By Anita Pascoe, MS, CIP, project coordinator at Intermountain Healthcare

"Check what box?" you may ask. Let me explain — without getting too hung up on a paraphrase of Shakespeare's famous question.
In the wake of the 2014 AER Conference last December, I have spent considerable time reflecting on the current regulatory framework governing human subjects research. (Yes, I do have a life, but I am a Certified IRB Professional [CIP®], so matters like these interest me.) In the United States, federal regulations require that all research on human subjects be reviewed and approved by an institutional review board (IRB). IRBs have the authority to approve, [...] Read more