Variations in Institutional Review Board Approval in the Implementation of an Improvement Research Study

The purpose of this paper is to report the variance in institutional review board (IRB) reviews as part of the implementation of a multisite, quality improvement study through the Improvement Science Research Network (ISRN) and recommend strategies successful in procuring timely IRB approval. Using...

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Main Authors: Darpan I. Patel, Kathleen R. Stevens, Frank Puga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Nursing Research and Practice
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/548591