Achieving Accountability

Achieving accountability.

The word and concept of "accountability" is used broadly and frequently in healthcare--often seen as the key to success change initiatives. But what accountability means and how it is applied can vary significantly. Policy-makers, managers, researchers and healthcare providers use the term in relation to everything from the quality of our relationships with and expectations of one another, to o...

Achieving accountability for health and health care.

There is no well-established mechanism at the local level to discuss or manage the balance of investments in health care and the other social determinants of health. We propose the development of voluntary regional organizations and/or use of current organizations to work with stakeholders of the health system to 1) review local data on health, experience and quality of care, and costs of care ...

Achieving Efficiency and Accountability in Ohs and Workplace Reform

This paper examines the relationship between workplace reform and occupational health and safety. Since the early 1980s major changes have occurred to both industrial relations and occupational health and safety (OHS) legislation. Legislative changes and policy initiatives have created both problems and opportunities in terms of improving occupational health and safety. The paper identifies rea...

Towards Achieving Accountability, Auditability and Trust in Cloud Computing

The lack of confidence in entrusting sensitive information to cloud computing service providers (CSPs) is one of the primary obstacles to widespread adoption of cloud computing, as reported by a number of surveys. From the CSPs’ perspective, their long-term return-on-investment in cloud infrastructure hinges on overcoming this obstacle. Encryption and privacy protection techniques only solve pa...

Achieving “ Collective Impact ” with Results - Based Accountability TM