Accountability key for patient charter

CHARTER SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY AND COMPETITION Theory versus Reality in Charter Schools in Colombia

Charter schools are among the most prevalent public-private partnerships in the education sector. Too frequently, charter schools are assessed only by measuring outputs such as enrollment and test scores. This paper assesses the logic model behind charter schools, specifically the mechanisms of accountability and competition. This paper examines these mechanisms through study of the Concession ...

Educational Performance and Charter School Authorizers: The Accountability Bind

Charter schools involve a trading of autonomy for accountability. This accountability comes through two forces—markets through the choices of parents and students, and accountability to government through the writing of contracts that must be renewed for schools to continue to operate. Charter schools are supposed to be more accountable for educational performance than traditional public school...

Charter review as a health care accountability mechanism in Canada.

Not surprisingly, given the degree to which Canadians perceive access to health care as a fundamental right, the accountability of the health care system in Canada has become a major health reform issue. With growing debates over the accessibility of the publicly funded system, especially around the issue of waiting times for care, questions have been raised about who health care decision-maker...

Doctors endorse development of patient charter.

"Health courts" and accountability for patient safety.

Proposals that medical malpractice claims be removed from the tort system and processed in an alternative system, known as administrative compensation or "health courts," attract considerable policy interest during malpractice "crises," including the current one. This article describes current proposals for the design of a health court system and the system's advantages for improving patient sa...