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AT Management Chp 2
Chapter 2 Management key terms
Term | Definition |
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Vision Statement | Short statement describing the ideal form you aspire your organization to be |
Mission Statement | Written expression of an organization's philosophy, purposes, and characteristics |
Planning | Type of decision-making process where a course of action is determined to bring about the future state of affairs |
Strategic Planning | A type of planning involving self examination to bring about improvement |
Accreditation | Formal recognition provided to an organization indicating that it meets certain standards |
JCAHO | Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization (oldest and largest helath care standards organization) |
CARF | Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (non profit agency that sets quality standards for rehab facilities |
Forecast | Prediction of future conditions based on statistics and indicators that described the past and present of the program |
WOTS UP analysis | Data collection and appraisal technique designed to determine an organization's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in order to facilitate planning |
Operational plan | Plan that defines group activities in the short term |
Policy | Plan that expresses an organization's behavior relative to a specific group function |
Process | Collection of steps that direct important tasks of the organization |
Procedure | Type of operational plan that gives directions to members of the group to follow |
Practice | Action that takes place due to administrative problems |
PERT | Program evaluation and review technique (method of graphically depicting the time line for the relationships formed of different stages of a program) |
Gannt chart | Graphic planning and control technique that maps discrete tasks on a calendar |
Agreement-trust matrix | A model that identifies and types the most important people in developing support for a plan |
Allies | People who exhibit a high level of support for a plan |
Opponents | People who support a particular program but argue against a plan related to that program |
Bedfellows | People who exhibit support for a particular plan but have a history of being untrustworthy |
Adversaries | People who are unsupportive of both the program and a particular plan regarding the program |
Proceedings | Book containing the abstracts or outlines of each speaker's presentation |
Program evaluation | Systematic and comprehensive assessment of the worth of a particular program |
Internal audit chart | Patient records review technique performed by the staff for quality assurance |
External audit chart | Patient records review technique, performed by accreditation agency to ensure minimum standards are being met |
Carrier | Charge based providers contracted by the government to review Medicare claims made by doctors or other health care providers |
Intermediary | Cost-based providers contracted by the government to review Medicare claims made by hospitals |
Summative evaluation | Assessment designed primarily to describe the effectiveness or accomplishments of a program |
Formative evaluation | Assessment designed primarily for improvement of a program |
External evaluators | Experts not affiliated with an organization who are retained to assess the various programs within the organization |
Goals | General statements of program intent |
Objectives | Specific statements of how a program intends to accomplish a particular goal |
Criteria | Quantifiable measures used to determine whether a particular objective has been accomplished |
Outcomes assessment | Evaluation method used in health care that seeks objective evidence that the care provided by the athletic trainer enhanced a patient's functional ability |