Security officers guard the outside of River Oaks Hospital on Monday after the two-campus facility was closed. Security officers guard the outside of River Oaks Hospital on Monday after the two-campus facility was closed. More than 500 people worked at River Oaks Hospital, which closed after four years of ownership by Hospital Partners of America. Patients were transferred to St. Joseph Medical Center downtown. More than 500 people worked at River Oaks Hospital, which closed after four years of ownership by Hospital Partners of America.
That is, research planned prior to data collection. Prospective research starts in the present day and follows chosen subjects for a period of time. PROSPECTIVE RESEARCH: The prospective research required five adolescents on the first day of school and followed them through spring break..
What does CLINICAL RESEARCH mean? Clinical research Clinical research is a branch of medical science that determines the safety and effectiveness of medications, devices, diagnostic products and treatment regimens intended for human use. These may be used for prevention, treatment, diagnosis or for relieving symptoms of a disease. Clinical Research is different than clinical practice. In clinical practice one uses established treatments, while in clinical research evidence is collected to establish a treatment. The term clinical research refers to the entire bibliography of a drug/device/biologic, in fact any test article from its inception in the lab to its introduction to the consumer market and beyond.