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People participating in pain research report having complex combinations of reasons for enrolling part altruism, part seeking new treatments, part simply having their pain understood and taken seriously.
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Barbara Bierer, MD, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, and the senior vice president for research and the director of faculty development and diversity at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA, is the new chair of the U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary's Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections (SACHRP).
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IRB Advisor: Dr. Marjorie Speers, would you please explain how AAHRPP accreditation requirements work with regard to institutions that are seeking accreditation and have plans to use foreign IRBs for a multi-site study that includes clinical trials located in other countries? Foreign countries hosting clinical trials often require a local board to review the study.
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Accreditation for an academic research institution is a time-consuming and difficult process for the research office and the institution's IRB office. But for a small, private research organization, the task is Herculean.
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You don't have an electronic medical record (EMR) system implemented yet, and now there's talk of patients bringing you their personal electronic health records. Should you scramble to implement an EMR system, or continue to wait it out?
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So if you've decided to implement an electronic medical record (EMR), what is your first step? Do your homework, said Kenny Bozorgi, MD, CASC, chief operating officer, Magna Health Systems, Chicago. He also is a candidate for a master's degree in medical information from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL.
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When you adopt electronic medical records (EMRs), the biggest barrier will be resistance to change, said Melodee Moncrief, BSN, RN, CASC, administrator at Big Creek Surgery Center in Middleburg Heights, OH. Moncrief spoke on EMRs at this year's meeting of the Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Association.
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According to How-to Guide: Improving Hand Hygiene, the Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI) says you should measure the percentage of patient encounters in which there is compliance by health care workers with all components of appropriate hand hygiene and glove practices.
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I have received so many phone calls and e-mails about the September column on the separation of inpatient and outpatient ORs that I thought a follow-up to some of your questions was necessary. Overall, the response was very favorable and positive.
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Just when one thought that minimally invasive surgery couldn't get any less intrusive, new technologies are discovered that are one step less invasive than the most recent advance.
