Chart 1. Roles for Electronic Medical Record Users Caring for Clinical Trial Participants and Corresponding Roles for Users Caring for “Standard Care” Patients*.
Clinical Trail Roles | Non-Clinical Trail Roles |
---|---|
Principal research investigators | Standard care clinicians |
Study coordinators | Clinical nurses |
Study participants | Patients |
Research-only clinicians | N/A |
Local IRB | N/A |
Research subject advocates | N/A |
Funding sponsors | Third-party payers |
Research institute/clinical trials office/Office of Sponsored Research | HIPAA compliance office/HIPAA Security Office |
N/A | Emergency care/other clinicians |
N/A | Non-clinical EMR users |
N/A | Clinical administrative user |
N/A | Quality improvement personnel |
Research database managers | EMR technical managers |
Statisticians | N/A |
The same individual user could assume multiple roles, even for a single patient during a single encounter (mixing care scenario).