Category: F

A nonprofit corporation organized in 1989 in Hanover, NH, to obtain and make available the information needed to enable informed medical decision making. Its four goals are to provide accurate and understandable information, to gather data on outcomes of treatment interventions, to study and improve methods of communication to patients, and to develop, produce, evaluate,…

A facility that provides rest home care (housekeeping and meals) for individuals unable to do these things for themselves.  

Provision of meals and other nourishments to patients and personnel, and special nutritional services for patients, such as diet modification.  

A division of the Department of Agriculture (USDA), the FSIS is charged with the responsibility for assuring that the nation’s meat and poultry supply is safe, wholesome, unadulterated, and properly labeled and packaged.  

The agency of the federal government responsible for administering the variety of food assistance programs created by federal legislation. As a division of the Department of Agriculture (USDA), the FNS programs include the school lunch program. Food Stamps, and the Special Supplental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). The primary emphasis of these…

A type of diagram depicting the steps in a process and their sequence. Flowcharts are used, for example, in quality management better to view a process and find ways to simplify or otherwise improve it.  

A pool (group) of nurses without regular assignment to a patient care unit who are kept in readiness to serve as float nurses, that is, to be assigned wherever needed to fill in for absences or to meet extraordinary workloads.  

A program intended to achieve and maintain a state of physical well-being which permits optimal performance.  

A professional group which establishes standards for record-keeping, performance, reporting, and ethics for the accounting profession.  

A physician who is a member of the American College of Physician Executives (ACPE), who has met its requirements for certification as a physician executive, and to whom the College has granted the distinction (a credential) of Fellowship.