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Learn More About How the PEARLS and Ladder Communication Game Works
Healthcare professionals developed a game that can teach people how to improve their communication and interactions with colleagues and patients. Specifically, the game helps people learn the best ways to respond during a difficult conversation.
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Communication Game Can Teach Staff to Understand Each Other
Poor communication can lead to surgical mistakes and other medical errors, so organizations need to find ways to help staff improve their communication and relational skills among colleagues.
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Asking Caregivers to Stay Overnight Is Part of Patient-Centric Policy
An ASC offers overnight patients the option of staying with a caregiver. It provides convenience and an opportunity to reinforce caregiver and patient education.
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Health System’s Program Reduces Serious Safety Events Everywhere
High reliability training can lead surgery centers and other healthcare organizations to better safety outcomes.
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Improving Cognitive Assessments for People With Developmental Disabilities
With specific modifications, researchers validate a cognitive battery of tests that could improve clinical research for this population.
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Investigation Seeks Deeper Answers on Diet-Heart Disease Connections
Eating a plant-based diet may counteract gut microbials that raise risk of heart disease.
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Consent Library Is Consistent With Quick Access to Better Wording
Dedicated editors help a research program manage an informed consent library of terms that can be included in consent forms as a substitute for medical/scientific language.
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Protocol Activation Model Leads to Reduction in Time-to-IRB Approval
A large cancer research institution in New York City overhauled its protocol review process, devised a library of scientific terms commonly used in consent forms, and invested in more staff. Within a couple of years, the updated process resulted in a striking reduction in the median time for protocol and consent review by the IRB. Time-to-IRB approval decreased from 135 days in 2017 to 80 days in 2018.
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Consent Calendar for Continuing Reviews Can Save IRB Meeting Time
The consent calendar is a century-old tool, but it can work well in saving time during IRB meetings. Typically, IRBs review each study up for continuing review, discussing and voting for each, separately. But that might not be the most efficient way to handle these on the board meeting agenda.
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IRB Devises Efficient, Time-Saving Annual Review Process
Continuing review might have gone away for many studies, but a research protection program’s responsibilities have not. This is why many IRBs have devised an alternative annual review process that combines workflow efficiency with enhanced research protection. One model for this regular review is an annual status report. Minimum risk, expedited review, and some additional studies do not need to go through the annual continuing review by the IRB, but they can be monitored through this review.