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In addition to the problems of high staff costs, outstanding debts, and overpriced supplies, outpatient surgery programs that are not performing well often have underutilized procedure and operating rooms, according to experts interviewed by Same-Day Surgery.
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Public opinion of FDA sliding in Vioxx wake; CAM therapies must meet standards.
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Should a terminally ill 10-year-old have a say in determining her end-of-life care? Can a teenager make an informed consent to treatment? Questions of this type will be the mainstay of the Center for Pediatric Bioethics, the nation first center for bioethics solely dedicated to pediatrics, which will be located at Childrens Hospital and Regional Medical Center in Seattle.
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Reacting to allegations that clinical trials showing unfavorable results often go unpublished, two states are proposing legislation that would require clinical researchers to register their studies with the NIHs clinical trials database if they involve studies designed to evaluate a drugs safety or effectiveness.
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Researchers are finding the HIPAA to be a significant barrier to recruiting research participants, in part because of the inconsistent way in which IRBs deal with requests for HIPAA waivers.
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The 1999 research-related death of Jesse Gelsinger achieved one more step toward resolution with the announcement of a settlement between the federal government and researchers and research institutions involved in the case.
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A video created to dispel patient misconceptions about clinical trials benefited from a diverse array of viewpoints everyone from physicians and nurses to subjects and even those who decide not to take part in clinical trials, says the woman who spearheaded the effort.
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Patients with psychiatric illness pose a particular problem to researchers and to the IRBs that review studies involving them. They can have widely varying capacity to give informed consent and that capacity can wax and wane depending upon the progression of the illness and the patients current treatment. Issues such as the use of placebo and the role of surrogates can be thorny.
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For the first time in more than 60 years, the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses (AAOHN) in Atlanta is hosting an independent conference distinct from the occupational medicine physicians in the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
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Is your state next? Laws requiring disclosure of individual hospital infection rates are sweeping the nation. Four states Pennsylvania, Illinois, Florida, and Missouri have passed infection rate disclosure laws, and 20 others have introduced bills.
