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Have you learned that back injuries are the top cost drivers in workers' compensation cases at your workplace? Imagine the impact of giving incentives to various departments if zero injuries are reported within a certain time period. Or then again, maybe not.
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Imagine showing higher-ups statistics indicating that thousands of dollars were spent on a weight loss program you implemented recently, but unfortunately, none of the participants actually lost any pounds. Or would you be eager to spread the news that only two employees attended a diabetes lunch-and-learn?
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At DuBois (PA) Regional Medical Center, employees were failing N95 fit tests in alarming numbers. In the cardiology department, about 46% of employees failed fit-tests even after trying a variety of models and sizes. Things weren't much better in anesthesia (35%), cardiovascular ICU (34%), or the emergency department (26%).
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Despite efforts by IRBs and investigators to improve pediatric assent, a survey of children with cancer who have been enrolled in clinical trials showed they often don't understand that what they're involved in is research and that they wanted more of a say in making the decision to participate.
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Improved treatments for cancer will be delayed and patient lives will be lost unnecessarily unless the efficiency and effectiveness of the clinical trials system improves, a new report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) concludes.
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A recent analysis of clinical trials showing that gays and lesbians have been excluded from certain types of studies is causing reverberations within the research community and beyond.
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As sweeping as the 906-page health care reform bill is, it will have limited impact on human subjects research protection, experts say.
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Improving the participation of minority populations in research has been a holy grail for researchers and IRBs.
