almost all countries in the world are party to the rio conventions. this entails a number of responsibilities, including reporting periodically on aspects of environmental health and national implementation of the convention. these reports can cover hundreds of pages, so completing reports is often a significant undertaking. since countries can be party to numerous multilateral environmental ag...

The harmonization of laboratory testing is a high priority topic in Laboratory Medicine. It is more than harmonized terminology, units of reporting, methodology and reference intervals but, rather, covers a wide range of topics from the “pre-pre-analytical” phase (‘Right test at the Right time for the Right patient’) to the analytical aspects and reporting of critical results through to consume...

Objective The objective of this panel is to inform the ISDS community of the progress made in the Standards & Interoperability (S&I) Framework Public Health Reporting Initiative (PHRI). Also, it will provide some context of how the initiative will likely affect biosurveillance reporting in Meaningful Use Stage 3 and future harmonization of data standards requirements for public health reporting.

Comparative statistical analyses often require data harmonization, yet the social sciences do not have clear operationalization frameworks that guide and homogenize variable coding decisions across disciplines. When faced with a need to harmonize variables researchers often look for guidance from various international studies that employ output harmonization, such as the Comparative Survey of E...

Globalization of business and free flow capital resulted in strong demand for comparable financial reports worldwide. An important element achieving de facto harmonization reporting is jure harmonization, i.e. regulatory requirements on the country level. Although more than 100 countries have a requirement use IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) listed companies, still an ongoing...

INTRODUCTION Poor harmonization of critical results management is present in various laboratories and countries, including Croatia. We aimed to investigate procedures used in critical results reporting in Croatian medical biochemistry laboratories (MBLs). MATERIALS AND METHODS An anonymous questionnaire, consisting of 24 questions/statements, related to critical results reporting procedures, ...

This paper presents the case for sustainability reporting field as a contested arena and examines behavior influence of various actors, such Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), International Integrated Council (IIRC), European Commission, including Financial Advisory Group (EFRAG) (IFRS) Foundation in influencing shape regulation arena. Drawing o...