treatment audit

a procedure that measures quality assurance in health care. Audit activities include assessment of the structure, process, and outcome of the services provided. Audits occur in a cyclical process, enabling the results of the assessment to be fed back to providers to improve or maintain the services assessed. See also program integrity; program monitoring.

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Psychology term of the day

November 24th 2024

representation

n. that which stands for or signifies something else. For example, in cognitive psychology the term denotes a mental representation, whereas in psychoanalytic theory it refers to an introject (see introjection) of a significant figure or to a symbol for a repressed impulse. —represent vb. —representational adj. —representative adj.