. These measures are expected to accelerate the translation of scientific research achievements.