Knowledge gained through research cannot be realized without the participation of volunteers from patient and community populations. 

To ensure these populations receive the highest standards of quality and safety, OhioHealth adheres to the regulations established by the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) on human subjects research. These regulations embody several concepts: 

• Respect for persons: the right of individuals to choose for themselves whether they wish to participate in research. 
• Beneficence: requires the investigator to maximize the benefits and minimize the potential harms of research. 
• Justice: ensures that the burdens and benefits of research are equally shared by all members of a population.

View the Belmont Report (PDF), which discusses these principles in detail.
 
Other federal regulations govern appropriate billing and reimbursement for research-related visits, tests and procedures, while the federal HIPAA regulations cover how and when patient protected health information can be accessed and disclosed for research purposes. 

The OhioHealth Research & Innovation Institute operates to ensure OhioHealth's compliance with all laws pertinent to human subjects research.