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One key to discharge planning is understanding what might prevent your patient from following medication and other instructions.
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When asking for resources for an occupational health initiative, you need to prepare a realistic program with solid goals and objectives; otherwise, you risk the program failing and your credibility diminished. Avoid these pitfalls:
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Transitions in health care are changing more quickly than patients' expectations, which is why it's important to address these expectations head-on, an expert notes.
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A company with 100 employees dedicates an entire floor of the building to a fitness center, but like many companies, has had financial setbacks due to the recession. Suddenly, the employee gym looks like a very bad investment.
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IRBs across the nation are bracing for budget cuts as states slice funding to higher education and the recession's impact is felt by IRBs and research institutions.
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In lean times, IRBs will have to become more disciplined. And part of their discipline will need to include collecting data about their own efficiency, outcomes, and cost-effectiveness, an expert says.
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An innovative program at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX, provides continuous oversight of investigational new drug (IND) trials over the life of a trial, using a monitoring services office created expressly for that purpose.
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IRBs in the United States and research ethics committees (RECs) in the developing world who review HIV vaccine trials must struggle with a number of tough ethical issues ensuring adequate, culturally sensitive informed consent, protecting privacy, determining the standard of treatment for participants who become infected with HIV during a trial.
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Several institutions have received grants to implement their ideas for engaging the community in cancer clinical trials.
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As IRBs face budget cuts, they can make some improvements in their processes that will make them more cost efficient.
