Introducing Quality Management System (QMS) for Expediting Health Research Programme

This paper explains the role of quality management system (QMS) in management of health research programmes.While QMS is widely applied in clinical trials, laboratories and industries, lesser is known about its use formanagement of health research programme. Here, the authors describe the introduction of a QMS under IndiaTB Research Consortium, the flagship programmes of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for tacklingTB and its impact in advancing the health research agenda of the ITRC in a structured way leading to majorsuccessful outcomes of national importance. The QMS can ensure timely completion of the health researchprogrammes with quality research thus emphasizing a need for introduction of the system in all major healthresearch programmes.