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First published July 27, 2005 as JAMIA PrePrint; doi:10.1197/jamia.M1722
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 2005;12(6):608-613
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Submitted on October 21, 2004
Accepted on July 18, 2005

Clinical Research Subject Recruitment: The Volunteer for Vanderbilt Research Program; www.volunteer.mc.vanderbilt.edu

Paul A. Harris PhD1*, Lynda Lane MS2, and Italo Biaggioni MD, MS3

Affiliation of the authors: 1 Director of Informatics, General Clinical Research Center, and Research Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN; 2 Director of Administration, General Clinical Research Center, and Senior Associate, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN; 3 Medical Director, Clinical Trials Center, and Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.

This article provides information concerning a novel research subject recruitment registry developed at Vanderbilt University. Project goals were: 1) to provide a mechanism for lay individuals to self-enter information conveying interest in volunteering for clinical research; and 2) provide tools for researchers to select and contact potential volunteers based upon study-specific inclusion criteria. The registry was built and offered as an institutional resource to all university scientists conducting IRB-approved research. The authors present: 1) a model for redesigning workflow associated with subject registration, volunteer retrieval, and subject contact; 2) details of a web-based software application used as a focal point in designing workflow for our system; 3) descriptive statistics for volunteer and researcher use of the system during the first 32 months of operation; 4) cost estimates for the project; and 5) a set of recommendations for other medical centers wishing to adopt similar methodology.






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