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IRBs could improve and expedite their review process by hiring someone to pre-review submissions, an expert suggests.
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As the hurricane season picks up and the potential for other types of emergencies continues, a research institution might find it necessary to transfer its IRB-approved research to another institution. Or an IRB simply might need to transfer a single study for a variety of reasons. Federal guidance on how to handle these contingencies now is available.
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When research involves an international or multicultural population, there can be informed consent issues that no one anticipates not even the best-informed IRB.
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Pay-for-performance initiatives, which provide bonuses for physicians, hospitals and other providers who meet certain performance standards, are increasingly used by insurers such as Medicare to try to improve quality and efficiency.
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The first babies brought into the National Children's Study while they were still in utero are now about three years old. And they're not all that's grown.
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There have been many surveys of IRBs and their operations gauging how long protocols take in their journey through review, how much it costs to operate a human subjects protection program, and IRB members' attitudes about various aspects of their work.
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At Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, research compliance depends on a continuous loop of quality improvement and education, each enhancing the other.
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Cybercrime and data exposure pose a relatively new risk to research participants. IRBs have been addressing this threat in recent years, but they haven't given as much thought to their own responsibility and risk from wireless technology, an expert says.
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Keeping a small IRB in the know on the latest regulatory requirements, technological advances, etc., is a huge challenge. Some smaller IRBs have found that one cost-effective way to increase their knowledge of current requirements and trends is to be part of a networking group.
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Multisite studies are a continuing challenge for IRBs how do you review these protocols quickly and efficiently while preserving the autonomy of individual IRBs?