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According to a new study by Johns Hopkins researchers, ED managers and their staffs are doing a poor job of treating pneumonia and heart attack patients.
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EDs that are using the latest technology in computed tomography (CT) scanning devices are finding numerous benefits in patients with chest pain.
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Greenville (SC) Hospital System University Medical Center has been able to achieve a return on investment (ROI) of more than $6 million in two years by using technology to more efficiently capture charges.
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A special task force of the American Psychological Association studying the tensions between IRBs and psychology researchers has released a list of recommendations on how to address those tensions.
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Studies involving terrorism or disaster victims should receive extra attention and concern from the IRB, but not always for the reasons IRB members suspect, an expert says.
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The recommendations of the American Psychological Association's Task Force on IRBs and Psychological Science focus on giving IRBs and psychological researchers a better understanding of each other's methods and motivations, as well as generating more useful data about how the two groups interact.
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Fledgling student investigators at universities can find human subjects protection regulations complicated and overwhelming and the IRB bureaucracy intimidating and scary.
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How IRBs should handle incidental findings is becoming such a notable issue among IRB professionals that there was a recent conference devoted to the topic.
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In early 2008, Massachusetts hospitals will adopt a uniform policy not to charge patients or insurers for certain rare but serious adverse events, the Massachusetts Hospital Association announced recently.