Category: I

A term being used to indicate that public relations, sales literature, employee communications, television advertising, magazine advertising, outdoor displays, direct mail, and other devices should be considered together, as they can contribute to the solution of an organization’s positioning efforts.  

The form on which a physician or other provider submits the claim for care given. Each insurance company may design and require its own form, as can the federal and state governments. This lack of standardization has at least two negative consequences: everyone has to work much harder to complete and understand the form, and,…

The process of supplying to diabetics the insulin which they need.  

A “standard scale of function” sometimes used to measure severity of illness. It is a portion of the Older American Resources and Services Questionnaire (OARS). The LADL scale involves ability to perform six activities of daily living (ADL): dressing and undressing; walking; taking a bath or shower; going shopping for groceries or clothes; preparing meals;…

A committee in an investigator’s institution set up to provide peer review for research programs supported by grants and contracts financed by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Similar review is also required by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for investigational new drugs. The committee may not have as members any persons…

A body formed by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in 1970 to secure the services of eminent members of appointed professions for the examination of policy matters pertaining to the health of the public. The Institute acts under the responsibility given to NAS in 1863 by its charter to be an advisor to the…

A national organization which has a group working on computer standards, some of which apply to medical systems. An organization partially responsible for standards regulating electrical devices and equipment.  

An institute sponsored by the American Hospital Association (AHA), the America College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), and the National Association of Health Services Executives (NAHSE) created in 1994 to inform minority students about opportunities in health care management and to assist ethnic minority professionals already in the field.  

A federal official who reports to Congress and to certain heads of administrative agencies on the activities of those agencies. This “watchdog” post is typically created by statute. Agencies also have their own IGs who carry out similar functions with respect to the internal functions of the agency and outside programs which the agency funds.…

A health care institution which provides lodging and also nursing and continuous medical care for patients within a permanent facility with an organized professional staff. Activities, ordinarily education or training, which are carried out without serious interruption of the employees regular duties. The individual responsible for coordinating educational programs for all employees, including training of…