La acreditación universitaria hoy: necesidad o realidad / No disponible

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[Reflections on the enforcement of the genetic code of Act No. XXI of 2008]. / Reflexiók a 2008. évi XXI. genetikai törvény végrehajtásához.

The genetic code of Act No. XXI of 2008 is a milestone in the national codification of Hungarian human genetic studies and research. The code is in conformity with international as well as EU legislations. It guarantees full enforcement of both the right to self-determination and the rules of the profession. The criteria of legal functioning are institutional accreditation, regular auditing, decreed government control, and coordinated network structure. Further government and ministerial decrees are necessitated for its enforcement.

La auditoría de comunicación. Una herramienta para las organizaciones sanitarias / Communication audit. A tool for health organizations

La función comunicativa se ha incorporado como un elemento de desarrollo de la gestión y dirección de las organizaciones sanitarias. Los objetivos, la misión, la visión y los valores deben estar adecuadamente definidos en cualquier organización. A pesar de que en el ámbito de la salud suelen estar definidos estos parámetros, se constata una desviación entre la formulación de la finalidad institucional y los valores intrínsecos de los profesionales que trabajan en la organización. Lo que se comunica institucionalmente no suele corresponder con el proceso de aculturación de la práctica asistencial de las organizaciones sanitarias. En este sentido, es necesario que las organizaciones de la salud empleen la auditoría de la comunicación como una herramienta que les permita establecer una estrategia organizativa coherente, adecuada y proclive a proceder a los cambios y a las transformaciones pertinentes para adaptarse continuamente al entorno interno y externo. La auditoría de la comunicación, a través de unas fases determinadas (preparación, encuesta preliminar, observación evaluativa e interpretación de resultados) y con la debida participación de los profesionales, contribuye a disminuir la incoherencia y la desviación existente entre lo que se comunica oficialmente y lo que se percibe en el desarrollo cotidiano de la asistencia

The communicative function has been incorporated as an element of the development of management of health organizations. Purposes, mission, views and values must be well-defined in all organizations. Despite this, there is a deviation between the formal expressions of main purpose of health organizations and the intrinsic values of health professionals. Official communication from institutions does not generally correlate with the socialization process in the everyday health care practice. In this sense, health organizations must make use of audit communication as a tool for a coherent, adequate and proclive organizational strategy. Communication audit contributes to the achievement of changes and appropriate transformations in order to continuously adapt to the internal and external environment. Audit communication, through different phases (preparation, preliminary survey, evaluative observation and results interpretation) and adequate participation of health professionals, contributes to decrease incoherence and deviation between official communication and everyday health care perception

Corporate integrity agreements: making the best of a tough situation.

Healthcare providers increasingly are entering into corporate integrity agreements as part of settlements with the Federal government in fraud-and-abuse cases. Providers pursue these settlements to avoid the costs of defending themselves against fraud charges. However, the costs relating to the long-term compliance activity mandated in the settlement's corporate integrity agreement also can be substantial. These costs include significant staff resources that must be devoted to compliance efforts demanded by the agreement and the required engagement of consultants to monitor the organization's compliance. Healthcare financial managers should be familiar with the elements of a typical corporate integrity agreement and understand strategies for negotiating such an agreement. Effective negotiations can help minimize the organization's costs of compliance with the agreement and facilitate its ongoing implementation of the agreement.