Efforts to determine the quality of care, to develop and maintain programs to keep it at an acceptable level (quality...

One activity in the process of continuous quality improvement (CQI). Each project involves a process which has been identified as...

The sum of all the activities which create desired change in quality. In the health care setting, quality improvement requires...

The sum of all the activities, wherever performed, through which the hospital achieves the quality of care it provides. This...

A part of the Professional Activity Study (PAS) of the Commission on Professional and Hospital Activities (CPHA). The care of...

Educational schedule that divides the school year into five 45-day units, plus one 30-day vacation unit. Students are expected to...

A way of ranking test scores, on the same principle as a percentile, but with four divisions.  

A fourth. In education, the school year is sometimes divided into four equal periods, instead of two semesters or three...

Ace inhibitor, antihypertensive drug.  

Baked flour products made without yeast using baking powder or baking soda as the leavening agent.