A BRIEF TIMELINE
ACRC Team Development
The ACRC is a team of experienced on-call coordinators (nurse-, paramedic-, and physician-trained) who provide research coverage 24/7 in primarily acute, clinically complex, inpatient clinical trials that need recruitment during off hours and weekends. We have research privileges at several local hospitals with principal investigators who collaborate with UMN clinicians to recruit potential clinical trial participants.
Since 2007, the DEM SIREN Hub - Upper Midwest has grown from two to eleven spokes actively enrolling subjects in one or more NIH-funded clinical trials. The DEM is now expanding our acute care research coordinator (ACRC) expertise to other UMN departments and metropolitan area hospitals through our ISO (internal service organization) and ESO (external service organization) model. We currently work with the following UMN Medical School departments: Neurology (and StrokeNet RCC 18), Cardiology, Dermatology, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, and Surgery to help support acute and critical care research studies. We also serve as on-call coordinators for five area hospitals in select acute research studies.
The Mission of the Acute Care Research Coordinator (ACRC) Group is to advance emergency and critical care research initiatives of the University of Minnesota faculty and its associates by providing interdisciplinary and innovative infrastructure support to advance nationally and locally supported clinical research, including investigator initiated, National Institute of Health (NIH) funded and business and industry funded clinical trials.
To collaborate with clinical partners to support research initiatives that advance clinical practice and improve the health and wellbeing of Minnesota residents and citizens worldwide
Collaboration: Establish strong interdisciplinary relationships throughout the University of Minnesota and other collaborating institutions.
Stewardship: Provide innovative infrastructure support to clinical partners to respond to the evolving needs of clinical research teams and ensure that research is compliant with local and federal regulations and guidelines.
Perseverance: Create a flexible and adaptive work environment that allows research teams to meet the needs of patients in the presence of the ongoing challenges of the current healthcare environment.