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A series of MediKiosks designed by Maitland, FL-based Galvanon Inc. have cut patient check-in time at the Baylor Sammons Breast Imaging Center in Dallas from seven or eight minutes down to three, while winning broad approval from patients.
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Considering the ramifications of consumer-directed health care offers yet another opportunity to broaden the definition of access services.
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A method for keying ancillary department schedules enables patients at Swedish Covenant Hospital in Chicago to go directly to the point of service and have any missing pieces of the registration process completed there — unless there’s something unusual that needs to be taken care of in registration.
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Particularly at smaller institutions, IRB administrators who also serve as voting members can offer many benefits. They attend and coordinate all meetings, so counting them as members helps the board achieve quorum.
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In the past few years, Hispanics have become the largest minority group in the United States, numbering nearly 41.3 million in the most recent U.S. Census estimates.
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Only 75% of patients that begin clinical trials for drugs fully complete, according to a recent study by Cutting Edge Information in Research Triangle Park, NC, noting several reasons for this low completion rate.
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Physicians discussing clinical trials with their patients may not realize the importance of patients fears about side effects in making a decision about whether to participate.
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The cost of operating institutional review boards is higher than previous estimates had indicated, according to a survey published recently in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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What can IRBs do to help reach out to the Hispanic population in their own communities?
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Here are excerpts of the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) disease-specific guidance on whether health care workers should use surgical masks or respirators.