It now offers wider medical staff training and, crucially, the introduction of standardised systems of care designed to better spot and treat illnesses.
The growing momentum for mainstream (non-genetic) speciality consultants to order gene tests places further urgency on the development of robust, professionally agreed, national, standardised systems of reporting, to ensure variants are interpreted and managed consistently and appropriately.
However, a standardised system of validation and calibration is required to enable more reliable comparison of data across laboratories and across platforms.
This, suggested Burnham, should include "looking at how we can move to a mandatory review of case notes for every death in hospital, and also looking at how we can use a standardised system of case-note review to support learning and improvement in every trust".
The EU has developed a single market through a standardised system of laws that apply in all member states.
A simple, standardised approach is used which focuses on:- one generic, fixed dose combination treatment (stavudine, lamivudine, nevirapine); a standardised system of registration, monitoring and reporting of cases and outcomes; and quarterly monitoring and supervision visits to all ART sites.
A single ethnicity was self assigned using a system of prioritisation based on the standardised system of ethnicity data collection used by the New Zealand Ministry of Health [ 20].
In the Netherlands, most GPs keep detailed EPRs utilising a standardised system of diagnosis codes set out in the International Classification of Primary Care (ICPC).
To overcome difficulties caused by these alternate nomenclatures, a standardised system of definitions has been developed (the 'COSMIC definitions') through consultation with experts in the field.
The application of a standardised system of diagnosing acute mountain sickness was therefore an important criterion for the inclusion of studies, with most studies 5 13 15 22 23 25 applying the Lake Louise scoring system, based on assessment of symptoms such as gastrointestinal disturbance (anorexia, nausea, vomiting), dizziness, light headedness, insomnia, or fatigue.
It is necessary to strengthen the wording by reintroducing an amendment adopted by Parliament at first reading which provides for the Commission to develop a simple, standardised system of symbols.
