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Primary care practice-based research networks (PBRNs) bring together physicians and clinicians in practices across the country to research how patients are treated in a primary care setting.
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Anew study adds to the growing body of evidence that surveying people about past trauma doesn't put them at increased risk for harm.
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For IRB offices to run smoothly, employees need to work well together and count on each other when the work overflows.
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When IRB members weigh risks and benefits of an oncology clinical trial, they need to put risks and benefits in perspective for this particular population, or else they'll err by being too cautious, an expert suggests.
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In April, 2007, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued its draft "Guidance for Clinical Investigators, Sponsors, and IRBs; Adverse Event Reporting Improving Human Subject Protection."
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Now that IRBs have both the final guidance on unanticipated problems and adverse events from the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) of Rockville, MD, and the draft guidance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), their duties in handling these issues should be clear, right?
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An estimated 50 million Americans some of them your patients live with chronic pain caused by disease, disorder, or accident, according to the American Academy of Pain Management.
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Knowing your outpatient surgery program well enough to answer surveyors' questions and provide necessary documentation is a responsibility that all managers accept and understand, but when the surveyor focuses on Life Safety Code issues, some managers scramble for information.
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This column is inspired by the May 9, 2007, article in the Association of American Medical College (AAMC) publication that says one-third of doctors over age 50 would retire if they could.