Clinical Trials Administrator Archives – July 1, 2010
July 1, 2010
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Research sites face unprecedented challenges in data security
Clinical trial sites trying to ensure data security face the rapidly changing threat of increasingly small and mobile technologies capable of breaching privacy and confidentiality, experts say. -
Who moved my computer? Online research challenges
There are invariably new and unexpected problems when research involves the Internet. And just when investigators and IRBs find a way to resolve some of these issues, new ones appear as the technology rapidly evolves. -
Compliance Corner: CR site process optimizes workflow, reduces delays
If your research site has not tackled the issue of optimizing its workflow and reducing the number of study delays, then now is the time to do so. -
In switch to electronic technology, learn QI from CR coordinators
One of the lessons Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, IL, learned as the research site spent more than four years transitioning to an electronic process was that sometimes coordinators really do know best. -
Negotiate better payment terms for your CT site
Clinical trial payment agreements are improving for sites, but there are strategies that can make these even better, an expert says. -
Best Practices: Timely tips on improving Good Clinical Practice
From communication to documentation to staff training, clinical trial sites need to adhere to Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines. -
Case Studies: Ethical Issues: When does clinical care trump trial protocol?
Occasionally a physician investigator will be torn between the need to adhere to the clinical trial protocol and the desire to help a patient/subject obtain a better medical outcome. The question is: Is it ever right to follow that desire and vary from the protocol? -
CR News: AHQR clarifies grant app rules under stimulus
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) issued on May 26, 2010, a notice about its expectations with the completion of grants awarded from the funding provided by the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA).