Commentary: Protecting human subjects and their data in multi-site research

• Published in: Medical care Vol. 50 Suppl; p. S74
• Main Author: Luft, Harold S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.07.2012
• Subjects: Confidentiality; Electronic Health Records; Ethics Committees, Research - organization & administration; Humans; Multicenter Studies as Topic; Peer Review, Research

Comparative effectiveness research is sometimes best done using routinely collected data from multiple real world settings. This raises important issues with respect to the authorizations to use the data, dealing with the multiple IRBs that may have oversight authority, and protecting it from breach...