Chapter 2 | Establishing a System for Athletic Training Health Care

Notes

Mission Statement Functions

1. help the AT direct resources toward accomplishing specific tasks

2. should inspire ATs to do a good job

3. should be action oriented and should stimulate a change in behavior

JCAHO

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization

CARF

Commission on Accreditation of Rehab Facilities

WOTS UP analysis

data collection and appraisal technique designed to determine an organization’s “weaknesses, opportunities, threats, and strengths underlying planning”

Operational Planning

defines org. activities in short term, usually no longer than 2 years

Policies

org. intended behavior relative to specific program subfunction

intended as road maps (basic rules and principles)

Processes

collection of steps designed to direct the most important org. tasks

injury prevention/rehab/recognition, org/admin, etc

PERT

Program Evaluation and Review Technique: method of graphically depicting the timeline for and interrelationships of different stages of a program

Gannt Charts

graphic planning and control technique that maps discrete tasks on a calendar