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Questions From UW Madison’s QI Program Evaluation Tool
The University of Wisconsin-Madison IRB developed an online quality improvement/program evaluation self-certification tool that helps project leaders determine whether their projects qualify as research.
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Self-certification Tool Formalizes Process to Decide Between QI and Research
IRB officials at the University of Wisconsin-Madison realized seven years ago that the IRB was receiving too many requests for review of quality improvement or other projects that did not meet the Common Rule’s definition of human subjects research.
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Electronic Consent Has a Few Obstacles and Drawbacks
Adoption of electronic consent is a process that will not occur overnight.
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Future World Without Paper Consent Could Be Here Sooner Than Imagined
Remember when the IRB submission process was entirely on paper? In 2027, someone might ask the same thing of informed consent: “Remember informed consent paper documents?”
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Using Prisoners as Research Subjects Raises Ethical Concerns
A recent study found a “significant minority” of inmate research participants reported pressure to not participate in trials, both from fellow prisoners and correctional staff.
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Expect Zika Return, Reinforce HCW Safety
Employee health professionals should prepare for the return of Zika virus, as the CDC expects the mosquito-borne infection threat to return to the U.S. as the warmer months arrive.
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The Ethical Quandary of Moral Distress
Cynda Rushton and colleagues outline a path to “moral resilience” for nurses and other healthcare workers feeling conflicted about a given situation and the inner desire “to do the right thing.”
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Study: Older Patients Vulnerable to Functional Decline Following ED Visit
New findings from a rigorously designed study suggest that older patients who visit the ED are at enhanced risk of disability for up to six months following the visit.
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Case Management Contributes to Better Transitions, Reductions in LOS
When reviewing her health system’s care transition, a manager of case management noticed a trend: The length of stay was heading in the right direction, but the readmission rates bounced up and down.
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New Payer-provider Five-year Contract Pushes the Envelope on Care Coordination
Independence Blue Cross and the University of Pennsylvania Health System signed a five-year contract, effective July 1, 2017, to share accountability for quality and cost.