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Some larger research institutions in recent years have taken incremental steps to having an electronic IRB submission, review, and documentation process. But transitioning to a paperless process has been more of a challenge for smaller IRBs and institutions.
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Gaining approvals from 36 IRBs for a multisite, multilingual epidemiologic study of tuberculosis gave Dolly Katz, who serves on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's IRB, insight as to what it's like on the other side of the protocol.
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Data, data and more data. That's what you need to justify not only wellness programs, but your position.
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If you want your employees to report to work during a pandemic, make sure you have plenty of antiviral medications. Let them know how you'll help them manage the unique work-life balance issues of an emergency, such as child care when schools are closed. And underscore how important they are to the organization, even if their duties are clerical or custodial.
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Question: Over the past eight months, we have noticed a huge drop in collections from our patients' copay insurance. We are struggling as a result of this cash flow issue. How are others dealing with this dilemma?
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You might think that with a surgical-site infection (SSI) rate of 0%, you could rest on your laurels, but that's not the attitude of the quality professionals and staff members at Hawaii Medical Center East in Honolulu. Despite achieving such a "perfect" score, they decided to dig deeper and find additional ways to improve.
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Researchers predict that by as early as 2010, there could be a shortage of 1,300 general surgeons.
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Is a patient's account uncollectible? Is your self-pay patient eligible for financial assistance? Both of those scenarios are becoming more common due to the recession and if the answer to either of those questions is "yes," you should know sooner rather than later.
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Through a series of initiatives aimed at increasing patient throughput, Bay Medical Center in Panama City, FL, has lowered its average discharge time by two hours.
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A robust emergency department case management program is becoming essential as hospitals struggling with capacity and payer sources clamp down on inappropriate admissions, says Toni Cesta, RN, PhD, FAAN, senior vice president, operational efficiency and capacity management at Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY.