Toward excellence in health care: A call for the Saudi Center for Health Excellence

Alkhenizan, Abdullah; Khoja, Tawfiq

doi:10.4103/2230-8229.90006

Cited by 3 publications

(5 citation statements)

References 2 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Those of primary importance are related to research, such as performing high-quality studies on adherence, disseminating results and promoting good practices in adherence science. In this regard, it is essential for medication adherence CoEs to collaborate with various funding agencies, patient organisations, governments and other stakeholders and encourage the use of available resources for research conducted in compliance with the best available standards [ 17 ], such as the above-mentioned ABC taxonomy and EMERGE reporting guidelines.…”

Section: Scope Of the Centrementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Similarly, CoEs are perfectly placed to provide professional communication to the general public and, last but not least, advocacy. Many of these aims are interdisciplinary, such as the development and adaptation of high-quality, evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, as well as the tools for the dissemination and implementation of this guidance, with the ultimate aim of translation of medication adherence interventions into clinical practice [ 17 , 18 ]. Therefore, in the case of medication adherence research, a CoE’s interdisciplinarity is not simply a challenge but a fundamental necessity.…”

Section: Scope Of the Centrementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Due to the scarcity of scientific literature on research CoEs, it seems reasonable to learn from the experience of other types of CoEs and similar institutions [ 17 , 19 ]. We found it useful to adopt a framework which originally had been designed for the development of a clinical CoE [ 15 ].…”

Section: How To Create a Centre Of Excellence?mentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Half a Century of Fragmented Research on Deviations from Advised Therapies: Is This a Good Time to Call for Multidisciplinary Medication Adherence Research Centres of Excellence?

et al. 2023

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Medication adherence is a key precondition of the effectiveness of evidence-based therapies. However, in real-life settings, non-adherence to medication is still very common. This leads to profound health and economic consequences at both individual and public health levels. The problem of non-adherence has been extensively studied in the last 50 years. Unfortunately, with more than 130,000 scientific papers published on that subject so far, we are still far from finding an ultimate solution. This is, at least partly, due to fragmented and poor-quality research that has been conducted in this field sometimes. To overcome this deadlock, there is a need to stimulate the adoption of best practices in medication adherence-related research in a systematic way. Therefore, herein we propose the establishment of dedicated medication adherence research Centres of Excellence (CoEs). These Centres could not only conduct research but could also create a profound societal impact, directly serving the needs of patients, healthcare providers, systems and economies. Additionally, they could play a role as local advocates for good practices and education. In this paper, we propose some practical steps that might be taken in order to establish such CoEs. We describe two success stories, i.e., Dutch and Polish Medication Adherence Research CoEs. The COST Action “European Network to Advance Best practices & technoLogy on medication adherencE” (ENABLE) aims to develop a detailed definition of the Medication Adherence Research CoE in the form of a list of minimal requirements regarding their objectives, structure and activities. We hope that it will help to create a critical mass and catalyse the setup of regional and national Medication Adherence Research CoEs in the near future. This, in turn, may not only increase the quality of the research but also raise the awareness of non-adherence and promote the adoption of the best medication adherence-enhancing interventions.

show abstract

Section: Scope Of the Centrementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Scope Of the Centrementioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Half a Century of Fragmented Research on Deviations from Advised Therapies: Is This a Good Time to Call for Multidisciplinary Medication Adherence Research Centres of Excellence?

et al. 2023

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…I read with interest the editorial published in your journal by Alkhenizan and Khoja, entitled: ‘Toward excellence in health care: A call for the Saudi Center for Health Excellence’. [ 1 ] The authors summarized the recommendations of the workshop that was conducted during the meeting of the Saudi Society for Evidence Based Health Care, held in Riyadh, in 2010. The main recommendation was, “ the urgent need to establish the Saudi Center for Health Excellence as a national center devoted to the developme nt, monitoring, and implementation of EB Guidance in Saudi Arabia.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Such a center is expected to have a significant positive impact in improving the quality and safety of care in Saudi Arabia ’. [ 1 ] The author's description of the center is similar to the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) in UK. Therefore, one would ask if the NICE model would be ‘nice’ for Saudi Arabia or not?…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%