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With the smartphone application market seemingly exploding with apps for just about anything, it's no surprise that clinical research is starting to get in on the action. Technology companies and academic institutions are working on research apps and other programs to assist with clinical trial data reporting.
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As hospitals move rapidly toward an electronic medical record to improve patient care and coordination, employee health has a delicate task. Employee health can ride the wave to better use of technology but must still maintain employee confidentiality.
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If information is power, then employee health professionals are about to get a lot more powerful.
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Amid all the advances in electronic medical records software, there's been a setback in occupational health. Respond, which was purchased by Becton, Dickinson and Company in 2009 and renamed BD Protect, is being discontinued.
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A 70-year-old man waves a gun in the emergency department. A gunman shoots his estranged wife and her mother in an intensive care unit. An environmental services worker at a hospital shoots his ex-wife, also an employee, in the hospital garage.
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Reducing hazards is the key to a safe workplace. It means fewer injuries, workers' compensation claims, and absenteeism and a culture of safety. But with OSHA's emphasis on health care, it is also important to ask: How would OSHA view the health and safety program? Are you ready for an OSHA inspection?
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Research institutions that plan to use the teach-back method as part of their informed consent process should make certain there is adequate training for clinical trial professionals. One research site has found that simulations work best for this purpose.
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Despite evidence suggesting that tobacco use can hamper cancer treatments, patients with cancer who enter clinical trials are rarely asked about their use of tobacco, according to a recent study.
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Robert Klitzman's survey of IRB chairs, members and administrators revealed a number of ideas that can be adopted by other institutions that want to improve relations with their investigators.
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The human subjects protection field continues to search for ways to improve the informed consent (IC) process. IRB professionals often express concern that potential research participants do not understand their rights or the true risks and benefits of a study, although they might sign the IC forms and say they have no questions.