Vocabulary
The degree to which health services for individuals and populations increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes and are consistent with current professional knowledge
An unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or psychologic injury, or the risk there of
What is a sentinel event?
Parts of this include a peer review, outcomes management, and audits both retrospective and concurrent.
What is Parts of an Intraprofessional Assessment
These include information about current practices, outcomes and accountability for the individuals involved in patient care.
What is Quality Management Programs
Makes healthcare affordable for all Americans
What is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act?
Is part of an interprofessional assessment that examines resource utilization to pinpoint areas of underuse, misuse, and overuse
What is utilization review
Is required by the joint commission for sentinel events. The goal is to identify reasons for failures or problems and to develop and action plan.
What is Root Cause Analysis?
Provides details on safety events that could potentially be avoided and opportunities to improve care
What are Patient Safety Indicators?
This is a process used to compare and evaluate performance by an individual or organization against industry standards.
What is benchmarking?
Is a prestigious award that is part of the recognition program which aims to acknowledge healthcare facilities that demonstrate excellence in nursing and provide high-quality patient care based on evidence and research
What si Magnet designation
Systematic and continuous actions that lead to measurable improvement in healthcare services and the health status of targeted patient groups
What is Quality Improvement?
This occurs when a nurse deviates from standards of care
What is breach of care or breach of duty?
A program used by acute care facilities to measure client satisfaction
What is Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS)?
Consists of practicing safe, timely, patient-centered, efficient, equitable, and effective care
What are Major Attributes of Quality Healthcare?
The clinical and administrative frameworks, procedures, and reports employed to detect, track, evaluate, reduce and prevent risks.
What is Risk Management?