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An emergency department (ED) program has helped reduce ED visits and has resulted in health care savings through targeting services to emergency department frequent fliers.
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Hospitals and home care agencies often collaborate on an ad hoc basis with little attention to standardized policies and procedures. When these collaborations are done poorly, they can lead to problems and readmissions, which is why Children's Hospital Boston decided to create guidelines for case managers working with home care liaisons.
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All IRBs and IRB offices need to set up succession plans to ensure continuity in the event the IRB director or chair leave abruptly.
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Applying community engagement to mental health research can help researchers about design studies that incorporate the priorities of people with mental illness and arrive at the best strategies for working with them.
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As high school students get exposed to more sophisticated science and health programs, some are also having their first encounters with human subjects protection issues.
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Seeing a need for ethics guidance for local groups attempting to conduct community-based research, an organization in Kitchener, Ontario, has created an independent Community Research Ethics Office (CREO).
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Major research institutions can improve their IRBs' efficiency and protocol review quality by making the best use of a resource they have in abundance: expert professors and scientists.
