Quality Management In The Imaging Sciences CH1,2,3
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- the activity to achieve the desired outcome
- action
- quantifies a process or outcome related to many cases
- aggregate data indicator
- whether the type of care is necessary
- appropiateness of care
- involves comparing one organization w/ that of another
- benchmarking
- a group process used to develop a large colection of ideas w/o regard to their merit or validity
- brainstorming
- data collected during the time of care
- concurrent data
- the degree to which the care is coordinated among practitioners or organizations or both
- continuity of care
- expense of not doing things right the first time
- cost of quality
- documents the basic treatment or action sequence in an effort to eliminate unnecessary variation
- critical path
- a person department ot organization that needs or wants the desired outcome
- customer
- the level of benefit when services are rendered under ordinary circumstances by average practitioners for typical patients
- effectiveness of care
- the levelof benefit expected when healthcare services are applied under ideal conditions
- efficacy of care
- the highest quality of care deliveredin the shortest amount of time w/ the least amount of expense and a positive outcome
- efficiency of care
- preestablished level of performance applied to a specific indicator
- expectation
- group dynamic tool for problem identification and analysis
- focus group
- a quality management methos developed by the hospital corporation of america
- focus-pdca
- a valid and reliable quantitive process or outcome measure related to one or more dimensions of performance
- indicator
- info or knowledge necessary to achieve the desired outcome
- input
- federal legislation mandating quality standards for all mammo procedures
- Mammographic quality standards act mqsa
- refers to the desired outcome
- output
- an ordered series of steps that help achieve a desired outcome
- process
- the measure of the level of quality at some point in time w/ no further effort to change or improve the level of care
- quality assessment
- an all encompasing management program used to ensure excellence
- quality assurance
- the part of the qa program that deals w/ techniques used in monitoring and maintenance of technical systems
- quality control
- a group of individuals who are responsible for implementing the solutions that were derived by focus group
- quality improvement team
- legislation act that mandates anyone to report equipment malfunction
- safe medical device act
- an individual event or phenomenom that is significant enough to trigger further review each time it occurs
- sentinental event indicator
- one who provides goods or services
- supplier
- provides info that can be helpful in matching a healthcare organization's rexources and capabilities to the competitive environment in which it operates
- SWOT analysis
- group of related processes
- system