To learn whether ethics committees reviewing community-based participatory research concentrate on the protection of communities, in addition to individual participants, data from 15 sites were analyzed. Eighty-two ethics committee concerns related to consent (35%), protocol procedures (49%), data collection (17%), and HIPAA (6%) were identified. Concerns generally involved individual level sub...

We propose a framework for the analysis of delegation proto cols Our framework allows to analyse how accountability is transferred or kept by delegator when he transfers some of her rights to delegate The ability to trace how accountability is distributed among principals of a system is crucial in many transactions that have a legal value because accountability is usually a prerequisite to guar...

Healthcare professionals engaged in telehealth are faced with complex US federal regulations (e.g., HIPAA/HITECH) and could benefit from the guidance provided by best practices in Privacy and Security (P&S). This article describes a systematic review protocol to address this need. The protocol described herein uses the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocols ...

The Mother's Health Clinic opened in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1937 and provided women in central Arizona with contraception [3] and family planning [4] resources. A group of wealthy philanthropic Phoenix women founded the clinic under the guidance of birth control activist Margaret Sanger. The clinic was the second birth control [5] clinic to open in Arizona and the first to serve central and north...

This article describes current efforts to (a) define best practices and desired systems-level outcomes for a system of care for Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) and their families; (b) describe the interconnections between Part C early intervention programs and those for CSHCN; and (c) develop measuring and monitoring strategies for implementing a state-level system for all CSHCN...