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The Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 (HCQIA). 1991

C H Wecht

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008318 Malpractice Failure of a professional person, a physician or lawyer, to render proper services through reprehensible ignorance or negligence or through criminal intent, especially when injury or loss follows. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed) Professional Negligence,Negligence,Negligence, Professional,Professional Negligences
D010380 Peer Review An organized procedure carried out by a select committee of professionals in evaluating the performance of other professionals in meeting the standards of their specialty. Review by peers is used by editors in the evaluation of articles and other papers submitted for publication. Peer review is used also in the evaluation of grant applications. It is applied also in evaluating the quality of health care provided to patients. Review, Peer,Peer Reviews,Reviews, Peer
D011787 Quality of Health Care The levels of excellence which characterize the health service or health care provided based on accepted standards of quality. Pharmacy Audit,Quality of Care,Quality of Healthcare,Audit, Pharmacy,Care Quality,Health Care Quality,Healthcare Quality,Pharmacy Audits
D005544 Forecasting The prediction or projection of the nature of future problems or existing conditions based upon the extrapolation or interpretation of existing scientific data or by the application of scientific methodology. Futurology,Projections and Predictions,Future,Predictions and Projections
D014481 United States A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.
D016363 Antitrust Laws Those federal and state laws, and their enforcement, that protect trade and commerce from unlawful restraints and monopolies or unfair business practices. Antitrust Liability,Sherman Antitrust Act,Act, Sherman Antitrust,Antitrust Act, Sherman,Antitrust Law,Antitrust Liabilities,Law, Antitrust,Laws, Antitrust,Liabilities, Antitrust,Liability, Antitrust
D016749 National Practitioner Data Bank A databank established by the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 authorizing the Department of Health and Human Services to collect and release information on the professional competence and conduct of physicians, dentists, nurses, and other health care practitioners. The data include adverse actions on physicians' malpractice, licensure, hospital privileges, concealing of pertinent information, and the like. National Practitioner Databank,Databank, National Practitioner,Databanks, National Practitioner,National Practitioner Databanks,Practitioner Databank, National,Practitioner Databanks, National

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