14. The benchmark court case which held that the hospital governing board had a
duty to establish a mechanisms by which the medical staff could take action if necessary
when an unreasonable risk of harm to a patient arises from the treatment provided by a
physician was _____________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________.
15. The court case which found a hospital liable because it failed to meet its duty to
protect its patients from malpractice by not knowing that malpractice was likely to be
committed upon them by a member of its medical staff was _____________________
____________________________________________________________________.
16. An "integrated approach to quality assurance" means that quality assurance
activities are _______________________ and ______________ within the medical
treatment facility.
17. "Good" medical care whereby quality of care relates to the practice of rational
medicine based on medical science is a broad and widely accepted definition of quality
medical care developed by _________________________________________.
18. The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
establishes standards against which it evaluates medical treatment facilities. These
standards must be ____________, __________, and _____________________.
19. Three approach methodologies to the assessment of quality care identified by
Avedis Donabedian are:
____________________________________________________________.
____________________________________________________________.
____________________________________________________________.
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