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Protocol review consistency is a hot topic as IRBs, research organizations, and investigators struggle with balancing quality and efficiency in the review process.
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The 2011 changes to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public Health Service (PHS) regulations for reporting investigator conflicts of interest may still be causing confusion for researchers and IRBs.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is failing to ensure that rates paid to managed care organizations serving Medicaid clients aren't too high or too low, according to an August 2010 report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).
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Alaska Medicaid now has a simplified application process, with a relatively short application and no interview requirement. However, according to William Streur, deputy commissioner of the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS), the impact of these recent changes is not yet clear.
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New results from the WHI show that women exposed to combined conjugated estrogens and medroxyprogesterone acetate HRT have an increase in both breast cancer diagnosis and mortality.
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If there are any doubts that improving patient flow also enhances patient safety, the recent experience of the ED at Enumclaw (WA) Regional Hospital should dispel them.
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A study conducted in the ED at St. John Hospital and Medical Center in Grosse Pointe, MI, has found that ED staff placed unnecessary urinary catheters (UCs) in nearly half of women 80 or older. The study was published in the November 2010 issue of the American Journal of Infection Control.
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When the situation warrants it, The Joint Commission will re-visit a topic that it previously has covered in a Sentinel Event Alert to look at it from a different point of view.