Why would Emergency Medicine Reports publish an article about "chronic" wounds? As we well know, many patients with chronic conditions come to the emergency department (ED), and those with chronic wounds are no exception. The incidence of chronic skin wounds is likely to increase to due the rise in obesity and diabetes, as well as aging in the general population.
Electronic data capture (EDC) systems are supposed to make data collection and analysis easier and more accurate for clinical research (CR) teams. But often CR coordinators and investigators find the systems to be counterintuitive, inflexible, and difficult to navigate.
Call it a one-stop clinical research shop. An intranet web site, called StarBRITE, developed at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN, gives clinical research (CR) coordinators, investigators, and other research staff immediate access to clinical trials support information.
Research coordinators come from such a wide variety of backgrounds and experience that it can challenge institutions to meet everyone's educational needs.
Clinical trials administrators and investigators should make certain their processes and practices clearly assign research health care services to the correct payer, an expert advises.
Imagine recruiting for a clinical trial when a big portion of your potential volunteers might be sent to the other side of the world half-way through a study.
When a research institution is trying to stay compliant and keep track of the voluminous paperwork filed during the clinical trial process, it helps to use logs and checklists that capture each small detail.
Imagine treating 30 severely burned patients in a single night. That was what ED nurses faced at Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah, GA, after an explosion at a local sugar plant.
More than 7,000 children visit EDs each year with symptoms such as hives, drowsiness, or unsteady walking caused by taking over-the-counter and prescription cough and cold medications, according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
