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IRB’s New Member Handbook Improves IRB Training
Like many IRBs, the Virginia Commonwealth University IRB has been on a mission recently to streamline its processes, decrease approval time, and improve IRB member training.
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Here’s a List of Vulnerable Populations Historically Exploited in U.S. Research Studies
People who are part of vulnerable populations were exploited in the name of research over the years leading up to our current institutional review board and human research protections.
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Vulnerable Populations are a Cornerstone of Human Research Protections
Historical accounts of the biggest human research scandals of the past two centuries primarily involved vulnerable populations. The list is long and includes orphans, minorities, the disabled, prisoners, and others.
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The 21st Century Cures Act Easily Passed, But is it Good for Research Protection?
The 21st Century Cures Act's broad popularity and its $4.8 billion in spending for new research at the National Institutes of Health might not offset some of the bill’s problems tied to research protection, some critics say.
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Major Culture Shift Improves Quality and Safety
Quality improvement leaders at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg, ID, faced a problem familiar to their counterparts at hospitals across the country: They would identify opportunities for improvement and find evidence-based solutions, but the effort would fall flat because there was no buy-in from others.
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Hopkins Command Center Improves Quality with Coordination
The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore is improving quality and patient safety with a state-of-the-art, advanced control center that coordinates care throughout the facility, bringing together many department representatives who can work efficiently with real-time data.
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Hospitals Can Now Factor Socioeconomic Status into Readmissions
Hospitals have long complained that assessments of their readmission rates do not take into account the socioeconomic factors that can influence them, resulting in facilities serving the neediest patients taking a financial hit when they don’t meet national standards. That is about to change with the introduction of a law that allows hospitals to factor in that information when determining readmission rates.
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Time to Use Big Data for Quality Improvement
Quality professionals have been told for years, regularly and with great enthusiasm, that they should use “big data” to radically improve quality and outcomes, but many found that doing so was a challenge and didn’t live up to expectations. -
March 8 is Deadline for Giving MOON to Patients
CMS has set March 8 as the date on which hospitals are required to give patients receiving observation services the Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice.
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When You Have a New Patient, Don’t Reinvent the Wheel
Hospital case managers should create alliances with primary care providers who can share information that will help in creating a discharge plan, according to the chief executive officer of El Rio Community Health Center in Tucson, AZ.