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13 Cards in this Set
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Statute |
A written law adopted by a legislative body that governs a city, county,state, or country |
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Regulation |
Rules issued by administrative agencies that have the force of law |
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Standard |
A uniform method of defining basic parameters for processes, products, services and measurements |
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Regulatory Standards |
A comparison benchmark that is mandated by a governing agency. Noncompliance with these standards may lead to citations or legal penalties |
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Voluntary Standards |
Guidelines or recommendations for best practices to provide better patient care. Industry, nonprofit organizations, trade associations, and others develop these |
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Best practice |
A method or technique that has consistently shown results superior to those achieved by other means |
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MedWatch |
A safety info and adverse event reporting system that serves healthcare professionals and the public by reporting serious problems suspected to be associated with the drugs and medical devices they prescribe,dispense, or use |
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Greenhouse gases |
Any of the gases that absorb solar radiation are responsible for the greenhouse effect, including carbon dioxide, methane, ozone and fluorocarbons |
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Medicare |
A federal medical insurance program that primarily serves those over 65 years of age(regardless of income) and people under 65 with certain disabilities and people of all ages with end-stage renal disease |
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Medicaid |
A federal and state assistance program that pays covered medical expenses for low-income individuals. It is run by state and local governments within federal governments |
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Healthcare Insurance Portability And Accountably Act (HIPPA) |
The HIPPA Privacy Rule provides federal protection for individually identifiable health info held by covered entities and their business associates, and gives patients an array of rights with respect to that info |
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Standards (Association of the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation) |
Voluntary guidelines representing a consensus of AAMI members that are intended for use by healthcare facilities and manufacturers to help ensure that medical instrumentation is safe for patient use |
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Technical Information Reports (TIRs) |
Reports developed by experts in the field that contain valuable info needed by the healthcare industry. TIRs have not undergone the formal approval system that standards are submitted to and may need further evaluation by experts. TIR may be revised or withdrawn at any time because they a address a rapidly-evolving field or technology |
