escalation
Medicine noun
The process of raising a deteriorating or high-risk patient to more senior staff according to an agreed protocol.
The escalation policy says a NEWS of five triggers an urgent doctor review.
Law noun
A contractual mechanism referring an unresolved dispute up to a higher tier of resolution.
The escalation clause required senior executives to meet before either side could arbitrate.
Business noun
The formal referral of an issue, decision or risk to a higher level of authority when it cannot be resolved locally.
If the two leads still can't agree by Friday, the governance process triggers an escalation to the steering committee.
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