Archive for September, 2008
Addressing Clinical Trial Recruitment and Patient Retention Issues Imposed by HIPAA Step by Step (third of a series)
Patient Retention
Recent reports have indicated that the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) that went into effect in 2003 has adversely affected clinical trial conduct and patient retention by imposing significant time and cost burden and by impeding clinical trial recruiting and patient retention,1 which in turn has deterred patient search efforts–locating patients lost-to-follow-up. [...]
Determining Clinial Trial Patient Vital Status
Clinical Trial Patient Vital Status
How does OmniTrace determine the vital status of a clinical trial patient lost to follow-up? What a great question!
Our first efforts are to establish that the clinical trial patient is alive and determine the patient’s current address and phone number. Each search can be quite different, and our research procedures will vary depending on the makeup of the [...]
Addressing Clinical Trial Recruitment and Retention Issues Imposed by HIPAA Step by Step (second of a series)
Clinical Trial Recruitment
Recent reports have indicated that the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) that went into effect in 2003 has adversely affected clinical trial conduct by imposing significant time and cost burdens, and by impeding clinical trial recruitment and retention,1 which in turn has deterred finding patients lost-to-follow-up (LTFU). This post will serve [...]
FDA Patient Safety News- Recalls and Safety Alerts: Serious Infections and Neurological Events with Raptiva January 1, 2009
- Recalls and Safety Alerts: Recall of ReliOn Insulin Syringes January 1, 2009
- Recalls and Safety Alerts: Ethex Corp. Recalls Several Generic Drugs January 1, 2009
- Recalls and Safety Alerts: Serious Complications with Surgical Mesh for Gynecologic Surgery January 1, 2009
- Preventing Medical Errors: More Mix-ups between Propylthiouracil and Purinethol January 1, 2009
