As a result of the 2005 review, the Government identified and disseminated nationwide 10 "must-do" activities, and it established a system for self-assessment and external assessment.
A pilot study was designed to develop, implement, and evaluate a system for pain assessment and monitoring in a LTCF.
We describe a system for interactive assessment and management in palliative care (SIAM-PC), which is patient centered, model driven, database derived, evidence based, and technology assisted.
The information system, we showed, transformed into a system for the assessment of professional quality and at the same time transformed the notions of being a good professional.
A staging system for assessment of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) has been in use over the last 3 years for 17 patients at our children's hospital.
By using multiple sources of data, sufficient information was collated to construct a web-based toolkit detailing implementation tasks, resources and challenges in the development of a telestroke system for assessment and thrombolysis delivery in acute care.
Using the retina as a model system for assessment of neuronal function, we have validated the barrier modulation approach to systemic drug delivery by demonstrating protection of photoreceptors against light-induced damage by treatment with the calpain inhibitor ALLM.
Few would quarrel with the principle of a system of assessment for the humanities based on reading and judging work submitted, rather than one using citation indexes and other bibliometric data.
For example, Ruano-Raviña and colleagues argue that "...just as there is a system for detection and assessment of emerging technologies, there should be another that would enable detection and assessment of technologies which may have become obsolete" [ 5].
In addition, a Lab Quality Plan establishes guidelines for quality assurance/quality control activities at each PERCH site, including a system for external quality assessment.
