Match the term with the best descriptor.

A. refers to those actions taken to establish, protect, promote, and improve the quality of health care
B. focuses on studying both the structure and general properties of information and the designing and implementation of technology to use and communicate that information
C. refers to health plans which integrate fully the financial and delivery aspects of health care
D. refers to the process of comparing preestablished criteria against the health care provided to the patient to determine whether that care is necessary
E. states that the unique contribution of an activity is measured by the difference between the original component materials and the finished work product
F. focus is on published data and how it is catalogued, abstracted, and retrieved by groups and individuals


A. quality assurance
B. health care informatics
C. managed care
D. utilization review
E. value-added concept
F. medical library science

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