Electronic Application Forms Overview

 

Insight enables the research community to submit applications electronically to the Institutional Review Board (IRB).  All business processes can be submitted including New Protocol Applications (Initial Reviews), Continuing Reviews, Amendments, Adverse Events and Other Events.

 

The application preparation process can be broken down into five phases: completion of forms, staffing, attachments, validation and submission.  The process will vary slightly depending on which type of application is being created.

 

The on-line forms are built and maintained by the Partners Human Research Office (HRO).  Regulatory changes or new study subject populations being introduced necessitate that existing forms be updated or new forms be introduced to be compliant with the federal regulations.  Only the most recent approved versions of the forms will be presented to the user.  Once a new form has been approved the older version will become obsolete and will not be accessible by the user.