Mr. Annas, the Boston University expert, said it was "unheard of to turn over responsibility for information about a patient's condition to a manufacturer, which has responsibility for keeping the device in running order but no responsibility for clinical care".
The main areas of responsibility are: acting as the chief legal adviser to the department and its agencies, acting as the senior information risk owner for department policy, responsibility for information management and assurance, better regulation and departmental security.
The card is sold at activedogs.com for less than $30; the Web site notes that it "is not a certifying agency, nor do we hold any responsibility for information that you have us put on your ID badge".
Brands that are slow – or even negligent – in protecting customer data will lose out to rivals seeking to build such trust by placing principled responsibility for information at the heart of their business profile.
However, with information comes responsibility for information management and interpretation.
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As these international resources are typically tied to the medical tourism industry, responsibility for information sharing during the decision-making process is shifted from family physicians, who would typically be expected to be more neutral information sources, to sources with significant conflicts of interest.
The simplicity of the architecture lies in the delegation of primary responsibility for information-generation and communication to 'National Nodes'.
In terms of information coverage, results showed that the surgeons and oncologists had primary responsibilities for conveying information to patients about their investigations, results including 'bad news', treatment options (surgery, radio-, chemo- and hormone therapy) and prognosis.
