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The Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) of Rockville, MD, announced in October, 2008, that Jerry A. Menikoff, MD, JD, is the new director.
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The Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) of Rockville, MD, recently added "OHRP Correspondence" to its Regulations and Policy Guidance portion of its Web site as part of an effort to improve transparency and provide some specific examples of how to interpret various guidelines.
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Research with adolescents who are at risk for suicide can create daunting ethical and practical challenges for investigators and IRBs.
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Despite general agreement that medicine and medical research need to do more to meet the needs of pregnant women, there still are serious roadblocks that prevent wider enrollment of women during pregnancy.
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Helen McGough, MA, CIP, is retired from the office of research at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA, and has worked as a faculty member of PRIM&R. McGough also has worked with the Collaborative IRB Training Initiative (CITI), and she served on an IRB for many years.
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When Arizona received its Medicaid Transformation Grant in 2007, "we had a budget surplus," says Anthony Rodgers, director of the state of Arizona Medicaid/ SCHIP programs, known as the Arizona Health Care Cost-Containment System.
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Medicare no longer pays for a list of "never events"serious medical mistakes in hospitals that occur at hospitals, such as wrong-site surgery and serious medication errorsfor discharges occurring on or after Oct. 1, 2008.
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It's not yet known exactly what federal help will be forthcoming to struggling state Medicaid programs, but one thing is clear: Many states are in survival mode and planning for the worst-case scenario.
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Even in good economic times, Medicaid directors have limited resources to do all that recipients, families, providers, legislators and taxpayers expect of them.
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According to a November 2008 report from Washington, DC-based Health Management Associates, targeted, highly customized interventions for people with chronic diseases can be an effective tool for reducing hospital readmissions.
