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CHS Services & Specialty Areas
- Research and Administrative
Operations: These departments are responsible for the
oversight of Group Health Center for Health Studies (CHS)
finances and administration of grants. Staff are skilled in
research financing, budgeting and contracting and have expertise
in grantee requirements and regulatory compliance. Services
include:
- Project Development is the
first point of contact for project results. Project
development staff provide expertise in research project
administration. Staff assists internal and external
investigators in developing grants for funding consideration
including all pre-award activities, budget preparation and
scopes of work.
- Research Review provides
oversight of the study approval process including Research
and Human Subjects Review Committee and contracting.
- Business and Grant Operations
provides financial and contract management and post-award
grant administration.
- Information Technology:
Every encounter a Group Health enrollee has with the medical
care system generates data. These data and processes for
their uses are organized into SAS data sets for research
purposes. Management of these data, their summarizations and
analysis are functions of the Center's Information
Technology Division. Other responsibilities include ongoing
maintenance and updating of Center-wide computer equipment
and technologies as well as staff training.
- Survey Program: A distinct
operational unit within the Center since 1988, the Survey
Research Program (SRP) specializes in conducting telephone
and mail surveys for projects within the Center and the
community. The program performs data collection for projects
of varying size, complexity and duration. Survey program
staff consult on survey design and administration; field
telephone or mailed surveys; track respondents; and enter,
edit code and clean data. The program uses computer assisted
telephone interviewing (CATI) software for telephone
surveys. SRP has 17 CATI stations, and can expand capacity,
as needed.
- Research Clinic: The
Center has a clinical research site in Seattle, Wash. The
site has a laboratory, exam/interview room and specialized
equipment which can measure bone mineral density, pulmonary
function, body fat, and cardiac strength. It is staffed by
nurse practitioners, registered nurses, medical assistants,
and clinical research assistants.
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