Hcad exam 1 questions & answers 2024/2025
Quality - ANSWERSPerceived degree of excellence
Reliability - ANSWERSThe measurable capability of a process, procedure, or health service to perform its intended function in the required time under commonly occurring conditions
Value - ANSWERSA r...
Reliability - ANSWERSThe measurable capability of a process, procedure, or health service to perform its
intended function in the required time under commonly occurring conditions
Value - ANSWERSA relative measure that describes a product's or service's worth, usefulness, or
importance
Healthcare quality - ANSWERSDegree to which health services for individuals and populations increase
the likelihood of desired health outcomes and are consistent with current professional knowledge
Purchasers - ANSWERSIndividuals and organizations that pay for healthcare services either directly or
indirectly
Cost-effectiveness - ANSWERSThe minimal expenditure of dollar, time, and other elements necessary to
achieve a desired healthcare result
Providers - ANSWERSIndividuals and organizations licensed or trained to give healthcare
Defensive medicine - ANSWERSDiagnostic or therapeutic interventions conducted primarily as a
safeguard against malpractice liability
Institute of Medicine (IOM) - ANSWERSA private, nonprofit organization created by the federal
government to provide science based advice on matters of medicine and health
Quality assurance - ANSWERSEvaluation activities aimed at ensuring compliance with minimum quality
standards.
, Institute for healthcare improvement - ANSWERSAn independent, not-for-profit organization driving
efforts to improve healthcare throughout the world
High-value healthcare - ANSWERSlow-cost, high quality healthcare
National Quality Strategy - ANSWERSDocument prepared by the US department of health and human
services that helps healthcare stakeholders across the country- patients; providers; employers; health
insurance companies; academic researchers... prioritize quality improvement efforts, share lessons, and
measure collective success
Quality Management - ANSWERSA way of doing business that continuously improves products and
services to achieve better performance
Overuse - ANSWERSProvision of healthcare services that do not benefit the patient and are not clearly
indicated or are provided in excessive amounts or in an unnecessary setting
Underuse - ANSWERSFailure to provide appropriate or necessary services, or provision of an inadequate
quantity to lower level of service than that required
Misuse - ANSWERSIncorrect diagnoses, medical errors, and other sources of avoidable complications
Measurement - ANSWERSCollection of information for the purpose of understanding current
performance and seeing how performance changes or improves over time
Assessment - ANSWERSUse of performance information to determine whether an acceptable level of
quality has been achieved
Improvement - ANSWERSPlanning and making changes to current practices to achieve better
performance
Data - ANSWERSNumbers or facts that are interpreted for the purpose of drawing conclusions
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