Corporate Compliance

Auditing clinical trials

Healthcare Auditing Weekly, December 28, 2004

Ensure that clinical trials research is conducted properly by developing clinical trials knowledge for your audit. Here are a few essentials for clinical trials auditors

  • develop knowledge of clinical trials, including federal regulations and guidelines relating to the organization's clinical trials

  • perform a risk analysis, by determining the type of clinical research being conducted and interviewing key investigators

  • choose a sample that represents different categories of research

    These are just a few of the steps needed for a successful clinical trial audit. To learn more, including an outline of 10 crucial steps, order the book, "Hospital Auditing and Monitoring: Sample Programs for Key Risk Areas ," published by HCPro, Inc. This book is a step-by-step, practical manual that offers sample audit programs for the most troublesome areas that a hospital must audit. The binder and CD-ROM are filled with actual audit programs used by auditors and compliance officers in the field. Click here for more information or to order your copy today.

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