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To ensure that a proposed study or clinical trial can fulfill its goals and remain within ethical guidelines, some IRBs have mandated that protocols go through scientific review prior to submission. The purpose of the review is to ensure that studies are built on a solid scientific foundation to achieve the objectives.
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Informed consent forms have one very daunting characteristic: They are visually numbing.
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Three large Ohio academic Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) institutions recently formed an IRB collaboration to allow a central IRB review during multisite studies. This was the first time CTSAs collaborated in this way, and it could serve as a best practice for other research institutions and CTSAs, experts say.
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One of the biggest challenges IRBs face is keeping up with ethical issue updates during an ever-evolving period technologically, experts say.
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The Joint Commission has released its seventh episode in the animated Speak Up video series, "Speak Up: Know Your Rights." The new video features characters as they depict the rights every patient should expect from their caregivers.
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The Joint Commission has updated its frequently asked question about non-licensed, non-employee individuals for the ambulatory, hospital, critical access hospital, and office-based programs, as well as home care, laboratory, and long-term care programs.
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The National Quality Forum (NQF) board of directors has endorsed 14 patient safety measures with a focus on complications. The measures address a range of quality concerns, including surgical safety, medication safety, venous thromboembolism, and care coordination.
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The SAFE CARE Patient Safety Education program uses free posters that healthcare facilities can hang in patient rooms or patient care areas that allow patients and families to instantly access and watch safety videos by topic.
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Outpatient surgery programs around the country are reporting that accreditation survey teams are sending an additional surveyor who targets infection control during the survey process.
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The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) has announced an accreditation program that is tailored to the specific needs of practices that offer office-based surgery (OBS), and it is priced to be cost-effective for smaller practices. AAAHC defines an OBS center as an organization that has no more than four physicians/dentists and no more than two operating/procedure rooms.