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Utilization review expanded into quality assurance program. 1980

P M Kearns

An Army hospital was able to broaden and refine its extensive utilizaiton review efforts to establish a comprehensive quality assurance program that complies with JCAH standards.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
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
D006743	Hospital Bed Capacity, under 100	The number of beds under 100 which a hospital has been designed and constructed to contain. It may also refer to the number of beds set up and staffed for use.
D006772	Hospitals, Military	Hospitals which provide care for the military personnel and usually for their dependents.	Hospitals, Air Force,Hospitals, Army,Hospitals, Navy,Air Force Hospitals,Army Hospitals,Military Hospitals,Navy Hospitals,Air Force Hospital,Army Hospital,Hospital, Air Force,Hospital, Army,Hospital, Military,Hospital, Navy,Military Hospital,Navy Hospital
D014600	Utilization Review	An organized procedure carried out through committees to review admissions, duration of stay, professional services furnished, and to evaluate the medical necessity of those services and promote their most efficient use.	Review, Utilization,Reviews, Utilization,Utilization Reviews
D014768	Virginia	State bounded on the north by Maryland and West Virginia, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, the Chesapeake Bay and Maryland, and on the south by North Carolina and Tennessee, and on the west by Kentucky and West Virginia.