Collaboration Readiness Assessment Tool

Patient stories can serve as educational tools for healthcare providers. Inherent risks to the patients sharing their medical stories do exist. Despite the positive impact that patient storytelling can have in healthcare delivery, it is important to ensure the safety of those patients who chose to share their medical experiences. A novel questionnaire was developed by a diverse group of healthcare and patient partner experts. This questionnaire would serve as a self-reflective tool that prospective storytellers would complete in order to assess their readiness to proceed with storytelling as an educational tool. This draft questionnaire was then distributed to the 10 prospective patient storytellers registered to complete our pilot workshop on preparing the patient stories where they were asked to provide feedback. Overall, feedback was positive, and minor alterations were made to the questionnaire, resulting in the novel creation of this readiness assessment tool.

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Upgraded RETOS™: An International Tool to Assess Oil Spill Response Planning and Readiness

International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings ◽

10.7901/2169-3358-2014.1.1353 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 2014 (1) ◽

pp. 1353-1363 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Elliott Taylor ◽

Miguel Moyano ◽

Alexis Steen

Keyword(s):

Oil Spill ◽

Best Management Practices ◽

Management Practices ◽

Oil And Gas ◽

Assessment Tool ◽

Assessment Tools ◽

Evaluation Tool ◽

Readiness Assessment ◽

Response Planning ◽

Oil Spill Response

ABSTRACT In 2011 the Regional Association of Oil and Gas Companies - Latin America and the Caribbean (ARPEL) developed the “Oil Spill Response Planning and Readiness Assessment Manual” and its assessment tool, the “Readiness Evaluation Tool for Oil Spills (RETOS™)” with the support of regional and international experts from industry and government, including associations such as Clean Caribbean and Americas (CCA), RAC-REMPEITC-Carib, and IMO. The ARPEL Manual and RETOS™ provide a general guide for industry and governments to assess their level of oil spill response (OSR) planning and readiness management in relation to pre-established criteria. These criteria are commonly agreed upon by the institutions involved in the project and consider international best management practices. The foundation for the ARPEL Manual's concepts and criteria is the “Assessment of Oil Spill Response Capabilities: A Proposed International Guide for Oil Spill Response Planning and Readiness Assessment”, a guideline developed for the 2008 International Oil Spill Conference. RETOS™ adapts evaluation criteria according to the type of OSR program to be assessed.Seven different scopes from two perspectives (government and industry) are considered, including facilities, companies' business lines, and government national programs.For each scope there are three possible assessment levels for which OSR planning and readiness assessment criteria become increasingly more demanding.Each level contains criteria in 10 different categories (topic areas). Training workshops on RETOS™ were held during 2011 and 2012. Field tests were conducted by experts and surveys were conducted among users including companies, governments and consultants. Feedback from workshops and the practical application of RETOS™ provided recommendations for upgrades that were reviewed by ARPEL. Subsequently, a proposal to upgrade RETOS was made to the IOSC Executive Committee, which decided to support the endeavor. This paper describes the upgraded version of RETOS and its availability. The upgraded version of RETOS™ has garnered interest from several institutions that contributed to its completion as reviewers: a global Tier 3 organization (OSRL), Caspian and Black Sea's OSPRI, GI WACAF, and IPIECA. This multi-institutional review increased awareness of these readiness assessment tools, is expected to further expand worldwide awareness of the ARPEL Manual and RETOS™, and provides improved OSR planning and readiness management for industry and governments alike. A unique tool that is freely downloadable from the internet, the upgraded RETOS™ is being launched at the 2014 IOSC.

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Innovation Readiness Assessment toward Research Commercialization: Case of Surfactants for Food Processing

International Journal of Innovation ◽

10.5585/iji.v6i2.291 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 180-193 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Arief Ameir Rahman Setiawan ◽

Anny Sulaswatty ◽

Yenny Meliana ◽

Agus Haryono

Keyword(s):

Food Processing ◽

Assessment Tool ◽

Technology Development ◽

Readiness Assessment ◽

Innovation And Technology ◽

Readiness Level ◽

Technology Market ◽

Market Organization ◽

Further Development ◽

Glycerol Mono

Determining the readiness of research toward commercialization becomes significant issues encountered by the institution working on research, innovation and technology development. Particularly in food processing area, the issue is much more involving other aspects aside from technological matter, hence, an assessment tool should be consider these aspects altogether to capture integrated perspective. This study explored the use of Innovation Readiness Level to measures the maturity of research from the perspective of technology, market, organization, partnership and risk. Case of surfactant researches in the Research Center for Chemistry, Indonesian Institute of Sciences will be deployed as examples of study. According to the assessment, it has been obtained the surfactant recommended for further development towards commercialization of R D results for food processing, i.e. Glycerol Mono Stearate (GMS), which has reached the level of IRL 3. This finding resulted some implications for improvements strategies to foster the research toward commercialization.

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General and Tuberculosis-Specific Service Readiness in two states in Nigeria

10.21203/rs.3.rs-19417/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Mojisola Oluwasanu ◽

Abiodun Hassan ◽

Ayodeji Adebayo ◽

Queen Chidinma Ogbuji ◽

Bamidele Olaiya Adeniyi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Service Delivery ◽

Qualitative Data ◽

Assessment Tool ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Domain Score ◽

Specific Service ◽

Readiness Assessment ◽

Healthcare Facilities ◽

Service Readiness ◽

The Government

Abstract Tuberculosis is the world’s deadliest infectious disease and a leading cause of death in Nigeria. The availability of a functional healthcare system is critical for effective TB service delivery and attainment of national and global targets. This study was designed to assess readiness for TB service delivery in Oyo and Anambra states of Nigeria. This was a facility-based study with a mixed-methods convergent parallel design. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 42 primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare facilities in two TB high burden states. Data was collected using key informant interviews, facility assessment using a semi-structured tool adapted from the WHO Service Availability and Readiness Assessment tool and facility observation using a checklist. Quantitative data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics while qualitative data were transcribed and analysed thematically. Data from both sources were integrated to generate conclusions. The domain score for basic amenities in both states is 48.8% (SE:2.8); 47.0% (SE:4.0) in Anambra and 50.8% (SE:3.9) in Oyo state. In Oyo, only half of the facilities (50%) have access to constant power supply compared to 72.7% in Anambra state. The overall general service readiness index for both states is 69.2% with Oyo state having a higher value (73.3%) compared to Anambra with 65.4% (P = 0.56). The domain score for availability of staff and TB guidelines is 57.1% (SE:3.4) for both states. Indicators of this domain with very low values were staff training for the management of HIV and TB co-infection and training on MDR -TB. Almost half (47.6%) experienced a stock out of TB drugs in the 3 months preceding the study. The overall tuberculosis-specific service readiness index for both states is 75%; this is higher in Oyo state (P = 0.14). Qualitative data revealed areas of deficiencies for TB service delivery such as inadequate infrastructure, poor staffing and gaps with continuing education on TB management. The weak health system remains a challenge and there must be concerted actions and funding by the government and donors to improve the TB healthcare systems.

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Assessing the capacity of primary health care centres to provide routine immunization services amidst COVID-19 lockdown in Kaduna state, Nigeria

International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health ◽

10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20212997 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (8) ◽

pp. 3731

Author(s):

Auwal G. Suleiman ◽

Abdulhakeem A. Olorukooba ◽

Zaharadeen S. Babandi ◽

Shehu S. Umar ◽

Umar M. Umar

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Primary Health Care ◽

Assessment Tool ◽

Routine Immunization ◽

Cold Chain ◽

Cluster Sampling ◽

Readiness Assessment ◽

Primary Health ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Immunization Services

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt health systems across the globe, preventing access to essential health services. Lockdown measures against the virus may impact negatively on immunization services. This study aimed to ascertain the capacity of primary health care centres in Kaduna North senatorial district to provide routine immunization services amidst a state-wide lockdown.Methods: Cluster sampling was used to select four among eight local Government areas in the district. Facility in-charges and RI focal persons were interviewed using service availability and readiness assessment tool, restricted to immunization tracer items. Paired sample t-test was used to compare the mean number of vaccine doses given in the first quarter of 2020 (pre-lockdown) and the number of doses given in the second quarter (lockdown period).Results: Forty four PHCs were selected from Zaria (29.6%), Sabon Gari (25.0%), Makarfi (22.7%) and Kudan (22.7%). In addition to well-trained RI focal persons, most facilities had vaccines and commodities available. Shortages were noted for EPI guidelines (46%), Meningitis-A vaccine (36%) and certain cold chain equipment (up to 18%). Tetanus-diphtheria (Td-1) doses given during lockdown period were significantly lower than pre-lockdown doses (Mean difference=-45.58, 95% CI: -74.78 to -16.38, d=0.48). No significant difference exists for infant doses.Conclusions: Despite widespread availability of PHC facilities, trained personnel, vaccines and commodities, gaps still exist in service delivery, cold chain practices and vaccine supply management. Lockdown measures significantly disrupted immunization services and effective risk communication was key to achieving sustained utilization.

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A readiness assessment tool for GDPR compliance certification

Computer Fraud & Security ◽

10.1016/s1361-3723(19)30086-7 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2019 (8) ◽

pp. 14-19 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Aristeidis Chatzipoulidis ◽

Theodosios Tsiakis ◽

Theodoros Kargidis

Keyword(s):

Assessment Tool ◽

Readiness Assessment ◽

Compliance Certification

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