F04 - Bringing Continuous Improvement to Your HRPP—Proving Your HRPP Processes Are Hitting All the Right Milestones for Your Stakeholders

HRPPs and IRBs must adapt to an evolving research world of changes and increased expectations of performance. Old processes need to be evaluated and improved to evolve with the changes. However, it seems like a daunting
mission with the constant daily tasks, urgent requests, and other important items to address. There are tools and methods that are effective in improving team efficiency that take only a small percentage of the workday, and implementing these tools has shown to improve IRB approval turnaround time, balance workload, improve submission quality in and out of the IRB, elevate team innovation, and more. This session will review the common challenges HRPPs and IRBs may be facing and the continuous improvement tools that could help minimize the impact of these challenges and improve efficiency.