| MAI | microscopic aggregation index; movement assessment of infants; multilevel assessment instrument; Myc... |
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| TRAM | transport remote acquisition monitor; transverse rectus abdominis muscle; Treatment Rating Assessmen... |
| AAEM | American Academy of Environmental Medicine; American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine |
| ACOEM | American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
| AEMIS | Aerospace and Environmental Medicine Information System |
| health risk assessment | Method of describing an individual's chance of falling ill or dying of a specified condition, based on actuarial calculations that allow for known exposure to risk; expressed as expected age at which death or disease will occur, and intended as a way of drawing an individual's attention to the probable consequences of risk behaviour. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| process assessment | An evaluation procedure that focuses on how care is delivered, based on the premise that there are standards of performance for activities undertaken in delivering patient care, in which the specific actions taken, events occurring, and human interactions are compared with accepted standards. (12 Dec 1998) |
| prospective payment assessment commission | The commission charged with evaluating issues and factors which affect the implementation of the prospective payment system. (12 Dec 1998) |
| self assessment (psychology) | Appraisal of one's own personal qualities or traits. (12 Dec 1998) |
| subjective assessment data | Those facts that are observable and measurable by the nurse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nursing assessment | Evaluation of the nature and extent of nursing problems presented by a patient for the purpose of patient care planning. (12 Dec 1998) |
| nutrition assessment | Evaluation and measurement of nutritional variables in order to assess the level of nutrition or the nutritional status of the individual. Nutrition surveys may be used in making the assessment. (12 Dec 1998) |
| objective assessment data | Those facts presented by the client that show his/her perception, understanding and interpretation of what is happening. (05 Mar 2000) |
| outcome and process assessment | Evaluation procedures that focus on both the outcome or status (outcome assessment) of the patient at the end of an episode of care - presence of symptoms, level of activity, and mortality; and the process (process assessment) - what is done for the patient diagnostically and therapeutically. (12 Dec 1998) |
| outcome assessment | Research aimed at assessing the quality and effectiveness of health care as measured by the attainment of a specified end result or outcome. Measures include parameters such as improved health, lowered morbidity or mortality, and improvement of abnormal states (such as elevated blood pressure). (12 Dec 1998) |
| technology assessment, biomedical | Evaluation of biomedical technology in relation to cost, efficacy, utilization, etc., and its future impact on social, ethical, and legal systems. (12 Dec 1998) |
| united states office of technology assessment | An office established to help congress participate and plan for the consequences of uses of technology. It provides information on both the beneficial and adverse effects of technological applications. (12 Dec 1998) |
| air pollutants, environmental | Air pollutants which affect environmental conditions. (12 Dec 1998) |
| carcinogens, environmental | Carcinogenic substances that are found in the environment. (12 Dec 1998) |
| national environmental policy act | A federal law enacted in 1969 that requires all federal agencies to consider and analyse the environmental impacts of any proposed action. NEPA requires an environmental impact statement for major federal actions significantly affecting the quality of the environment. NEPA requires federal agencies to inform and involve the public in the agency's decision making process and to consider the environmental impacts of the agency's decision. (05 Dec 1998) |