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Research compliance is serious business, particularly when your studies involve humans. So serious, in fact that federal regulations exist, review boards have been developed to oversee the process, and organizations have sprung up to offer education and support to research professionals.
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More institutional review boards are seeing proposals for studies involving some type of genetic research, but many IRB members feel unprepared to appropriately review the study design and assess the potential risks involved.
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The dialogue among Hospital Access Management readers continues as access managers work to fine-tune processes and enhance cash collection in the emergency department.
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Frontline access management staff at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston face excruciating tasks on a daily basis.
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A relationship of cooperation and mutual respect between access and the billing department is at the heart of a successful quality initiative at Childrens Health Care of Atlanta.
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South Shore Hospital in Weymouth, MA, is collecting thousands of dollars more each month, thanks to a new initiative aimed at making sure patients are aware in advance of their copays.
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Tips from Anthony M. Bruno, MPA, MEd, Director of Patient Access and Business Operations, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia.
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Can you imagine the advantage of having a full-time systems analyst in the patient access department, working with access staff on a daily basis to solve information systems problems days, maybe weeks before a service request would have been answered by your organizations IS department? That is reality at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center - Presbyterian.
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As hospitals put procedures in place for the possible reemergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome during the approaching respiratory disease season, the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a draft report designed to assist in those efforts.
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Insured patient visits behind ED increase; AHA form available to report problems; Part A deductible rise set for 2004, HHS says; pay raise predicted for new registrars