{"id":73358,"date":"2021-01-05T10:50:58","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T10:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=73358"},"modified":"2023-05-24T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T08:00:00","slug":"standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/standards\/","title":{"rendered":"Standards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Translation of functions into specific tasks and measurements that distinguish among various levels of performance.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Usual, recommended or established.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A level of quality achieved by someone or something.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A measure of quality or quantity, established by an authority, by a profession, or by custom, which serves as a criterion for evaluation.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>That which is established by custom or authority as a model, criterion, or rule.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>An authoritative statement enunciated and promulgated by the profession, by which the quality of practice, service, or education can be judged.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"group w-full text-gray-800 dark:text-gray-100 border-b border-black\/10 dark:border-gray-900\/50 bg-gray-50 dark:bg-[#444654] sm:AIPRM__conversation__response\">\n<div class=\"flex p-4 gap-4 text-base md:gap-6 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-xl xl:max-w-3xl md:py-6 lg:px-0 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3 lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)]\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-4 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light AIPRM__conversation__response\">\n<p>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. 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