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• Care Quality Commission
  == Care Quality Commission == ...ople with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and encourages care services to improve.
  2 KB (244 words) - 02:43, 12 February 2024
• Medical home
  == Medical Home == ...ntered, comprehensive, team-based, coordinated, accessible, and focused on quality and safety.
  2 KB (308 words) - 22:24, 8 February 2024
• Quality improvement
  == Quality Improvement == ...n: kwɒlɪti ɪmpruːvmənt'') is a systematic, formal approach to the analysis of practice performance and efforts to improve performance.
  2 KB (279 words) - 04:07, 11 February 2024
• Health care in the United States
  == Health care in the United States == ...eaning "wholeness, a being whole, sound or well," and "carian" meaning "to care for, worry about."
  2 KB (313 words) - 21:56, 14 February 2024
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  == Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality == ...] (HHS) that is primarily responsible for improving the safety and quality of healthcare services.
  2 KB (262 words) - 22:42, 7 February 2024
• Journal for Healthcare Quality
  == Journal for Healthcare Quality == ...n healthcare. It is published by the [[National Association for Healthcare Quality]] (NAHQ).
  2 KB (252 words) - 19:35, 12 February 2024
• European Practice Assessment
  ...ˈpræktɪs əˈsɛsmənt ˈnɛtwɜːrk/}}</ref>, a collaborative network of primary care researchers and practitioners across Europe. ...primary care practices it assesses, and "Assessment" refers to the process of evaluating these practices.
  2 KB (208 words) - 04:28, 12 February 2024
• Managed Care
  == Managed Care == ...care delivery system designed to manage the cost, utilization, and quality of healthcare services. The term originated in the United States in the late 2
  2 KB (246 words) - 21:27, 8 February 2024
• Health care policy
  == Health Care Policy == ...ns, plans, and actions undertaken to achieve specific [[Health care|health care]] goals within a society.
  2 KB (273 words) - 23:37, 14 February 2024
• Clinical governance
  ...f patient care within a health system. It is a key component of continuous quality improvement in healthcare and focuses on the way services are provided to p ...ve approach to maintaining and improving the quality and safety of patient care.
  2 KB (280 words) - 03:36, 11 February 2024
• Futile medical care
  == Futile Medical Care == ...unciation: fyoo-tl med-i-kuhl kair) is a term used in the [[medical ethics|medical ethics field]] to describe interventions that are unlikely to produce any s
  2 KB (266 words) - 17:52, 7 February 2024
• Patient-reported outcome
  ...it. It stands as a key component in [[clinical research]] and [[healthcare quality]] measurement. ...be measured in absolute terms (e.g., severity of a symptom, sign, or state of a disease) or as a change from a previous measure.
  2 KB (301 words) - 14:47, 11 February 2024
• Nutrition, Gerontological
  ...care, primary care, long-term care, assisted living, home care, palliative care, community-based nutrition, food service, correctional facilities, and gove ...in management, industry, education, and research. {{medicine}} [[Category:Medical definitions]]
  1 KB (151 words) - 08:26, 2 January 2023
• Martin House Hospice
  ...iation: /ˈmɑːrtɪn haʊs ˈhɒspɪs/) is a [[hospice]] that provides palliative care for children and young people with life-limiting conditions. ...originates from the Latin word "hospitium", meaning hospitality or a place of rest and protection for the sick and weary.
  2 KB (241 words) - 22:20, 11 February 2024
• HEDIS
  ...ed care industry, developed and maintained by the [[National Committee for Quality Assurance]] (NCQA). ...tional Committee for Quality Assurance]] (NCQA) to measure the performance of health plans.
  2 KB (248 words) - 04:38, 4 February 2024
• Children's hospice
  ...e of [[palliative care]] designed to provide comfort, support, and quality of life to children with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions and thei ...ildren's hospice" is a more recent development, reflecting the specialized care these facilities provide for children.
  2 KB (237 words) - 17:27, 10 February 2024
• Ira Byock
  ...through the end of life. He is a past president of the [[American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine]] and has been involved in this field since The name Ira is of Hebrew origin, meaning "watchful". The surname Byock is of unknown origin.
  2 KB (273 words) - 03:54, 8 February 2024
• Fatal Care
  == Fatal Care == ...ər/) is a term used in the medical field to describe a situation where the care provided to a patient leads to their death due to negligence, malpractice,
  2 KB (234 words) - 03:42, 8 February 2024
• Metrics
  ...ive measures used to assess, compare, and track the performance or quality of healthcare services. These measures can be related to patient outcomes, hea ...measure. In the context of medicine, it is used to denote the measurement of healthcare performance and outcomes.
  2 KB (288 words) - 01:25, 5 February 2024
• Hospice/Palliative Care
  Hospice and palliative care are specialized medical fields focused on providing comfort and support to individuals with serious The goal of hospice and palliative care is to improve the quality of life for patients and their families by addressing physical, emotional, soc
  2 KB (323 words) - 03:53, 8 January 2023

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