Clinical Trials Administrator Archives – July 1, 2008
July 1, 2008
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Site relationship management: Sponsors help sites be more productive
Whether they call it investigator or site relationship management, it seems that big pharma thinks it's just plain old good business. Something they openly admit they hadn't been focused on. -
NCI provides ethical, legal guidelines for handling biospecimen resources
The National Cancer Institute of Bethesda, MD, decided to address a deficit in quality of biospecimens collected for research purposes with the recent publication of improved recommendations. -
Do staff speak up when safety or compliance is in jeopardy?
The health care community has long endorsed staff and patients speaking up when necessary to protect patient safety, but in the heat of the moment, a staff member can be intimidated by superiors and fearful of rocking the boat. -
Encouraging Openness: Is It Just Lip Service?
The health care industry is complex. And to overcome that complexity, we hear much more today about openness and transparency, but are these efforts getting people to speak up? -
Translational science consortium sets out to improve process
A new consortium of research institutions is seeking to transform the process of translational research, in hopes of progressing more efficiently from scientific breakthrough to patient treatment. -
Bridging the Gap Between Research and Practice
Unfortunately, we know that even when an intervention is proven to be efficacious and applicable, it's not always applied," says Catarina Kiefe, MD, PhD, professor of medicine and biostatistics, and director of preventive medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, one of 14 new 2008 members of the CTSA consortium. -
Laptop theft points to need for checklist to deal with data breach
In this digital age, a breach of personal data about clients or customers is the nightmare scenario for any business, conjuring specters of identity theft and public relations woes.