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Records Series Descriptions
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Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) SERIES TITLE Minutes and Agendas for Clinical Oversight Committees INCLUSIVE DATES 1952 1994 ARRANGEMENT Record type; chronologically thereunder VOLUME 5 cubic feet DESCRIPTION These are the minutes and agendas for clinical oversight committees, which include the Executive Committee, Governing Body, Medical Records Committee, Patient Care Committee, Infection Control Committee, Medical Staff Committee, and Medical Care Evaluation Committee. The Medical Records Committee spans the period between 1955 to 1968. The sections are divided by year and each year contains: memorandums of committee membership; committee meeting minutes; and BNL Hospital Clinical and Statistical Summary Sheets which have sample forms, draft forms including one on Authorization for Release of Clinical Information, proposed rules and regulations, captions for isotope index cards, evaluation of patient laboratory forms, and samples of approved patient consent forms. The Governing Body records begin in 1957 and contain bylaws and minutes of the governing board of the medical research center hospital of BNL; memorandums; forms for initiation and review of the clinical investigative program; forms for administration of radioisotopes to humans; and draft medical records. The Medical Staff Committee operated from 1960 to 1974, and was superseded by the Executive Committee, which is documented by instructions for the operation of the hospital; bylaws, rules, and regulations for the medical staff; memorandums relating to compliance with the policies of accreditation associations, including the Federal regulations on health insurance for the aged. Medical Care Evaluation Committee records are from 1971 and contain information on patient care evaluations. RESTRICTIONS This series contains privacy material. LOCATION OF RECORDS Brookhaven National Laboratory Clinical Research Center Building 490 Upton, NY 11973 |