Patient safety

instructions governing the plan of care for an individual patient, often written authorization to obtain a drug from a pharmacist

degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions

preventable adverse effect of medical care, whether evident or harmful to the patient or not

undesired harmful effect resulting from a medication or other medical intervention

prevention, reduction, reporting, and analysis of medical error

form of general physical restraint used for medical purposes

policy on blood donation

system for assessing the fitness of patients before surgery

to avoid patient overdiagnosis and overtreatment

health technology applied to health and health care

medical tool for measuring risk of perioperative cardiac complications

action or failure to act which causes unreasonable suffering, misery or harm to the patient