A standard used to compare and improve a department's own products or services by measuring them against specified standards.
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Key Performance Indicator
Industry Standard
Best Practice
Benchmark
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Activities or procedures that are successful in one situation and may be successful in a similar situation in another department or organization
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Best Practices
Benchmarks
Recommended Practices
Industry Standards
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A predetermined course of action that identifies a key activity and provides a general strategy: a written statement of intent
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Procedure
Policy
Competency
Mission
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The act of following identified regulations and standards.
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Compliance
Accreditation
Plan,Do,Check, Act
Best Practices
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The process of assigning authority to subordinates to do work that a manager at a higher organizational level would otherwise do.
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Performance Improvement
Planning
Delegation
Democratic Management
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Describes a person or department with a vested interest in the successful outcome of a product or service
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Stakeholder
Risk Management/Manager
Quality Control Manager
Customer
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A federal act that requires hospitals to provide emergency treatment to all individuals regardless of their insurance status or ability to pay
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Emergency Medical Treatment And Labor Act (EMTALA)
Fair Care Standards Act (FCSA)
Medicaid (CMS)
Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
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A strategy that uses open-ended questions during applicant selection, performance appraisal, and other interview to generate information that suggests interviewee reactions to specific situations is called a
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Personal Performance-based interview
Behavioral-based interview
Behavior-mapping strategy
Predictive reaction strategy
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The process that imposes restrictions on filling vacant positions to manage the costs associated with them
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Position Control
Hiring Freeze
Attrition
Budget-Sensitive Hiring
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An approach to budget preparation that requires planner to explain all expenses to provide justification for each line item funded with resources allocated accordingly