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This IRB “party” gets the job done
There might be a simple solution to IRB workflow issues that stem from graduate student research cycles: A party.
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Strategies for improving study recruitment of minorities
Investigators and IRBs are finding a variety of ways to increase minority representation in studies and clinical trials, including policies mandating such recruitment.
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Research communities work creatively to improve minority recruitment in clinical trials
In the three years since Congress passed the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act of 2012 with its provision encouraging the inclusion of minorities in clinical trials, IRBs and research sites have continued to struggle with the need to diversify study participant pools.
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A clinical trial disaster in France results in injuries and death
One man died and five others were seriously injured in January 2016 after they participated in a Phase I clinical trial in France.
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Top medical journals propose mandating data sharing
The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors — which counts several prestigious periodicals among its members — is giving authors an offer they can’t refuse: Agree to share your clinical trial data with subsequent researchers or your manuscript will not be published.
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FDA Acts to Reduce Zika Blood Transmission
New guidelines seek to curb donations from those who have traveled to Zika hot zones or are otherwise at risk.
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The sick treating the sick: HCWs pressured to work ill
Employee health professionals must work with clinical colleagues to develop clear, supportive policies that clarify when ill healthcare workers should take a sick day rather than expose vulnerable patients and co-workers, researchers recommend.
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Health system screens all patients for suicide risk
In what appears to be a first for a health system, Parkland Health & Hospital System in Dallas recently implemented suicide screenings for all patients.
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Help wanted: CBO to screen patients for benefits
When a hospital identifies that a number of patients have need for food assistance that has not been met, a quick fix is to partner with a community-based organization to meet that need.
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Health system’s case manager-led team improves care coordination
In efforts to develop a robust primary care network, a large healthcare organization has embedded case managers in primary care practices.