The established criteria against which the decisions and actions of healthcare practitioners and other representatives of healthcare organizations are assessed in accordance with state and federal laws, regulations, and guidelines are called _____.

Governance of a healthcare organization is comprised of the board of directors and the ____.

The regular presentation of concise, appropriately displayed monitoring data for hospital board of directors and leadership that provides minute to minute data in an organized, comparative format that maximizes the use of the time and assists its members in accomplishing oversight activities is called a ____.

There are five categories of decisions that Joint Commission can make upon completing the accreditation process.  Name and briefly describe two of them: 1. 2.

This organization accredits managed care organizations, managed behavioral health organizations, and credentials verification for physician organizations:

Name three members by title who might typically make up the composition of  a Joint Commission survey team. 

A multidisciplinary outline of anticipated care within an appropriate time frame to aid a patient in moving progressively through a clinical experience that ends in a positive outcome is called a _____.

A graphic display tool used to communicate the details of performance improvement activities is called _____.

Bonus question worth 3 pts.Charles is a supervisor of the imaging section of the HIM department.  In his efforts to update scanning productivity standards, Charles calls around to other area hospitals to ask what their scanning standards are.  This is an example of what source of performance data: 

A systematic comparison of products, services and outcomes of one organization to those of a similar organization(s) is called a/an _____.