AAAHC
Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care - correct answer Formed in 1979. Ambulatory means the same as outpatient or overnight stay.
... [Show More] It is the preeminent leader in developing standards to advance and promote patient safety, quality and value for ambulatory health care through peer-based accreditation processes, education and research. Accreditation is ultimately awarded to organizations that are found to be in compliance with their standards.
With a single focus on the ambulatory care community, they offer organizations a cost-effective, flexible and collaborative approach to accreditation.
AANA
American Association of Nurse Anesthetists - correct answer Founded in 1931, it is the professional association for more than 37,000 Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and student nurse anesthetists. CRNAs are advanced practice nurses who are the hands-on providers of 30 million anesthetics given in the United States each year. They administer every type of anesthetic, work in every type of practice setting, and provide care for every type of surgery or procedure, from open heart to cataract to pain management.
ABMS
American Board of Medical Specialties - correct answer Board that focuses on the advancement of medical education, setting the standards and processes for certifying and recertifying physicians and providing products and services for verifying physician certification.
ACCME
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education - correct answer Mission is the identification, development, and promotion of standards for quality continuing medical education (CME) utilized by physicians in their maintenance of competence and incorporation of new knowledge to improve quality medical care for patients and their communities.
Fulfills its mission through a voluntary self-regulated system for accrediting CME providers and a peer-review process responsive to changes in medical education and the health care delivery system.
The primary responsibilities are to:
Serve as the body accrediting institutions and organizations offering continuing medical education.
Serve as the body recognizing institutions and organizations offering continuing medical education accreditation.
Develop criteria for evaluation of both educational programs and their activities by which they and state accrediting bodies will accredit institutions and organizations and be responsible for assuring compliance with these standards.
Develop, or foster the development of, methods for measuring the effectiveness of continuing medical education and its accreditation, particularly in its relationship to supporting quality patient care and the continuum of medical education.
Recommend and initiate studies for improving the organization and processes of continuing medical education and its accreditation.
Review and assess developments in continuing medical education's support of quality health.
Review periodically its role in continuing medical education to ensure it remains responsive to public and professional needs.
ACGME
American College of Graduate Medical Education - correct answer Evaluates and accredits medical residency programs in the United States.
Established in 1981 from a consensus in the academic medical community for an independent accrediting organization.
Mission is to improve health care by assessing and advancing the quality of resident physicians' education through accreditation.
ADA
Americans with Disabilities Act - correct answer Act signed into law on July 26, 1990, by President George H. W. Bush. It is a wide-ranging civil rights law that prohibits, under certain circumstances, discrimination based on disability. It affords similar protections against discrimination to Americans with disabilities as the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which made discrimination based on race, religion, sex, national origin, and other characteristics illegal.
Disability is defined as "a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity." The determination of whether any particular condition is considered a disability is made on a case by case basis. Certain specific conditions are excluded as disabilities, such as current substance abusers.
AHP
Allied Health Practitioner - correct answer Individuals who provide patient care services, but are not members of the medical staff. They are categorized and defined by the organization. JCAHO requires them to have delineated clinical privileges if they provide patient care services independently. LIPs (Psychologist) fall under this category.
Each State defines licensure and/or certification and also whether licensures or certifications allow for independent practice.
AMA
American Medical Association - correct answer Founded in 1847, they establishe standards for preliminary medical education and for the degree of MD. Their Code of Medical Ethics written and published in 1849, establishes a board to analyze quack remedies and nostrums and to enlighten the public in regard to the nature and danger of such remedies.
ANCC
American Nurses Credentialing Center - correct answer Subsidiary of the American Nurses Association (ANA), provides individuals and organizations throughout the nursing profession with the resources they need to achieve practice excellence. Credentialing programs certify nurses in specialty practice areas; recognize healthcare organizations for promoting safe, positive work environments through the Magnet Recognition Program® and the Pathway to Excellence Program™; and accredit providers of continuing nursing education. In addition, they provide leading-edge information and education services and products to support its core credentialing programs.
AOA
American Osteopathic Association - correct answer A member association representing more than 61,000 osteopathic physicians (D.O.s). Serves as the primary certifying body for D.O.s, and is the accrediting agency for all osteopathic medical colleges and health care facilities. Mission is to advance the philosophy and practice of osteopathic medicine by promoting excellence in education, research, and the delivery of quality, cost-effective healthcare within a distinct, unified profession.
APIC
Association of Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology - correct answer Mission is to improve health and patient safety by reducing risks of infection and other adverse outcomes. The Association's more than 11,000 members have primary responsibility for infection prevention, control and hospital epidemiology in health care settings around the globe, and include nurses, epidemiologists, physicians, microbiologists, clinical pathologists, laboratory technologists and public health practitioners . Advances its mission through education, research, collaboration, public policy, practice guidance and credentialing.
CAMH
Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals - correct answer This manual published by Joint Commission features everything a hospital needs for continuous standards compliance and operational improvement. Included are standards, rationales, elements of performance, and a self-assessment grid. Key features include the following:
- Standards, elements of performance, and scoring changes
- A chapter featuring the newest National Patient Safety Goals
- Details regarding the Joint Commission Quality Report
- Updated information about the Joint Commission's accreditation process
- Updated information about accreditation policies and procedures, including the Sentinel Events Policy
- Details regarding Quality Reports
The newly streamlined, refreshed core manual is your hospital's key resource, featuring everything your organization needs for ongoing standards compliance. Included are details on the new streamlined format for standards, rationales, elements of performance, scoring and self-assessment grid; Periodic Performance Review; revised survey agenda; Priority Focus Process; tracer methodology; revised decision process; revised accreditation policies and procedures; and revised performance measurement requirements.
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