Research in Healthcare

Research in Healthcare

The question I think should be studied in the healthcare industry is: Is mandating mRNA vaccines for novel diseases legally and ethically permissible without sufficient efficacy and safety data? This research question can be changed into a hypothesis by reviewing available research and literature on the topic. This will help make informed assumptions on the issues of concern as per the question. The current issue in healthcare is related to vaccination and ethical and legal questions over vaccines, especially mRNA vaccines and related vaccine mandates. Some researchers have argued on the legal and ethical permissibility of mandating COVID-19 vaccines on the arguments of who needs to be vaccinated and why they should be vaccinated (Largent & Miller, 2021). However, considering the ethical principles of autonomy, justice, beneficence, and nonmaleficence, mandating mRNA vaccines for human use raises a number of ethical and legal issues due to a lack of vaccine safety and efficacy data (Finch et al., 2022).

Research is the basis of the development of evidence-based practices (EBP) and the use of empirical evidence for healthy healthcare (de Lange et al., 2020). Research also helps develop EBP competencies among healthcare providers, which impacts how they conduct care while improving patient outcomes (Saunders et al., 2019). Research in healthcare assists in the development of empirical data to strengthen the surveillance of diseases, improve the efficiency of diagnosis, and development of cures and vaccines. In the case of mRNA vaccines, especially in the case of COVID-19, research can help develop sufficient clinical efficacy and safety data required for the ethical and legal use of the vaccines. Conclusively, research supports continuous testing and improving the efficiency and safety of medications and vaccines.

References

de Lange, A. H., Løvseth, L. T., Teoh, K. R. H., & Christensen, M. (2020). Editorial: Healthy Healthcare: Empirical Occupational Health Research and Evidence-Based Practice. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 2236. https://doi.org/10.3389/FPSYG.2020.02236/BIBTEX

Finch, C. L., Martinez, C., Leffel, E., Skiadopoulos, M. H., Hacker, A., Mwesigwa, B., Maïga, D., Mugisa, I., Munkwase, G., & Rustomjee, R. (2022). Vaccine Licensure in the Absence of Human Efficacy Data. Vaccines 2022, Vol. 10, Page 368, 10(3), 368. https://doi.org/10.3390/VACCINES10030368

Largent, E. A., & Miller, F. G. (2021). The Legality and Ethics of Mandating COVID-19 Vaccination. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 64(4), 479–493. https://doi.org/10.1353/PBM.2021.0037

Saunders, H., Gallagher-Ford, L., Kvist, T., & Vehviläinen-Julkunen, K. (2019). Practising Healthcare Professionals’ Evidence-Based Practice Competencies: An Overview of Systematic Reviews. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 16(3), 176–185. https://doi.org/10.1111/WVN.12363

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Research in Healthcare

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

What research question do you think should be studied in the healthcare industry?
How can you change that research question into a hypothesis?
Why is research important in the healthcare industry?