Policy & Medicine January 23, 2025
Thomas Sullivan

In the final scene of Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones watches helplessly as the Ark of the Covenant, despite his perilous efforts to secure it, is stored in a vast government warehouse, seemingly forgotten. This iconic scene poignantly illustrates the fate of much government-funded non-clinical health research today. Thousands of hours and billions of dollars are spent studying and improving health processes, yet the outcomes of these efforts often end up merely archived, with little consideration for their practical implementation.

Federal health agencies, including Health and Human Services (HHS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA),...

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