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McGraw Hill Financial, Inc. is an American publicly traded corporation headquartered in Rockefeller Center in New York City. Its primary areas of business are financial, publishing, and business services.
An indicator used in any quality assurance program that determines whether quality is acceptable while an action is being taken or care is being given.
Industry:Health care
An individual or organization, which is the sponsor of a investigational new drug (IND) or new drug application (NDA), which assumes one or more of the obligations of the sponsor through an independent contractual agreement.
Industry:Health care
An infection of the endocardial surface of the heart, which can include one or more heart valves, the mural endocardium, or a septal defect.
Industry:Health care
An infection that has newly appeared within a population or has existed but is rapidly increasing in incidence or geographic range.
Industry:Health care
An infectious disease caused by a spore-forming bacterium Bacillus anthracis. The natural occurrence of this illness typically involves inhalation of spores from animal products. This agent was used as a weapon of bioterror in 2001 in the United States, resulting in 22 cases and 5 deaths.
Industry:Health care
An inflammation of the prostate gland and surrounding tissue as a result of infection.
Industry:Health care
An initiative adopted by the JCAHO in 1986 intended to improve standards by focusing on key functions of quality of care, to monitor the performance of health care organizations using indicators, to improve the relevance and quality of the survey process, and to enhance the accuracy and value of JCAHO accreditation.
Industry:Health care
An insoluble protein that is one of the principle ingredients of a blood clot. Fibrin strands bind to one another to form a fibrin mesh. The fibrin mesh often traps platelets and other blood cells.
Industry:Health care
An interconnection of computers and computer-related devices (e.g., printers and modems) that allows the devices to interchange data, electronic mail, programs, and other files. In addition, a network allows sharing of peripheral devices, such as printers, modems, fax boards, and so forth. Normally, this interconnection is via a dedicated wiring system (other than telephone/modem communication), however, wireless connections are becoming common.
Industry:Health care
An international organization dedicated to promoting well-informed health care decisions by preparing, maintaining, and ensuring accessibility to current, rigorous, systematic reviews of the benefits and risks of health care interventions. The organization is named in memory of Archie Cochrane, a physician epidemiologist who advocated using the best available evidence to guide health care decisions.
Industry:Health care
