How will my privacy be protected? We will do our best to make sure that your health and management information collected during the course of this research study will be kept private. However, we cannot guarantee total privacy. Records of your participation on this study, your progress and data from the images submitted while you are on the study will be kept in a confidential form at the headquarters of the American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN). All data sent to ACRIN over the internet will be coded so that other people cannot read it. Your personal information will be stored separately from the study data that will be analyzed. Study information may be given out if required by law. If information from this study is published or presented at scientific meetings, your name and other personal information will not be used. Who will be allowed to see my medical information? Your privacy is very important to us and the researchers will make every effort to protect it. Your information may be given out if required by law. However, the researchers will do their best to make sure that any information that is released will not identify you. There are organizations that may inspect your records. These organizations are required to make sure your information is kept private, unless required by law to provide information. Some of these organizations are: The American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) to include the Operations Center and the Center for Statistical Sciences located at Brown University The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS); and The Institutional Review Board (IRB), a group of people who review the research with the goal of protecting the people who take part in the study. Specifically, the principal investigator the statistical team <<referring physician>>, coordinating collection of claims data from CMS, and members of the IRB will have access to the records. De-identified information may be provided as required by law. Whom can I call with questions, complaints, or if about my rights as a I’m concerned research subject? If you have questions, concerns, or complaints regarding your participation in this study, you should contact the treating physician or the principal investigator listed on the first page of this consent form. If you have any questions about your rights as a research subject, and/or concerns or complaints regarding this research study, you should write to: _________________________________.
How will my privacy be protected? We will do our best to make sure that your health and management information collected during the course of this research study will be kept private. However, we cannot guarantee total privacy. Records of your participation on this study, your progress and data from the images submitted while you are on the study will be kept in a confidential form at the headquarters of the American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN). All data sent to ACRIN over the internet will be coded so that other people cannot read it. Your personal information will be stored separately from the study data that will be analyzed. Study information may be given out if required by law. If information from this study is published or presented at scientific meetings, your name and other personal information will not be used. Who will be allowed to see my medical information? Your privacy is very important to us and the researchers will make every effort to protect it. Your information may be given out if required by law. However, the researchers will do their best to make sure that any information that is released will not identify you. There are organizations that may inspect your records. These organizations are required to make sure your information is kept private, unless required by law to provide information. Some of these organizations are: The American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) to include the Operations Center and the Center for Statistical Sciences located at Brown University The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS); and The Institutional Review Board (IRB), a group of people who review the research with the goal of protecting the people who take part in the study. Specifically, the principal investigator <<referring physician>>, the statistical team coordinating collection of claims data from CMS, and members of the IRB will have access to the records. De-identified information may be provided as required by law. Whom can I call with questions, complaints, or if I’m concerned about my rights as a research subject? If you have questions, concerns, or complaints regarding your participation in this study, you should contact the treating physician or the principal investigator listed on the first page of this consent form. If you have any questions about your rights as a research subject, and/or concerns or complaints regarding this research study, you should write to: _________________________________.
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