Substandard care definition

Substandard care means care furnished in a facility in which the department of health has cited a deficiency or deficiencies that constitute one of the following:
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Examples of Substandard care in a sentence

  • Substandard care was judged to be present in the majority of assessed cases, mainly at the level of the care providers, indicating that further analysis of cases and improvement of guidelines could reduce severe maternal morbidity.24 Several local initiatives for auditing of severe maternal morbidity came to our knowledge since this study.

  • Substandard care was defined as malcompliance with the recommendations in the guideline “Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy” of the Dutch Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology11 and was assessed in two different ways: first, substandard treatment of hypertension and prophylaxis of seizures according to the national guideline was assessed in all cases by the first author.

  • Substandard care was assessed using a standardized form with items related to patient, care providers and health care system, based on the national guideline.11 A further six cases of eclampsia, which were assessed likewise during general audit meetings of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ study, were added before analysis.

  • Substandard care in maternal mortality due to hypertensive disease in pregnancy in the Netherlands.

Related to Substandard care

  • Routine care means medical care which is not urgent or emergent in nature and can wait for a regularly scheduled physician appointment without risk of permanent damage to the patient’s life or health status. The condition requiring routine care is not likely to substantially worsen without immediate clinical intervention.

  • Respite care means care anticipated to be provided for a period of 28 days or less for the purpose of temporarily relieving a family member or other caregiver from his or her daily caregiv- ing duties.

  • Preventive Care means certain Preventive Care services.

  • New Jersey Stormwater Best Management Practices (BMP) Manual or “BMP Manual” means the manual maintained by the Department providing, in part, design specifications, removal rates, calculation methods, and soil testing procedures approved by the Department as being capable of contributing to the achievement of the stormwater management standards specified in this chapter. The BMP Manual is periodically amended by the Department as necessary to provide design specifications on additional best management practices and new information on already included practices reflecting the best available current information regarding the particular practice and the Department’s determination as to the ability of that best management practice to contribute to compliance with the standards contained in this chapter. Alternative stormwater management measures, removal rates, or calculation methods may be utilized, subject to any limitations specified in this chapter, provided the design engineer demonstrates to the municipality, in accordance with Section IV.F. of this ordinance and N.J.A.C. 7:8-5.2(g), that the proposed measure and its design will contribute to achievement of the design and performance standards established by this chapter.

  • Palliative care means medical service rendered to reduce or moderate temporarily the intensity of an otherwise stable medical condition, but does not include those medical services ren- dered to diagnose, heal or permanently alleviate or eliminate a medical condition.