{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Glossary","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary","author_name":"Glossary","author_url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/author\/adminglossary\/","title":"Standards - Definition of Standards","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"DahP3OZ2qF\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/standards\/\">Standards<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/standards\/embed\/#?secret=DahP3OZ2qF\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Standards&#8221; &#8212; Glossary\" data-secret=\"DahP3OZ2qF\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"Translation of functions into specific tasks and measurements that distinguish among various levels of performance.Generally, a measure set by competent authority as the rule for measuring quantity or quality. Conformity with standards is usually a condition of licensure, accreditation, or payment for services. Standards may be defined in relation to the actual or predicted effects of care; the performance or credentials of professional personnel; and the physical plant, governance and administration of facilities and programs. In the PSRO program, standards are professionally developed expressions of the range of acceptable variation from a norm or criterion. Thus, the criteria for care of a urinary tract infection might be a urinalysis and urine culture and the standard might require a urinalysis in 100 percent of cases and a urine culture onh^ in previously untreated cases.Usual, recommended or established.A level of quality achieved by someone or something.The big petal that stands up at the back of a pea flower; a tree or shrub with a single, rather tall stem before the branches begin. Many trees grow thus naturally; shrubs like roses or fuchsias have to be trained to the form artificially. A half-standard has a shorter stem than usual.A measure of quality or quantity, established by an authority, by a profession, or by custom, which serves as a criterion for evaluation.That which is established by custom or authority as a model, criterion, or rule.An authoritative statement enunciated and promulgated by the profession, by which the quality of practice, service, or education can be judged.In the realm of measurement and calibration, a reference serves as a fundamental point of comparison or calibration against which other values or instruments are assessed. It provides a standard or benchmark for evaluating and aligning measurements in various fields of study and practical applications."}