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Sustainability Category Topic Privacy of medical records and genetic data Topic Specification (if available) Explanation Reference(s) 1 Constituency Company due diligence and reporting should therefore extend into the supply chain for labour. The storage and uses made of health records and the results of genetic tests raise questions in relation to the right to privacy. 66 Mediating Institution Access to quality medical treatments Care quality Racial and ethnic disparities Staff training, staffing ratios per patient and turnover rates This case raises questions about the right to privacy of the people from whom the samples were taken. There has, for example, been concern that samples of this kind could be used in paternity suits or to assess health insurance risks. AT the other hand, Retention of the samples has significant potential public health benefits, such as retrospective diagnosis from the stored blood spot, even after the individual is deceased, to help provide counselling to the family. Approved research can provide information that is of public health interest or information that can provide a better understanding on how diseases develop, identifying potential opportunities for intervention. Measures taken to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in providing treatments. Minorities can be treated in a disadvantageous way in health care as in all other areas in life Adequate and properly trained staff are critical to healthcare, oil and gas and financial services. Healthcare providers, including hospitals, nursing homes and home health care need to report on staffing ratios per patient and their turn-over rates. This information 494 Business 245, 362 Labor Sustainability Topics for Sectors: What do stakeholders want to know? HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND SERVICES, AND HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY May 2013 Page 16 of 26
Sustainability Category Topic Topic Specification (if available) Explanation Reference(s) 1 Constituency directly indicates the quality of care provided. with the Volker rule (US Dodd-Frank) are critical to solvency. Clinical trials Disease spread control Food quality Consent processes Health care facilities Catering services Extensive academic research and judicial decisions as well as federal and state legislation make these material indicators for sustainability. See, for example, "Hospital Nurse Staffing and Patient Mortality, Nurse Burnout, and Job Dissatisfaction," JAMA. 2002; 288(16):1987-1993. doi:10.1001/jama.288.16.1987; Article 7 states that “no one shall be subjected without his free consent to medical and scientific experimentation”. Several companies and research bodies have faced media and legal scrutiny over consent processes used in clinical trials, irrespective of their medical success or failure Acute respiratory diseases during health care may constitute a public health emergency of international concern as defined in the International Health Regulations Healthcare providers should take into account the following topics when designing the menu for their patients: * Antibiotics *Chemicals in the food system Genetically engineered foods *greening serviceware *hospital food environments *climate change (by buying local products for example) 66 Mediating Institution 583, 586 Civil Society Organization 357 Business Sustainability Topics for Sectors: What do stakeholders want to know? HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND SERVICES, AND HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY May 2013 Page 17 of 26
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