Sometimes you have spend money to make money. Moreover you have to have the space and file/material storage to even consider doing clinical research. Research budgets do provide funds for MD and NP evaluations -- early on you need to invest that back into research costs until you can turn a profit. Some studies will purchase, provide or rent necessary materials you may not have (laptops, EKG, -70 refridgerators, etc). Lastly, budgets from 2-3 studies should be able to cover the salary costs of hiring a DEDICATED, experienced study coordinator. However, most rheumatologists who dont do this kind of research or who dont employ a coordinator will usually cheap out and assign that difficult to someone who is ill-equipped and untrained to do the job (eg, medical assistant or secretary) of a study coordinator -- this is a BIG HUGE mistake. Best wishes as you look into this. JC
Sometimes you have spend money to make money. Moreover you have to have the space and file/material storage to even consider doing clinical research. Research budgets do provide funds for MD and NP evaluations -- early on you need to invest that back into research costs until you can turn a profit. Some studies will purchase, provide or rent necessary materials you may not have (laptops, EKG, -70 refridgerators, etc). Lastly, budgets from 2-3 studies should be able to cover the salary costs of hiring a DEDICATED, experienced study coordinator. However, most rheumatologists who dont do this kind of research or who dont employ a coordinator will usually cheap out and assign that difficult to someone who is ill-equipped and untrained to do the job (eg, medical assistant or secretary) of a study coordinator -- this is a BIG HUGE mistake. Best wishes as you look into this. JC