November 26, 2004
When Is Research Really Research?
Academic physicians push to keep oversight of most quality-improvement projects away from institutional review boardsIn 1998 faculty members at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine embarked on a project to improve the quality of care for dialysis patients. Within two years, they published two scholarly papers about their work, and the effort seemed to be a success.
Until the university's institutional review board came knocking.
Ordinarily federal regulations
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