The Accountability area was tested as the availability within the organization of univocal systems of identification of those responsible for the clinical procedures (doctors, nurses and other health professionals).
So said members of the civil service union at their annual conference on 15 May, citing pay, performance management, public service delivery by the private sector and accountability as areas in need of drastic reform.
Coordination of stakeholders is crucial to maximize efficient resource use and make progress towards common goals through accountability, an area MSDs can be useful in facilitating [ 1].
In accordance with the theme of public accountability, the area of drug registration suffered from a lack of public availability of documentation describing the terms of reference or criteria for member selection of the committee that decided which drugs would be approved for registration.
Growing experience of programmatic work and a nascent body of research in the area of social accountability highlight potential areas of intervention and system strengthening in this domain [ 53, 54].
The lesson of the last week is that the public requires greater scrutiny and accountability in all areas of the establishment.
The movement toward national education standards (in which all 50 states would be held to the same benchmarks in subjects like science, maths and reading) could spark greater rigour and accountability in these areas.
This approach can expand the capacity to conduct environmental accountability studies in areas with few measurements of fine particles.
If the Stool Pigeon's more rigorous and straightforward approach promotes greater accountability in this area, that would be one more reason to be grateful for its continued existence.
"Information in chat rooms and message boards is generally overwhelming and disorderly, and often irresponsible," says Eisener. "iExchange.com brings order and accountability to an area where chaos reigned previously".
