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The Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) recently released guidance for IRBs and investigators on how to deal with the new Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA).
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The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) of 2008 protects Americans against discrimination in employment and health insurance coverage based on genetic information.
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The General Accounting Office (GAO) report on the IRB system's vulnerabilities doesn't just criticize the individual IRBs targeted by the investigation.
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The National Business Group on Health, a Washington, DC-based non-profit association of more than 300 large U.S. employers, has released an Issue Brief, "Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: A Business Case Update for Employers."
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Of a cohort group of 5,455, 21% of employees participating in Intel Corp.'s "Health for Life 3-Step Wellness Check" were moved from high risk to low/moderate risk during the program's first year.
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The most important thing that case managers can do in case of a pandemic, or even an outbreak of influenza, is to educate their clients on disease prevention, says Isela Luna, RN, PhD, director of nursing at Pima County Health Department in Tucson, AZ.
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Are the medications safely out of reach of children? Can the family caregiver handle tasks required to care for the patient? Are family members following the wishes of the patient as indicated before he or she developed dementia? Is the patient safe in the home setting? Is the employee safe in the patient's home?
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Large research institutions can improve IRB consistency, education, and networking by establishing an oversight board that will bring IRB chairs together at committee meetings.
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Banja: Here's a direction in the brain death debate that I think is most interesting: The Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Now, this act was passed in 1993 but in 1997 it was declared unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court. So, the act is no longer in effect.
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Depending on the ultimate decision of the Montana Supreme Court in the case of Baxter v. Montana, the complex issue of assisted suicide ultimately could mean that Montana becomes the third state in the United States to allow for physician-assisted suicide, after Oregon and more recently, Washington state.