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A review of nearly 40 years of research of interventions intended to improve informed consent for research participants found mixed results for some of the most popular methods studied. It also revealed a significant lack of good, methodologically sound studies of these informed consent interventions to see which ones work best, says one of the authors.
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Staff within the Veterans Affairs (VA) research arm have produced a handbook for veterans considering involvement in clinical trials.
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The National Academies have released a set of recommended guidelines for research using human embryonic stem cells, advising research institutions to establish separate oversight committees for such research.
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Every compliance department has encountered the occasional investigator who causes staff to pop antacid pills the minute he or she walks into the room. And such personalities may have been tolerated in the past, with todays tighter focus on research compliance and ethical concerns, such personalities now can be a real problem.
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The Office for Human Research Protections of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has added a new page to its web site detailing the history of the Belmont Report.
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Case managers at Health Plan of Nevada interact face-to-face with their clients to coordinate their care, working with them in physician offices, specialty clinics, hospitals, and the patients home when necessary.
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Hospice Care Plus of Berea, KY, switched to a pathway model for patient care in the mid-1990s as way to improve care for patients and their families. What theyve found in the decade since beginning the process of changing their care model is that it also has improved teamwork, communication, and staff satisfaction.
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An integrated care management program has resulted in a return on investment of greater than 3-to-1 for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina.
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A newborn is most at risk for jaundice and dehydration during the first 10 days of life, and these conditions mean increased risk for hospitalization and emergency department (ED) visits.
