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Gene transfer research offers new hope for people suffering from some rare or deadly diseases, but the research also has suffered major setbacks due to serious adverse events, including subjects illnesses and deaths, and this creates a greater burden for IRBs reviewing such protocols, experts say.
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OHRP is seeking comments from IRB members and others about proposed changes to the agencys registration requirements, which apply to all IRBs that review human subjects research conducted or supported by HHS.
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This months cover story is the first of a two-part series on client satisfaction in hospice care. The first story in the series delves into a new satisfaction survey that will help hospices spot areas where improvement is needed.
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Hospice families repeatedly report needing more education to help their dying loved one, according to the new satisfaction survey the Hospice of St. Marys in Leonardtown, MD, began using in January 2004.
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Fundraising is the lifeblood of Fox Valley Hospice in Geneva, IL, because the hospice is a free service hospice that does not contract with Medicare.
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Fox Valley Hospice in Geneva, IL, receives more than $300,000 in donated goods and services each year for its annual garden party fundraising event.
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Medication safety, improved communications, and reduction of falls are among the new additions to the 2005 National Patient Safety Goals of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
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The following patient safety goals of the Joint Commission were developed for home health care but may not apply to all areas of home health, says Maryanne L. Popovich, RN, MPH, executive director of the Joint Commission home care accreditation program.
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Get Ready For Influenza Season: What You Need to Know About the Threat, Diagnosis and Treatment, which will be held Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2004, 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. EDT, will be presented by Benjamin Schwartz, MD, and Frederick Hayden, MD.
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Spurred by historically poor flu immunization compliance in an age of patient safety, some powerful health care forces are converging to make the annual flu shot a new professional standard for health care workers.
