Creating an effort tracking tool to improve therapeutic cancer clinical trials workload management and budgeting

JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1228-1233

  James, Pam ^a   Bebee, Patty ^a   Beekman, Linda ^a   Browning, David ^a   Innes, Mathew ^a   Kain, Jeannie ^a   Royce Westcott, Theresa ^a   Waldinger, Marcy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Budget development; Clinical research; Effort tracking tool; Workload management; Workload metrics

Indexed keywords

CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MANAGER; MEDICAL STAFF; RESEARCH EFFORT TRACKING APPLICATION; SHORT SURVEY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 81055127223     PISSN: 15401405     EISSN: 15401413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2011.0103     Document Type: Short Survey

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