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As part of its efforts to create an excellent patient experience, Newton-Wellesley Hospital has made constant and comprehensive communication with patients and family members a key part of the hospital's culture.
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Now that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is scrutinizing hospital readmissions, it's more important than ever for hospitals to thoroughly track and trend their readmissions, says Carol Everhart, RN, MMI, director of clinical informatics for Curaspan Health Group.
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Acute stroke trials pose unique ethical challenges to researchers, and by extension to IRBs. Stroke interventions are extremely time-sensitive, meaning that decisions about treatment and research participation often must be made quickly.
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As the lingering pain of the recession continues to hamper state budgets, the prospect of furloughs may easily be in many IRBs' futures.
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Some IRBs are beginning to change how they view the risks of asking sensitive questions of subjects in social-behavioral research studies.
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There are many biomedical and socio-behavioral studies that include questions about childhood sexual abuse since this is a major risk factor for a variety of illnesses.
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The drive to improve participation in cancer clinical trials has led one cancer center to try a novel approach, using humor and a game show format to educate people about participation in research.
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Academic research institutions continue to cope with challenging economic times, looking for ways to cut costs and improve efficiencies. IRB directors can make a good case that one of the best ways to do both is to move to an electronic data and IRB review system.
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