IRB Metrics
In the spirit of the Health System's public reporting of quality measures, the Office of the IRB began in June 2008 to publish the following metrics:
- Defined goals for IRB response time.
- Average time interval of IRB response to submission.
- Average time interval of investigator response to the IRB.
- Average time interval from submission to IRB approval.
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May 2009 through January 2010 |
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Category of Review* |
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Quality Measure |
Exempt** |
Expedited** |
Full Board |
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Initial IRB Response to Submission: |
Within |
Within |
Within |
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Average Time Interval of |
4 days |
6 days |
4 days |
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Average Time Interval of |
18 days |
11 days |
18 days |
There are currently no established goals for total approval time. However, by tracking average approval intervals, we hope to develop standards for future analysis.
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May 2009 through January 2010 |
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Category of Review |
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Quality Measure |
Exempt** |
Expedited** |
Full Board |
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Average Time Interval of |
33 |
43 |
N/A |
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Average Time Interval of |
N/A |
N/A |
27 |
*Note that ALL reviews (new submission,modifications, and continuing review items) are categorized into one of these three groups. If you have a question about the mechanism of review for your submission, please contact us at 516-562-3101.
**The clock for Exempt and Expedited review items begins the date that items are received at the IRB office. The clock for Full Board items (those which require review at a convened meetings) begins with the date of the meeting.
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ANNUAL METRICS |
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Category of Review* |
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Quality Measure |
Exempt** |
Expedited** |
Full Board |
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Initial IRB Response to Submission: |
Within |
Within |
Within |
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Average Time Interval of |
3 days |
5 days |
5 days |
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Average Time Interval of |
12 days |
13 days |
22 days |
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ANNUAL METRICS |
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Category of Review |
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Quality Measure |
Exempt** |
Expedited** |
Full Board |
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Average Time Interval of |
24 |
38 |
N/A |
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Average Time Interval of |
N/A |
N/A |
48 |