AT Management Chp 2

Description:	Chapter 2 Management key terms
Category:	Sports Medicine
Created by:	gunrock on 2008-09-21

Term	Definition
Vision Statement	Short statement describing the ideal form you aspire your organization to be
Mission Statement	Written expression of an organization's philosophy, purposes, and characteristics
Planning	Type of decision-making process where a course of action is determined to bring about the future state of affairs
Strategic Planning	A type of planning involving self examination to bring about improvement
Accreditation	Formal recognition provided to an organization indicating that it meets certain standards
JCAHO	Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization (oldest and largest helath care standards organization)
CARF	Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (non profit agency that sets quality standards for rehab facilities
Forecast	Prediction of future conditions based on statistics and indicators that described the past and present of the program
WOTS UP analysis	Data collection and appraisal technique designed to determine an organization's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in order to facilitate planning
Operational plan	Plan that defines group activities in the short term
Policy	Plan that expresses an organization's behavior relative to a specific group function
Process	Collection of steps that direct important tasks of the organization
Procedure	Type of operational plan that gives directions to members of the group to follow
Practice	Action that takes place due to administrative problems
PERT	Program evaluation and review technique (method of graphically depicting the time line for the relationships formed of different stages of a program)
Gannt chart	Graphic planning and control technique that maps discrete tasks on a calendar
Agreement-trust matrix	A model that identifies and types the most important people in developing support for a plan
Allies	People who exhibit a high level of support for a plan
Opponents	People who support a particular program but argue against a plan related to that program
Bedfellows	People who exhibit support for a particular plan but have a history of being untrustworthy
Adversaries	People who are unsupportive of both the program and a particular plan regarding the program
Proceedings	Book containing the abstracts or outlines of each speaker's presentation
Program evaluation	Systematic and comprehensive assessment of the worth of a particular program
Internal audit chart	Patient records review technique performed by the staff for quality assurance
External audit chart	Patient records review technique, performed by accreditation agency to ensure minimum standards are being met
Carrier	Charge based providers contracted by the government to review Medicare claims made by doctors or other health care providers
Intermediary	Cost-based providers contracted by the government to review Medicare claims made by hospitals
Summative evaluation	Assessment designed primarily to describe the effectiveness or accomplishments of a program
Formative evaluation	Assessment designed primarily for improvement of a program
External evaluators	Experts not affiliated with an organization who are retained to assess the various programs within the organization
Goals	General statements of program intent
Objectives	Specific statements of how a program intends to accomplish a particular goal
Criteria	Quantifiable measures used to determine whether a particular objective has been accomplished
Outcomes assessment	Evaluation method used in health care that seeks objective evidence that the care provided by the athletic trainer enhanced a patient's functional ability

What are the seven principles to planning an effective meeting?

1. organize for the meeting. 2. divide the meeting into three parts. 3. control your meeting behaviour. 4. avoid new buisness. 5. avoid reports. 6. look to the future. 7. make high quality decisions.

What are the four elements of the vision statement?

1. name of the service provider. 2. description of the services to be provided. 3. identification of the target clients. 4. quality declaration.

Job related activities ??

Rehabilitation, conditioning, equipment fitting, padding, taping, reporting, coordinating, counseling, education, purchasing, inventory, budgeting, injury assessment, emergency planning, transporting, first aid

What is accreditation?

It is formal recognition provided to an organization or one of its programs indicating that it meets certain prescribed quality standards.

What is JCAHO?

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.

What does JCAHO do?

It accredits ambulatory health care facilities and holds them to a level field of standards.

Processes of the sports medicine Program?

Injury prevention, injury rehabilitation, injury recognition, organization and administration, injury management, education and counseling.

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