RESEARCH PROGRAM UPDATE

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RESEARCH PROGRAM UPDATE

• Sarah Castro, MPH
• Senior Research Support Liaison

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Mission

• Genesis Health System Mission
• Genesis Health System exists to provide
  compassionate, quality health services to all
  those in need.
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Philosophy

• Our goals
• Provide research opportunities in our community
• Support and encourage clinicians to combine
  research activities with patient care
•  Provide diverse clinical settings for research
• We believe
• Everyone benefits when we make it possible for
  professionals to develop new skills and stay
  abreast of emerging technologies
• Research is an investment

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Research Department Staff

• Research and Grants Administration
• Senior Research Support Liaison
• Research Program Coordinator/Financial Analyst
• Cardiac and Other Research
• Three Clinical Research Coordinators
• Oncology Research
• One Clinical Research Coordinator

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Services Provided - Administration

• Research Development and Dissemination
• Protocol Development
• Informed Consent Development
• Data Analysis
• Manuscript Preparation
• Contracts

• Study Budgeting and Billing
• Institutional Review Board
• Determination of Research
• Application Development

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Services Provided Research Coordinators

• Study Start-up
• Qualifying questionnaires
• Medicare Coverage Analysis
• IRB application
• Participant Enrollment
• Screening
• Consenting

• Implementation
• Study devices or medication
• Procedure assistance
• Patient follow-up
• Data Collection and Reporting
• Sponsor and IRB Correspondence

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Genesis Institutional Review Board

• The Genesis IRB protects the rights, safety and
  welfare of human research participants
• The IRB is responsible for
• Reviewing new studies
• Ensuring no unreasonable risk
• Providing ongoing review of studies
• Reviewing proposed changes to studies
• Considering adverse events
• Assessing researcher misconduct

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Genesis Institutional Review Board

• 11 members
• Diverse backgrounds
• Scientific and Non-scientific members
• Community members

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Research Volume

• Total Projects 111 studies
• Internal 64
• External 47
• Number of New Researchers 17

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Categories of Research

• Cancer - 80
• Cardiac - 9
• Nursing - 6
• Orthopedic - 5
• Multi-disciplinary - 3

• Primary Care - 3
• Physical Therapy 2
• Occupational Therapy 1
• Blood Donor 1
• Psychology - 1

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Resources

• www.genesishealth.com/research
• Information for Researchers
• Genesis IRB
• Genesis Research Summit
• Clinical Trials