• Jill M Baren, Melissa K Middleton, Amy H Kaji, Robert E O'Connor, Robert E O'Conner, Christopher Lindsell, Tasmeen Singh Weik, and Roger J Lewis.
• Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA. barenj@uphs.upenn.edu
• Acad Emerg Med. 2009 Oct 1;16(10):1010-3.

AbstractResearch networks can enable the inclusion of large, diverse patient populations in different settings. However, the optimal measures of a research network's failure or success are not well defined or standardized. To define a framework for metrics used to measure the performance and effectiveness of emergency care research networks (ECRN), a conference for emergency care investigators, funding agencies, patient advocacy groups, and other stakeholders was held and yielded the following major recommendations: 1) ECRN metrics should be measurable, explicitly defined, and customizable for the multiple stakeholders involved and 2) continuing to develop and institute metrics to evaluate ECRNs will be critical for their accountability and sustainability.

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