Chapter 6
Across
- 2. department, known as medical imaging organization of a hospital or medical clinic that conducts x-ray examination
- 3. safety and health administration, known as OSHA it is a federal agency that enforces standards for safety in the workplace and conducts inspections
- 5. radiology administrator, professional who has demonstrated skills and knowledge in asset/operation/human resources/communication/ information management
- 8. drug events, injuries caused by the use of a drug (ADE) can be harmless as a drug rash or serious as death of an overdose
- 10. director, physician responsible for the medical operation and quality of a hospital department or service
- 11. quality management, known as TQM/ management of quality in workplace from a perspective of total involvement of every employee focus on measurement and control
- 12. of directors, governing board which are a group of people authorized by law to conduct maintain and operate a hospital benefit of the public an whose legal and moral responsibility for polices and operations of the hospital
- 14. resources department, ancillary department of the hospital responsible for recruiting, selecting, supporting, compensating employees
- 15. quality improvement, daily improving performance at every level in every operational process by focusing on meeting or exceeding customer expectations
- 17. federal agency that administers and partners with states to administer Medicaid
- 19. chief, physician responsible for overseeing a component or sub department of a hospital service
- 20. chair, physician who represents a department or service and sits as a formal member of the executive medical staff committee
- 21. error, failure to complete a planned action as intended or the use of a wrong plan to achieve aim
Down
- 1. payers, insurance companies/medicare/Medicaid/payers of inpatient and outpatient medical expenses for patient
- 4. joint commission, known as TJC independent nonprofit organization that evaluates and accredits more than 17000 health care organizations and programs in the US
- 5. support services, services providing the components of patient care that collectively support the physicians plan for diagnosis
- 6. unit of hospital with specific functions or specialized skills
- 7. statement, statement of the organization that summarizes its intent to provide service in terms of the services it offers
- 9. improvement, process of identifying and analyzing important organizational and individual performance gaps, planning for future performance improvement
- 13. executive officer, known as CEO person appointed by the board of directors who has full accountability for the entire hospital or health care organization
- 16. staff, formal organization or physicians authorized to admit and attend to patients within a hospital
- 18. of need, known as CON certificate approved by a local state review board permitting hospitals to construct new or additional facilities