Practitioners in an HMO Program May Come Under Peer Review

question 10

Multiple Choice

Practitioners in an HMO program may come under peer review by a professional group called a

• A) peer review group.
• B) quality control group.
• C) Quality Improvement Organization.
• D) utilization management corporation.

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Definitions:

Departmentalizing

The process of dividing an organization into different departments, which allows for specialization of tasks and easier management.

Job Enlargement

An approach to job design that increases the number of different tasks in a job to reduce monotony and improve employee satisfaction.

Scientific Management

A management theory that analyzes and synthesizes workflows with the primary goal of improving economic efficiency, especially labor productivity.

Frederick Taylor

Known as the father of scientific management, he introduced the idea of applying scientific methods to management tasks to improve economic efficiency and labor productivity.