As speakers and soundbites were captured on whiteboards by a team of visual minute takers, long queues formed for the Senate House pick'n'mix bar and delegates continued to chew over the three C words: competition, collaboration and communication of value.
The strategic steps include surveillance and response; training and capacity building; research, innovation and capacity building; and communication of value added.
According to a report issued in 2009 by the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of Manchester, in England, "the main benefits of carbon labelling are likely to be incurred not via communication of emissions values to consumers, but upstream via manufacturers looking for additional ways to reduce emissions".
With the awareness that the incorrect interpretation of tests and the breakdown in the communication of critical values are preventable errors, laboratorians should make every effort to prevent the types of errors that potentially harm patients.
In the clinical laboratory to allow an effective testing process, post-analytical activity can have two goals in trying to improve patient safety: result interpretation and communication of critical values.
Additionally, inter-organizational relationships developed during the HIV-STIC study strengthened the partnership between multiple organizations and facilitated the communication of organizational values and missions, which in turn led to alignment of practices and eventually better quality of care.
As an interim approach, the concept of Biomonitoring Equivalents (BEs) has been developed, and guidelines for the derivation and communication of these values have been published (Hays et al. 2007, 2008a; LaKind et al. 2008).
A third study concluded that self-monitoring was only associated with better blood pressure control when it contributed to the proactive communication of abnormal values to the clinician [ 8].
Effective communication of the values of the CE, debate between workers and management, being clear about what compromises and attitudes are expected, they all contribute to decrease variability, uncertainties and conflicts and enhance satisfaction, as suggested by several authors [ 4, 36, 37].
