Accountable
Accountable
Accountable (/əˈkaʊntəbəl/) is an adjective that refers to the obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for one's actions.
Etymology
The term "accountable" originates from the late Middle English word "accounten" (meaning 'to account'), from Old French "aconter", from "a-" (towards) + "conter" (to count). The suffix "-able" was added later, indicating capability.
Definition
In a medical context, being accountable often refers to the responsibility of healthcare professionals to provide high-quality care and to answer for personal actions that affect patients and their health outcomes. This includes both individual accountability and institutional accountability.
Related Terms
- Responsibility: The state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or of having control over someone.
- Ethics: Moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the conducting of an activity.
- Healthcare Professional: An individual who provides preventive, curative, promotional, or rehabilitative health care services in a systematic way to people, families, or communities.
- Patient: A person receiving or registered to receive medical treatment.
- Health Outcomes: A change in the health status of an individual, group, or population which is attributable to a planned intervention or series of interventions, regardless of whether such an intervention was intended to change health status.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Accountable
- Wikipedia's article - Accountable
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