Translation of functions into specific tasks and measurements that distinguish among various levels of performance.
Generally, a measure set by competent authority as the rule for measuring quantity or quality. Conformity with standards is usually a condition of licensure, accreditation, or payment for services. Standards may be defined in relation to the actual or predicted effects of care; the performance or credentials of professional personnel; and the physical plant, governance and administration of facilities and programs. In the PSRO program, standards are professionally developed expressions of the range of acceptable variation from a norm or criterion. Thus, the criteria for care of a urinary tract infection might be a urinalysis and urine culture and the standard might require a urinalysis in 100 percent of cases and a urine culture onh^ in previously untreated cases.
Usual, recommended or established.
A level of quality achieved by someone or something.
The big petal that stands up at the back of a pea flower; a tree or shrub with a single, rather tall stem before the branches begin. Many trees grow thus naturally; shrubs like roses or fuchsias have to be trained to the form artificially. A half-standard has a shorter stem than usual.
A measure of quality or quantity, established by an authority, by a profession, or by custom, which serves as a criterion for evaluation.
That which is established by custom or authority as a model, criterion, or rule.
An authoritative statement enunciated and promulgated by the profession, by which the quality of practice, service, or education can be judged.
In the realm of measurement and calibration, a reference serves as a fundamental point of comparison or calibration against which other values or instruments are assessed. It provides a standard or benchmark for evaluating and aligning measurements in various fields of study and practical applications.