Clinical Trials Administrator Archives – March 1, 2009
March 1, 2009
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'Shared frustration': Tensions arise in high stress world of clinical trials
Principal investigators (PIs) and clinical trial site staff increasingly work in a high stress environment with budget and deadline pressures that raise levels of stress and burnout. -
Conflict resolution tips for CT staff and IRBs
Conflicts and problems will always arise when clinical trial investigators and coordinators interact with IRB staff and members. But these can be more easily and happily resolved if CT professionals learn how to meet their own goals without creating ill will in their communication with the IRB. -
Learn how IRB works and what board members want
Clinical research investigators and coordinators could save time and aggravation during the IRB review process if they spent some time learning how their particular IRB works and what it wants. -
Compliance Corner: Quality indicator for CR billing helps keep compliance on track
When M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Orlando in Orlando, FL, experienced a steep -- 96%-- rise in people enrolled in clinical trials within a few years, leaders decided that some compliance changes were needed. -
Starting a billing compliance program
Clinical research (CR) sites will benefit from implementing a billing compliance program, particularly when handling complex studies, an expert says. -
Keep informed consent interactive, avoid therapy misconception
Clinical research (CR) sites that work with hospitalized, critically-ill adults face special challenges in handling the informed consent process. -
'Situated' learning: Novel approach to ethics training
There has been a great deal of emphasis in the past decade on improving research ethics training, but not enough thought is put into finding the best methods for providing such training, an expert says. -
Clinical Research: News in Brief: OHRP posts new FAQs online
The Office for Human Research Protections has posted new frequently asked questions and answers (FAQs) online at http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/faq.html.