Radiology
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- 5. Organization of a hospital or medical clinic that provides diagnostic imaging through medical technologies such as x-ray examination, fluoroscopy, computed tomography, interventional radiography, magnetic resonance imaging, mammography, nuclear medicine, and ultrasonography
- 7. Quality Improvement System of development in the workplace for daily improving performance at every level in every operational process by focusing on meeting or exceeding customer expectations
- 8. Physician responsible for the medical operation and quality of a hospital department or service; also responsible for providing input regarding policies and procedures and day-to-day operations of the department
- 11. Process of identifying and analyzing important organizational and individual performance gaps, planning for future performance improvement, designing and developing cost-effective and ethically justifiable interventions to close performance gaps, implementing the interventions, and evaluating the financial and nonfinancial results
- 13. Insurance companies, Medicare, Medicaid, and other commercial companies that are the payers of inpatient and outpatient medical expenses for the patient
- 14. Physician responsible for overseeing a component or subdepartment of a hospital service-for example, a radiologist who is chief of the nuclear medicine service
- 15. Management of quality in the workplace from a perspective of total involvement of every employee, with a strong focus on process measurement and control
- 16. Independent not-for-profit organization that evaluates and accredits more than 22,000 healthcare organizations and programs in the United States and is the nation's primary standard-setting and accrediting body in healthcare; TJC standards focus on improving the quality and safety of patient care provided by healthcare organizations
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- 1. Establishes minimum standards of a mammography program to ensure that all women have access to quality services; regulations developed by the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Mammography Quality Assurance Advisory Committee
- 2. Federal agency that enforces standards for safety in the workplace, conducts inspections, and directs determination of fines for noncompliance with policies and regulations
- 3. Unit of the hospital with specific functions or specialized skills such as housekeeping, surgery, radiology, or accounting
- 4. Failure to complete a planned action as intended or the use of a wrong plan to achieve an aim; can be related to an incorrect diagnosis, equipment failure, infection, or a misinterpretation of an order
- 6. Ancillary department of the hospital responsible for recruiting, selecting, supporting, and compensating employees; developing and maintaining skills, quality, and motivation; collective bargaining; and occupational health and safety
- 9. Statement of organization that summarizes its intent to provide service in terms of the services it offers. the intended recipients of services, and a description of the level of cost
- 10. Physician who represents a department or service and sits as a formal member of the executive medical staff committee; responsible for all of the medical operations of a hospital department and may also oversee a residency training program
- 12. Formal organization of physicians authorized to admit and attend to patients within a hospital; have authorized privileges, bylaws, elected officers, and various committees and activities (see