A cross-cutting approach to enhancing clinical trial site success: The Department of Veterans Affairs' Network of Dedicated Enrollment Sites (NODES) model

Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2017, Pages 78-84

  Condon, Debra L ^a   Beck, Danielle ^b   Kenworthy Heinige, Tawni ^c   Bratcher, Karen ^d   O'Leary, Meghan ^e   Asghar, Aliya ^f   Willis, Cyenthia ^g   Johnson, Marcus R ^e,i   Huang, Grant D ^h  

^a Minneapolis VA Health Care System   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^g VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^h Office of Research and Development   (United States)

ⁱ Durham VA Health Care System   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Network; Recruitment; Sites; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CROSS TRAINING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VETERAN;

EID: 85017450872     PISSN: 24518654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conctc.2017.03.006     Document Type: Article

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