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Despite the adage, "If it wasn't documented, it wasn't done," not everything that ED nurses and physicians do is actually documented. The fact is, documentation omissions and errors do occur. The question is, what piece of information is likely to become crucially important from a legal perspective?
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Initial data on the use of cell phone photos of injuries, taken by the patients themselves in the ED at The George Washington University Hospital in Washington, DC, offers the promise that they might have the potential to speed treatment without sacrificing diagnostic accuracy.
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Behavioral health issues present an ongoing challenge for ED managers in pediatric as well as adult facilities. To address these challenges, the ED leadership at Akron (OH) Children's Hospital has built a separate area within the department to treat patients with such issues.
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The world of the ED manager changed significantly in July, when the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology released the final rule for the definition of the term "meaningful use."
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Academic research institutions continue to cope with challenging economic times, looking for ways to cut costs and improve efficiencies. IRB directors can make a good case that one of the best ways to do both is to move to an electronic data and IRB review system.
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The drive to improve participation in cancer clinical trials has led one cancer center to try a novel approach, using humor and a game show format to educate people about participation in research.
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There are many biomedical and socio-behavioral studies that include questions about childhood sexual abuse since this is a major risk factor for a variety of illnesses.
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Some IRBs are beginning to change how they view the risks of asking sensitive questions of subjects in social-behavioral research studies.
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As the lingering pain of the recession continues to hamper state budgets, the prospect of furloughs may easily be in many IRBs' futures.