Biomaterial Database

Collaboration Seattle style. 2006

Richard Haugh

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007373	Interinstitutional Relations	The interactions between representatives of institutions, agencies, or organizations.	Interagency Relations,Interagency Relation,Interinstitutional Relation,Relation, Interagency,Relation, Interinstitutional,Relations, Interagency,Relations, Interinstitutional
D008491	Medical Informatics Applications	Automated systems applied to the patient care process including diagnosis, therapy, and systems of communicating medical data within the health care setting.	Application, Medical Informatics,Applications, Medical Informatics,Informatics Applications, Medical,Informatics Application, Medical,Medical Informatics Application
D011785	Quality Assurance, Health Care	Activities and programs intended to assure or improve the quality of care in either a defined medical setting or a program. The concept includes the assessment or evaluation of the quality of care; identification of problems or shortcomings in the delivery of care; designing activities to overcome these deficiencies; and follow-up monitoring to ensure effectiveness of corrective steps.	Quality Assessment, Health Care,Health Care Quality Assessment,Health Care Quality Assurance,Healthcare Quality Assessment,Healthcare Quality Assurance,Quality Assessment, Healthcare,Quality Assurance, Healthcare,Assessment, Healthcare Quality,Assessments, Healthcare Quality,Assurance, Healthcare Quality,Assurances, Healthcare Quality,Healthcare Quality Assessments,Healthcare Quality Assurances,Quality Assessments, Healthcare,Quality Assurances, Healthcare
D003363	Cost Control	The containment, regulation, or restraint of costs. Costs are said to be contained when the value of resources committed to an activity is not considered excessive. This determination is frequently subjective and dependent upon the specific geographic area of the activity being measured. (From Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed)	Cost Containment,Containment, Cost,Containments, Cost,Control, Cost,Controls, Cost,Cost Containments,Cost Controls
D006265	Health Care Coalitions	Voluntary groups of people representing diverse interests in the community such as hospitals, businesses, physicians, and insurers, with the principal objective to improve health care cost effectiveness.	Business Coalitions (Health Care),Business Coalitions (Healthcare),Healthcare Coalitions,Business Coalition (Health Care),Business Coalition (Healthcare),Coalition, Business (Health Care),Coalition, Business (Healthcare),Coalition, Health Care,Coalition, Healthcare,Coalitions, Business (Health Care),Coalitions, Business (Healthcare),Coalitions, Health Care,Coalitions, Healthcare,Health Care Coalition,Healthcare Coalition
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014481	United States	A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.
D014861	Washington	State bounded by on the north by Canada, on the east by Idaho, on the south by Oregon, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.
D017049	Employer Health Costs	That portion of total HEALTH CARE COSTS borne by an individual's or group's employing organization.	Health Costs, Employer,Employer Health Cost,Health Cost, Employer
D017410	Practice Guidelines as Topic	Works about directions or principles presenting current or future rules of policy for assisting health care practitioners in patient care decisions regarding diagnosis, therapy, or related clinical circumstances. The guidelines may be developed by government agencies at any level, institutions, professional societies, governing boards, or by the convening of expert panels. The guidelines form a basis for the evaluation of all aspects of health care and delivery.	Clinical Guidelines as Topic,Best Practices,Best Practice