FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER INC

Clinical research: as the region's only level 1 trauma center and the primary teaching hospital for the morsani college of medicine at the university of south florida, tampa general hospital is uniquely poised to conduct cutting-edge clinical trials advancing the state of medicine every day. The office of clinical research (ocr) is committed to supporting investigators, sponsors, and patients participating in clinical trials. We provide strategic services, education and training, and comprehensive review processes designed to fulfill the potential of clinical investigators and their research staff. Tgh works in partnership with its internal investigators, multiple universities, community based physicians, and tampa general medical group physicians to develop and test groundbreaking treatments that (see schedule o) will increase the medical community's knowledge and potentially advance the quality of medical care. This program provides innovative and cutting-edge science that may benefit our diverse patient population now and in the future; science and technology that may become generalizable for the public and medical professionals. In addition to the ocr administrative services, the tgh center for outpatient research excellence (core) provides coordination services that begin before site initiation and continue for the duration of the study. Pre-study services include study placement, coordination of pre-study site visit, regulatory work, laboratory and radiology research pricing, and arrangements for special services. Study coordination services include recruitment, screening, subject enrollment, study visits/procedures, investigational drug services, administration and accountability, packaging and shipping, source documentation, case report form completion, and long term record storage.

Tampa general hospital's other program services include cafeteria and vending sales, parking garage revenues, pharmacy sales to employees, net assets released from restrictions, and other miscellaneous revenue.