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Professional Standards Authority. Website. www .hcpc-uk .org. The Health and Care Professions Council ( HCPC ), formerly the Health Professions Council ( HPC ), is a statutory regulator of over 280,000 [1] professionals from 15 health and care professions in the United Kingdom. The Council reports its main purpose is to protect the public.
Definition. Health care quality is the degree to which health care services for individuals and populations increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes. [2] Quality of care plays an important role in describing the iron triangle of health care relationships between quality, cost, and accessibility of health care within a community. [3]
The Clinical Care Classification ( CCC) System is a standardized, coded nursing terminology that identifies the discrete elements of nursing practice. The CCC provides a unique framework and coding structure. Used for documenting the plan of care; following the nursing process in all health care settings.
The Health Industry Business Communications Council was established in 1983 as an industry-sponsored non-profit council by major health care associations to develop a standard for data transfer using uniform bar code labeling. Over time it expanded its focus to include additional electronic data interchange standards.
Medical law. Health professional requisites refer to the regulations used by countries to control the quality of health workers practicing in their jurisdictions and to control the size of the health labour market. They include licensure, certification and proof of minimum training for regulated health professions. [1]
UnitedHealth said in February that a ransomware group had gained access to some of the systems of its Change Healthcare business, which provides technology used to submit and process insurance claims.
Electronic documentation. Point of care (POC) documentation is the ability for clinicians to document clinical information while interacting with and delivering care to patients. [10] The increased adoption of electronic health records (EHR) in healthcare institutions and practices creates the need for electronic POC documentation through the ...
Definition and implementation Measure definition. In 2015 CMS identified 254 quality measures for which providers may choose to submit data. The measures map to U.S. National Quality Standard (NQS) health care quality domains: Communication and Care Coordination; Community/Population Health; Effective Clinical Care; Efficiency and Cost Reduction