{"id":7925,"date":"2020-02-24T04:45:40","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T04:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=7925"},"modified":"2022-12-29T06:12:12","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T06:12:12","slug":"standard-of-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/standard-of-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Standard of care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The level of care that reasonably prudent healthcare providers in the same or a similar locality would provide under similar circumstances.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The degree of care a reasonable person would take to prevent an injury to another.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The principles and practices which have been accepted by a health care profession as expected to be applied for a patient under ordinary circumstances. Standards of care are developed from a consensus of experts, based on specific research (where such is available) and expert experience. &#8220;Under ordinary circumstances&#8221; refers to the fact that a given patient may have individual conditions which are overriding; absent such considerations, a medical staff or nursing staff quality review committee will expect the generally accepted principles and practices to be carried out.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A statement of actions consistent with minimum safe professional conduct under specific conditions, as determined by professional peer organizations.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The level of care that reasonably prudent healthcare providers in the same or a similar locality would provide under similar circumstances. The degree of care a reasonable person would take to prevent an injury to another. The principles and practices which have been accepted by a health care profession as expected to be applied for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-s"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Standard of care - Definition of Standard of care<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The level of care that reasonably prudent healthcare providers in the same or a similar locality would provide under similar circumstances.The degree of care a reasonable person would take to prevent an injury to another.The principles and practices which have been accepted by a health care profession as expected to be applied for a patient under ordinary circumstances. Standards of care are developed from a consensus of experts, based on specific research (where such is available) and expert experience. &quot;Under ordinary circumstances&quot; refers to the fact that a given patient may have individual conditions which are overriding; absent such considerations, a medical staff or nursing staff quality review committee will expect the generally accepted principles and practices to be carried out.A statement of actions consistent with minimum safe professional conduct under specific conditions, as determined by professional peer organizations.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/standard-of-care\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Standard of care - Definition of Standard of care\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The level of care that reasonably prudent healthcare providers in the same or a similar locality would provide under similar circumstances.The degree of care a reasonable person would take to prevent an injury to another.The principles and practices which have been accepted by a health care profession as expected to be applied for a patient under ordinary circumstances. Standards of care are developed from a consensus of experts, based on specific research (where such is available) and expert experience. &quot;Under ordinary circumstances&quot; refers to the fact that a given patient may have individual conditions which are overriding; absent such considerations, a medical staff or nursing staff quality review committee will expect the generally accepted principles and practices to be carried out.A statement of actions consistent with minimum safe professional conduct under specific conditions, as determined by professional peer organizations.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/standard-of-care\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-02-24T04:45:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-12-29T06:12:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/standard-of-care\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/standard-of-care\/\",\"name\":\"Standard of care - Definition of Standard of care\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-02-24T04:45:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-12-29T06:12:12+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5\"},\"description\":\"The level of care that reasonably prudent healthcare providers in the same or a similar locality would provide under similar circumstances.The degree of care a reasonable person would take to prevent an injury to another.The principles and practices which have been accepted by a health care profession as expected to be applied for a patient under ordinary circumstances. Standards of care are developed from a consensus of experts, based on specific research (where such is available) and expert experience. \\\"Under ordinary circumstances\\\" refers to the fact that a given patient may have individual conditions which are overriding; absent such considerations, a medical staff or nursing staff quality review committee will expect the generally accepted principles and practices to be carried out.A statement of actions consistent with minimum safe professional conduct under specific conditions, as determined by professional peer organizations.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/standard-of-care\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/standard-of-care\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/standard-of-care\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Standard of care\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/\",\"name\":\"Glossary\",\"description\":\"Difinitions\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5\",\"name\":\"Glossary\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/author\/adminglossary\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Standard of care - Definition of Standard of care","description":"The level of care that reasonably prudent healthcare providers in the same or a similar locality would provide under similar circumstances.The degree of care a reasonable person would take to prevent an injury to another.The principles and practices which have been accepted by a health care profession as expected to be applied for a patient under ordinary circumstances. Standards of care are developed from a consensus of experts, based on specific research (where such is available) and expert experience. \"Under ordinary circumstances\" refers to the fact that a given patient may have individual conditions which are overriding; absent such considerations, a medical staff or nursing staff quality review committee will expect the generally accepted principles and practices to be carried out.A statement of actions consistent with minimum safe professional conduct under specific conditions, as determined by professional peer organizations.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/standard-of-care\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Standard of care - Definition of Standard of care","og_description":"The level of care that reasonably prudent healthcare providers in the same or a similar locality would provide under similar circumstances.The degree of care a reasonable person would take to prevent an injury to another.The principles and practices which have been accepted by a health care profession as expected to be applied for a patient under ordinary circumstances. Standards of care are developed from a consensus of experts, based on specific research (where such is available) and expert experience. \"Under ordinary circumstances\" refers to the fact that a given patient may have individual conditions which are overriding; absent such considerations, a medical staff or nursing staff quality review committee will expect the generally accepted principles and practices to be carried out.A statement of actions consistent with minimum safe professional conduct under specific conditions, as determined by professional peer organizations.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/standard-of-care\/","og_site_name":"Glossary","article_published_time":"2020-02-24T04:45:40+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-12-29T06:12:12+00:00","author":"Glossary","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Glossary","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/standard-of-care\/","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/standard-of-care\/","name":"Standard of care - Definition of Standard of care","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-02-24T04:45:40+00:00","dateModified":"2022-12-29T06:12:12+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5"},"description":"The level of care that reasonably prudent healthcare providers in the same or a similar locality would provide under similar circumstances.The degree of care a reasonable person would take to prevent an injury to another.The principles and practices which have been accepted by a health care profession as expected to be applied for a patient under ordinary circumstances. Standards of care are developed from a consensus of experts, based on specific research (where such is available) and expert experience. \"Under ordinary circumstances\" refers to the fact that a given patient may have individual conditions which are overriding; absent such considerations, a medical staff or nursing staff quality review committee will expect the generally accepted principles and practices to be carried out.A statement of actions consistent with minimum safe professional conduct under specific conditions, as determined by professional peer organizations.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/standard-of-care\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/standard-of-care\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/standard-of-care\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Standard of care"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/","name":"Glossary","description":"Difinitions","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5","name":"Glossary","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/author\/adminglossary\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7925"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":201771,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7925\/revisions\/201771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}