Starting in July 2009, Chairman Tenenbaum established a leadership philosophy aimed at making the agency more accessible and transparent; making education and advocacy a priority; and being firm, but fair, in enforcing safety laws and working to keep unsafe products out of the hands of consumers.
63 Although ETS is an effective therapy for HH, Bell et al 63 emphasize the importance of transparent patient education about the risk of CH prior to surgery, as only 25% of patients who developed severe CH reported satisfaction with ETS even in light of improvement of their HH symptoms.
It was shown that the provider acceptance of prior authorization programs is poor, because the criteria are not transparent; the only education is to learn to game the system, which results in delayed diagnosis and disrupts the physician patient relationship, and it causes administrative costs.
Taking a gradualist line, this might be the perfect moment for some honest reflection, education and transparent reform.
And if they truly want to support women, they should focus on transparent, nonpartisan, fact-based education for those who are facing what is likely to be the most difficult decision of their lives.
Improved safeguards for domestic workers who are employed by foreign mission personnel include transparent payment mechanisms, and education on their rights while in the United States, as well as protections from exploitation".
As such, education and transparent communication will be critical.
The optimists hope that such changes are part of a revolution: that colleges and universities will become more transparent, politicians will recognize higher education as a pressing social and economic issue, and taxpayers will understand that supporting quality higher education benefits all.
"Obama wants to make his government transparent," said Marjorie Williams, director of education and public programming.
"The mainlanders are buying into Hong Kong's relatively safe and transparent healthcare and its various education services," he writes.
