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IRBs can learn a great deal from each other. One research institution's hard-earned lesson and resolution can be another organization's best practices.
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When and how to release biomarker results is complicated issue for researchers, IRBs
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The Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) has posted its updated and finalized guidance on the IRB continuing review process.
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IRBs often do a good, or at least adequate, job of maintaining required documentation for studies they review, but there are several key documentation areas in which many IRBs need to improve, according to experts.
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When a group of researchers set out to study effective ways to screen HMO members for substance abuse problems and to refer them for treatment, they expected that sensitive topic would require strict confidentiality measures.
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Patients hospitalized with depression may need extra help understanding the informed consent process for research, due to cognitive impairments that affect their ability to understand information being given to them about a study.
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Families delivering babies at Evergreen Hospital Medical Center in Kirkland, WA, aren't told what to expect during labor. Instead, they are educated about their choices, so the birth is a positive experience.
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Many factors are increasing the value of patient education, according to experts in the field.
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DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital in Detroit has been recognized by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) for reducing its heart failure readmission rate by 30% this past year. Sinai-Grace was one of the first hospitals to participate in the IHI's State Action on Avoidable Rehospitalizations (MI STAAR) initiative.
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Childbirth at Evergreen Hospital Medical Center in Kirkland, WA, is viewed as a family experience, rather than a medical event.
