Description
Targeted (based on information from the medical record) recruitment of patients into clinical research requires a mechanism for initial contact. Institutions are grappling with creating policies that support recruitment efforts while protecting patient privacy. Although preliminary and limited by low response rate, the results of this study show that nearly half of the AMCs allowed researchers to directly contact patients without the involvement of a treating clinician; however, this number was lower for studies involving sensitive diagnoses
Learning Objective: Learn how academic medical centers (AMCs) currently manage initial recruitment contact requests from researchers
Authors:
Dawn Sugarman, McLean Hospital
Alisa Busch (Presenter)
McLean Hospital
Jeanhee Chung, Massachusetts General Hospital
Patricia O'Rourke, Partners Healthcare Systems
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