Reports on Clinical and Translational Science Findings from Duke University School of Medicine Provide New Insights (Engaging patients throughout the health system: A landscape analysis of cold-call policies and recommendations for future …)

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2019 AUG 28 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- New research on Health and Medicine - Clinical and Translational Science is the subject of a report. According to news reporting out of Durham, United States, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “Healthcare institutions may often prohibit ‘cold-calling’ or direct contact with a potential research participant when the person initiating contact is unknown to the patient. This policy aims to maintain patient privacy, but may have unintended consequences as a result of physician gatekeeping.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the Duke University School of Medicine, “In this review, we discuss recruitment policies at the top academic institutions. We propose an ethical framework for evaluating cold-call policies based on three principles of research ethics. In order to maximize engagement of potential research participants, while maintaining patient privacy and autonomy, we then propose several alternative solutions to restrictive cold-call policies, including opt-in or opt-out platforms, a team-based approach, electronic solutions, and best practices for recruitment.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “As healthcare has evolved with more collaborative, patient-centered, data-driven care, the engagement of potential research participants should similarly evolve.”

For more information on this research see: Engaging patients throughout the health system: A landscape analysis of cold-call policies and recommendations for future policy change. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 2018;2(6):384-392.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting K.R. McHugh, Dept. of Medicine, School of Medicine, Durham, NC, United States. Additional authors for this research include G.K. Swamy and A.F Hernandez.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1017/cts.2019.1. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.