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IRBs dealing with international or high-risk research can find some guidance on how to handle all stakeholders in studies in the recently-revised Good Participatory Practice Guidelines for Biomedical HIV Prevention Trials (GPP).
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An IRB looking to recruit a good non-scientist to the board may have to look no further than its own institution's medical library.
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Researchers might find it tempting to collect data for socio-behavioral studies from social websites like Facebook. Their appeal is having fairly easy access and viewing a broad range of behavioral information.
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As more sophisticated imaging technologies are used in research, investigators and IRBs must grapple with an unintended side effect an increase in incidental findings (IF), or new health data unrelated to the study that is revealed about participants.
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Recruiting patients for Phase I oncology studies which are unlikely to provide therapeutic benefit to participants and which carry the risk of significant side effects raises unique issues in informed consent.
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As institutions continue to weather the economic downturn, the toll on IRB offices is showing. The trends of previous years fewer raises, more job cuts, increasing workloads continued in 2010, according to responses to IRB Advisor's annual Salary Survey.
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Use of alcohol-based hand cleansers significantly reduced several common infections and reduced absenteeism in a study of 129 white-collar workers in 2005 to 2006, according to research from the Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine in Greifswald, Germany.
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As talk of reimbursement reform and pay for performance escalates and health care stakeholders look at ways to improve patient access and outcomes while reducing waste and costs, payers and providers are joining together to create accountable care organizations (ACOs), partnerships that agree to be accountable for the quality, costs, and overall care of a patient population.
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As health care organizations tighten their belts to deal with today's health care environment, case managers report working harder with fewer raises and benefits. But, there is hope on the horizon as new opportunities open up for case managers under health care reform, experts say.
