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As awareness of IRBs and human subjects research protection increases among the public and staff at institutions, IRB members sometimes are asked to consider new gray areas regarding studies that typically havent made it to the IRBs radar screen.
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IRBs and the research community soon may have new guidance in defining and clarifying some of the gray areas in regulations of human subject protection.
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For more than two centuries, the small communities that make up the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, on the countrys most northeastern coast, were largely isolated from the rest of the world.
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It has been five years since a complaint from the father of a study subject was lodged about a longitudinal study at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond a complaint that precipitated a shutdown of all research involving human subjects.
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Question: Does the Food and Drug Administration require that an IRB have a certain number of members?
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A document exploring the implications of using biotechnical powers for reasons beyond therapy takes up controversial issues such as the prospect of creating designer babies and questions whether such scientific advances are possible and ethical.
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Independence Blue Cross takes a three-pronged approach to helping members manage their health care with its newly expanded Connections SM Health Management Program.
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Through a team approach that involves case managers, vocational rehabilitation counselors, and on-site job coaches, CIGNA Group Insurance has developed a successful return-to-work program for members who are severely injured or experience debilitating illnesses.
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Since Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, based in Wellesley, MA, started its Health Advance care management system to intervene with at-risk members before they require intensive medical services, the hospitalization rate for members in the program has been cut in half.
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Involving members in goal setting and getting them to take personal responsibility for their own health are keys to the success of Harvard Pilgrim Health Cares Health Advance Care Management system, according to Liz Estabrook, RN, manager of care management for the Wellesley, MA-based health plan.
