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When research involves an international or multicultural population, there can be informed consent issues that no one anticipates not even the best-informed IRB.
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Pay-for-performance initiatives, which provide bonuses for physicians, hospitals and other providers who meet certain performance standards, are increasingly used by insurers such as Medicare to try to improve quality and efficiency.
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The first babies brought into the National Children's Study while they were still in utero are now about three years old. And they're not all that's grown.
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There have been many surveys of IRBs and their operations gauging how long protocols take in their journey through review, how much it costs to operate a human subjects protection program, and IRB members' attitudes about various aspects of their work.
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About 73% of employers conduct criminal background checks on all job candidates, according to a 2010 survey by the Society for Human Resource Management, and another 19% of employers do so only for selected job candidates. They can be particularly important in healthcare when a job applicant must be trusted with vulnerable patients and data, but experts caution that background checks have limitations.
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Most EDs see a high number of patients presenting with hand, wrist, or finger trauma. However, new research highlights the fact that many patients have to travel long distances for appropriate treatment because their local hospital does not have a hand specialist on call.
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To keep a lid on costs, health care policy experts recognize that hospitals need to find more effective ways to manage transitions.
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The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that it will provide up to $75 million to 11 states and the District of Columbia to test whether Medicaid can support higher quality care at a lower total cost by reimbursing private psychiatric hospitals for some services for which reimbursement has historically not been available.
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