Conducting a successful clinical trial depends on well-designed patient recruitment procedures and retaining the research participants until the completion of the study. The participants must receive ...

Increasingly, medical procedures in the United States are being performed in ASCs. According to statistics released earlier this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center ...

Informed consent is a vital part of healthcare, ensuring that patients understand their treatment options and can make ...

Informed consent represents a crucial component in modern medical practice, ensuring that patients are fully apprised of the benefits, risks, and alternatives associated with medical procedures. This ...

While many people indicate “I have read and agree to the terms and conditions”, very few actually take the time to read through everything to truly understand the small print. One journalist estimates ...

Informed consent is a fundamental component of modern healthcare and represents a patient's right to understand and agree to a medical procedure, treatment or study. True informed consent empowers ...

A group of UAB researchers developed a web-based decision support tool in their recent publication, “Patient, Nurse, Medical Assistant, and Surgeon Perspectives Inform the Development of a Decision ...

What is informed birth consent? Here's why it's vital. (Getty Images) Consent in the medical field is vital to ensuring a patient’s comfort and safety. Some people, however, are sounding the alarm ...

The new requirement would cover dozens of medications: antipsychotics, stimulants, antidepressants, narcotics and ...