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NIH Policy on Review of Multicenter Studies: ‘One Size Fits All’
A new National Institutes of Health policy mandates that all domestic sites participating in multicenter research studies use a single institutional review board.
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Updated Common Rule: ‘Massive Improvement’ For Human Subjects Research
The long-awaited updated Common Rule for federal regulations for ethical conduct of human subjects research is quite different from what was initially proposed.
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Study: Scientifically Unproven Marketing Claims Very Common on Websites
Marketing claims on websites of complementary and alternative medicine therapies practitioners regarding allergy and asthma often included interventions that were not scientifically supported, according to a new study.
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Committee Says Human Genome Editing Ethically Permissible — Under Certain Conditions
Stringent oversight might be necessary in order for heritable germline editing clinical trials to be conducted, according to a new report indicating use of the technique could be ethically permissible, but only for treating or preventing serious diseases.
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Hand and Toe Amputation Results in $10.4 Million Jury Verdict
Failure to monitor adverse drug events in a patient led to gangrene and amputation of hand and toes.
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$4.7 Million Verdict for Fatal Failure to Monitor Medication
Failure to monitor a patient's medication use resulted in fatal liver damage.
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Study Identifies Surprising Priorities of Chronically Critically Ill Patients
To explore the expectations and goals of chronically critically ill patients, researchers interviewed 30 patients and 20 surrogates at a long-term acute care hospital.
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More Data Access Means More Risk of Breach
Greater access to healthcare data increases the risk of a security breach, according to a recent report.
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Paid Medical Malpractice Claims Decrease, Compensation Up
Paid medical malpractice claims decreased but compensation amounts increased in a new analysis of national claims by specialty from 1992-2014.
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Email Credentials Risky for Healthcare Hacking
Despite a growing awareness among healthcare risk managers of the vulnerability of their computer systems, hackers still get in. Often, they break in through the organization’s weakest link: end-user email credentials.