Prioritization

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title: "Prioritization" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["time-management", "clinical-data-management", "clinical-research", "nursing-informatics", "nursing-theory", "evaluation"] description: "Arranging things in order of importance" topic_path: "general/time-management" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prioritization" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Arranging things in order of importance ::

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Prioritization is the activity that arranges items or activities in order of urgency.{{cite web | title="Prioritization" in Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition.| publisher= Dictionary.com|date=2016 | url = http://www.dictionary.com/browse/prioritization | accessdate = 2016-10-09 | title = Prioritization – definition of prioritization |publisher=The Free Dictionary| url = http://www.thefreedictionary.com/prioritization | accessdate = 2016-10-09

In the context of medical evaluation it is the establishment of the importance or the urgency of actions that are necessary to preserve the welfare of client or patient.{{cite web | title = Definition of prioritization by Medical dictionary | publisher=The Free Dictionary | url = http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/prioritization | accessdate = 2016-10-09 | title = Institute for Healthcare Improvement: Risk Priority Number |publisher=Institute for Healthcare Improvement|date = 2016|url = http://www.ihi.org/resources/Pages/Measures/RiskPriorityNumberfromFailureModesandEffectsAnalysis.aspx | accessdate = 2016-10-09

Software has been designed to assist professionals in establishing priorities in a specific business setting.

References

References

1. Jeffreys, M. (2016). "Priorization. Teaching Cultural Competence in Nursing and Health Care". Springer Publishing Company.
2. link. Gaea News Network. Partho. (18 February 2009). "Top 10 Time Management Software for Windows"

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