title: Clinical research: making it work in the outpatient dialysis facility.
abstract: Performing clinical research in the outpatient dialysis facility can be very challenging. Research protocols define time-specific and detailed procedures to be performed. In dialysis units where staff members are responsible for the delivery of life-sustaining therapy to an aging end stage renal disease patient population with multiple co-morbidities, these requirements can easily be considered too burdensome to be implemented successfully. In the authors'facility, clinical research has been successfully implemented with a close team approach supported by a dedicated research group and unit staff
authors.affiliation: Satellite Healthcare, Inc., Mountain View, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Sheila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Doss
authors.forename: Brigitte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schiller
authors.forename: Rosemary
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Moran
mesh_terms: D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities; D035843:Biomedical Research; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy*; D006435:Renal Dialysis