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Article: Study results to help IRBs see what slows studies.
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- Hospital Peer Review
- Article date:
- September 1, 2009
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Study results to help IRBs see what slows studies
Reports of how IRB stacks up against others
More than three dozen institutions who participated in a study of IRB response times will be receiving individualized reports that show how their institution stacks up against the rest of the group.
It's the first step of what organizers hope is an ongoing effort to help determine what slows studies down in IRB review and how to achieve improvements.
The study was conducted by a committee of the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) consortium, as a part of the consortium's goal of progressing more efficiently from scientific ...