Healthcare Worker Exposure Response and Outcomes Registry Asks Healthcare Workers to Share Clinic and Life Experiences During Pa
Monday, April 27th, 2020 -- 9:11 AM
(Hub City Times) -The Healthcare Worker Exposure Response & Outcomes registry is inviting U.S. healthcare workers to share their clinical and life experiences in order to understand the perspectives and problems faced by workers on the COVID-19 pandemic front lines.After creating a profile on the registry, participants can choose to participate in surveys and receive invitations to future clinical trials. The HERO Registry is asking hundreds of thousands of healthcare professionals to join. This includes nurses, therapists, physicians, emergency responders, food service workers, environmental services workers, interpreters, and transporters ??" anyone who works in a setting where people receive health care. “Healthcare workers are on the front lines of trying to combat COVID-19. If they are sick, they cannot care for our patients. We are trying to better understand the risks for our staff,” said Dr. Robert Haws, principal investigator for the study at the Marshfield Clinic Research Institute and director of the Clinical Research Center. “By doing this, we can keep our health care workers safer, which is critically important during a pandemic.”
There is no cost to enroll in the HERO Registry, which is completely voluntary, and only takes a few minutes to join. After joining, registry participants will receive surveys and opportunities to participate in future studies. Healthcare workers can participate as much or as little as they like. The registry will follow a protocol developed by the Duke Clinical Research Institute and data guidelines to keep healthcare worker information secure. To learn more, visit https://heroesresearch.org.
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