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Kathleen Rauch, RN, BSN, director, Center for Clinical and Operational Performance Analysis, Risk Management & Infection Control at Princeton Healthcare System, felt pretty good coming out of a recent Joint Commission survey. Because she knew what to expect and what was needed to get ready.
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According to experts Hospital Peer Review spoke with, the two biggest barriers to a robust reporting system are employees' fear of punitive action and a burdensome policy that requires a lot of work.
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Hospital reporting on adverse events is still lacking, according to a report from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG), released in March.
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Human subjects research organizations need a thorough, fair, and effective way of handling complaints and concerns about research trial ethical and regulatory violations.
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If your IRB office is well-organized, but IRB member information is dated and difficult to track, then it's time for a simple electronic solution: an IRB member roster.
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With the end of the 2009-2010 flu season, it's easy to get complacent about the threat of pandemic flu. After all, the much-feared H1N1 virus appears to be on the wane in the United States, and total deaths here didn't reach some dire predictions made last summer.
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Improving the participation of minority populations in research has been a holy grail for researchers and IRBs.
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As sweeping as the 906-page health care reform bill is, it will have limited impact on human subjects research protection, experts say.
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A recent analysis of clinical trials showing that gays and lesbians have been excluded from certain types of studies is causing reverberations within the research community and beyond.
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Improved treatments for cancer will be delayed and patient lives will be lost unnecessarily unless the efficiency and effectiveness of the clinical trials system improves, a new report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) concludes.