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The Joint Commission provides instruction for hospital staff on how to create a more welcoming, safe, and inclusive environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender patients and their families in a new field guide.
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The holidays finally are over, and most of us have nothing really important to do this month. OK, maybe four of you have something really important to do at work this month, but for the rest of us
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Sherman Hospital in Elgin, IL, takes a proactive approach to ensuring that surgical patients are placed in the proper inpatient or observation status by asking physicians to fill out a surgical reservation form before the surgery is scheduled.
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The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) has announced the results for its annual salary survey of perioperative nurses. Survey participants included staff nurses, managers, (i.e., nurse managers/supervisors/coordinators/team leaders/business managers) high-level managers (vice presidents, directors, assistant directors, and hospital/facility administrators), educators, RN first assistants (RNFAs), and clinical nurse specialists.
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Providing interpreter services is not enough to ensure good communication between patients, family members, and clinicians. It is important to make sure staff understands when to access interpreters, what services are available, and how to use the resources.
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Improving the readability of informed consent involves more than a one-time education of researchers or IRB staff it's a process that requires ongoing commitment.
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As genetic testing becomes better able to pinpoint risk factors for various diseases, is there potential harm to subjects in giving them test results, particularly when there are limited treatment and prevention options?
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A new study looks at an intriguing strategy for improving study subjects' understanding and knowledge of clinical research.
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Transitioning to an electronic submission process is challenging. It also is a time when IRBs need to pay close attention to current compliance practices with an eye on updating standard operating procedures to reflect the new electronic practices and processes.
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As the human research protection program at Mount Sinai Medical Center prepared for accreditation in 2010, IRB Manager Stacy Chandna says she and her colleagues knew they had a daunting task ahead.