Dialogue Volume 10 Issue 2 2014 | Page 22

TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE it is important to keep confidential that information which is clearly educational and where there is no significant risk to the public; for example, those instances when a health-care professional agrees to take a course on record-keeping or communications. AGRE however, comprehensive discussion takes place, we also need to address many operational details. “For example, we need to ensure that all the colleges are consistent in the use of our shared terminology,” said Dr. Gerace. It is clear that the world is embracing new standards of conduct. And in an An extensive discussion will be held environment where all public organizations are with the public and the profession being pressed to become before any decision is made about more open, privacy arguments could be dismissed which categories of information, if as evidence that important any, will be made public. information is being suppressed inappropriately to protect individual or organizational interests. In such believes that there may be value an environment, there must be a in making publicly available those strong argument to keep informainstances where college negotiations tion private. for addressing significant concerns In h