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Ethicists and others continue to find it troubling that payments to research participants are part of the recruitment process.
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From a bioethical perspective, payments to research participants are complicated, an expert says.
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Every study participant has seen some variation of this assurance in informed consent documents: "You are free to participate in this research or to withdraw at any time without penalty or loss of benefits you are entitled to receive."
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Two or more IRBs reviewing the same study might reach strikingly different conclusions about the study's risks and suitability for human subjects.
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The growing field of biobanking has added new wrinkles to issues of withdrawal from research. Withdrawing from participation in a biobank or a large cohort study is a very different matter from withdrawing from a clinical trial. Because of the technology involved, it may not be possible to completely remove one's information from the research.
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The very first step to becoming accredited is to collect all of your institution's policies and procedures related to the human research protection program in a searchable electronic format, an expert advises.
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A class for caregivers was established at the University of Minnesota, Fairview in Minneapolis, because caring for an ill family member is becoming common practice as more people are treated as outpatients.
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When behavioral health patients who have been hospitalized receive interventions in their home, their compliance with treatment recommendations increases and hospital readmission drops, a study by PsycHealth Ltd.'s Home Intervention Program has found.
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The collaboration between a commercial health plan and a physician group practice will be able to promote optimal care for patients because the partners have a different focus and outlook, says Barbara Walters, DO, senior medical director for Dartmouth-Hitchcock.
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In an example other employers may want to strongly consider, hospitals around the country are re-creating their cafeterias as they strive to become healthier places to work.