| mandatory reporting | Legal requirement for physicians and other professionals providing health services to report suspected incidents of abuse and neglect. As mandated reporters, they are generally afforded legal immunity for such reports and most jurisdictions impose a civil or criminal penalty for failure to report. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| mandatory testing | Testing or screening required by federal, state, or local law or other agencies for the diagnosis of specified conditions. It is usually limited to specific populations such as categories of health care providers, members of the military, and prisoners or to specific situations such as premarital examinations or donor screening. (12 Dec 1998) |
| spontaneous intermittent mandatory ventilation | Intermittent mandatory ventilation spontaneously initiated by the patient, to increase tidal volume, and subsequently synchronised with patient's respiratory cycle. Synonym: synchronised intermittent mandatory ventilation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| synchronised intermittent mandatory ventilation | Intermittent mandatory ventilation spontaneously initiated by the patient, to increase tidal volume, and subsequently synchronised with patient's respiratory cycle. Synonym: synchronised intermittent mandatory ventilation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intermittent mandatory ventilation | Mechanical application of positive pressure at a predetermined frequency to the airway to increase tidal volume. (05 Mar 2000) |
| managed care programs | Health insurance plans intended to reduce unnecessary health care costs through a variety of mechanisms, including: economic incentives for physicians and patients to select less costly forms of care; programs for reviewing the medical necessity of specific services; increased beneficiary cost sharing; controls on inpatient admissions and lengths of stay; the establishment of cost-sharing incentives for outpatient surgery; selective contracting with health care providers; and the intensive management of high-cost health care cases. The programs may be provided in a variety of settings, such as health maintenance organizations and preferred provider organizations. (12 Dec 1998) |
| regional medical programs | Coordination of activities and programs among health care institutions within defined geographic areas for the purpose of improving delivery and quality of medical care to the patients. These programs are mandated under u.s. Public law 89-239. (12 Dec 1998) |
| government programs | Programs and activities sponsored or administered by local, state, or national governments. (12 Dec 1998) |
| programs | Lists of the events, pieces, performers, speaker, etc., of an entertainment, ceremony, or the like. (12 Dec 1998) |
| self-evaluation programs | Educational programs structured in such a manner that the participating professionals, physicians, or students develop an increased awareness of their performance, usually on the basis of self-evaluation questionnaires. (12 Dec 1998) |
| national health programs | Components of a national health care system which administer specific services, e.g., national health insurance. (12 Dec 1998) |
| needle-exchange programs | Organised services for exchange of sterile needles and syringes used for injections as a potential means of reducing the transmission of infectious diseases. (12 Dec 1998) |
| education, nursing, diploma programs | Programs usually offered in hospital schools of nursing leading to a registered nurse diploma (rn). Graduates are eligible for state examination for licensure as rn (registered nurse). (12 Dec 1998) |