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The Office for Human Research Protections announced in late June, 2011, the selection of four new members of the Secretary's Advisory Committee for Human Research Protections (SACHRP).
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Clinical research sites have a greater need than ever to find precisely the right people for the clinical trial coordinator and other research jobs.
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Believing that facilities that have significantly improved their performance in core measures will be able to help others improve by sharing their experiences and knowledge, The Joint Commission has launched what it calls 'The Joint Commission's Core Measure Solution Exchange' to facilitate this process through the establishment of a website where hospitals can both post and search for information.
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A new study from the Dartmouth Atlas Project seems to indicate the "report card" for Medicare patients at the end of their lives is a mixed bag of pluses and minuses.
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With Medicare's new value-based purchasing (VBP) program set to begin impacting payments to most acute-care hospitals in October 2012, providers have been put on notice that the fee-for-service payment methodology is being gradually replaced by payment formulas that reward quality.
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You may have been taking care of a patient for hours without realizing he or she has an infection that requires isolation.
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New regulations always bring with them their share of questions and confusion, but perhaps none in recent memory have raised as many questions as those governing "meaningful use."
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The nation's largest Catholic and nonprofit healthcare system is launching a demonstration project to determine best methods to reduce or eliminate birth complications and at the same time seeking to avoid obstetrics claims through a renewed emphasis on transparency and full disclosure.
