While there were occasions where specific liaisons from partner organizations were not able to participate in meetings or other activities, this did not follow a clear pattern regarding type of organization (NGO, government, national, international).
Participants felt that a designated renal-specific Aboriginal liaison or case manager, introduced at diagnosis, could provide a cultural bridge between the patients, renal staff and services.
This coordinating support includes a National Contact Point service for liaison on specific research fields and calls as well as liaison for project implementation.
The liaison captures process specific information through attributes associated with it.
We observed many instances of specific roles (e.g., MOA, HCC liaison, HCC nurse, pharmacy technician) coordinating medication information between providers, and between providers and patients.
However, the use of interventions, such as liaison services 12 and specific workers to assist service users with the transition from hospital to community, were found to produce improvements 8 9 12 and therefore demonstrate that this process is amenable to intervention.
Specific strategies used within interventions included a liaison person, timely transfer of discharge summaries and client information, face-to-face or telephone case conferences [ 62].
Specific insulin or C-peptide measurements were made using the Liaison C-peptide and insulin tests on a Liaison analyzer (DiaSorin, Saluggia, Italy).
The IHFRC collaboration based in Canada have a central 'Methods Centre' where experienced trial methodologists co-ordinate the FAITH and HEALTH trials, with specific 'Country Offices' responsible for the day-to-day liaison with centres.
The sample included community nurses (both general, specialist and those affiliated to specific organisations, such as the Macmillan service), community health liaison personnel and representatives of voluntary organisations who provide care services for families with terminally ill members.
