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IRB turns pediatric assent into video game
A children’s hospital’s human research protection program developed a video game to obtain assent from pediatric patients.
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Sample items from an IRB authorization agreement
The University of Pennsylvania developed an IRB of record relying site division of responsibility form that outlines what each IRB involved in the collaboration and authorization agreement will do.
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Strategies for establishing collaborative IRB review
Some research institutions are not waiting for the changes to IRB review suggested by the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and have already been developing models for collaborative review.
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Lean thinking can be well-suited for IRB office
The philosophy of Lean thinking and processes has branched from manufacturing and business into healthcare over the years, and now some IRB offices are finding that these types of continuous improvement processes work well when used to create greater efficiencies in the human research protection world.
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In their own words: Docs describe extended hours
How do physicians on the frontlines feel about the ongoing debate about their working hours? Here are some of the comments to a recent Washington Post article on the issue by people identifying themselves as physicians.
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Demands to Stop Controversial Work Trials
Refuting that it gave a green light to “highly unethical” research, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education won't rescind waivers of 2011 duty-hour requirements for physician training.
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Study shows a data route tying quality to VBP
Value-based purchasing has added more weight to the role of quality managers in collecting data related to 30-day readmission rates. These readmission rates now affect a health system’s Medicare reimbursement, and the key is to look at data in a way that will highlight areas where improvements can have a positive effect on them.
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“Warm handoffs” can reduce hospitals’ readmission rates
Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton, MA, improved its readmission rates through a quality improvement process that included measurements of “warm handoff” rates.
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Health organization’s PI program speeds up multiple EDs
Hospital emergency department visits have increased by nearly one-third since the mid-1990s, and these high volumes have led to increased problems, such as overcrowded EDs and greater numbers of patients being diverted to other facilities or leaving without being seen, studies show.
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Hospital’s sepsis QI program lead to drop in mortality rate
There are many good reasons for a quality manager to focus on sepsis data collection and quality improvement, but the most important one is that patients — even those who were recently in optimal health — can die from sepsis if it’s not diagnosed early.