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Flashcards by Cindy Hoge, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Cindy Hoge
almost 4 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Health Care System | A group of people, agencies, and or institutions that provide health care services to individuals in a variety of settings |
| Health care professionals | The individuals who wish to care for the people seeking to improve their health status |
| Ambulatory care Center | Centers that provide consultations, treatment and mediation using advanced medical technology, also known as community centers |
| Acute Care Hospitals | Institutions that provide care for individuals that have a disease that comes on quickly or that lasts for a short period of time |
| Skilled Nursing Facility | Care for patients that require the skills of licensed personnel such as a physical therapist or an occupational therapy aide |
| Assisted Living Facility | Care that bidges the gap between home care and nursing homes by providing a homelike environment |
| Hospice Care | Care focused of the physical and emotional needs of patients who have a terminal illness that will usually result in death within 6 months or less |
| Home Care | Supportive care provided in the patients home |
| Health Maintenance Organizations (HMO's) | A form of private insurance that provides or arranges manged care for health insurances, self funded healthcare benefit plans, individuals and other entities in the United States |
| Health Insurance | Provides patients with the means to pay the costs associated with medical care and services , also called health benefits or health coverage |
| Deductible | The minimum amount that a person must pay out of his or her own pocket before a health insurer with pay any expenses to the healthcare provider |
| Co-payment | The predetermined amount defined by the health insurer that must be paid each time a health service is accessed; also called a copay |
| Coinsurance | Splitting the cost between individuals and their insurance carrier |
| Medicare | Federal insurance program for people who are 65 and older, certain young people with disabilities and people with end stage renal disease (ESRD) |
| Medicaid | Largest source of funding for health insurance for low income families in the United States |
| Tricare | A type of health care dedicated to honoring those who have served, or are currently serving in the Military |
| Affordable Care Act )ACA) | Two separate pieces of legislation that expand Medicaid coverage to include millions of low income Americans and make numerous changes to both Medicaid and CHIP |
| Cap | To create a maximum on |
| Protocols | A set of rules to explain how a task or a procedure should be completed |
| Ethics | The principles and standards that govern behavior and include your moral values |
| Bioethics | The ethical implications related to research in the field of healthcare |
| Code of Ethics | A set of principles that guide and individuals practice in healthcare |
| Health Insurance Portability Act (HIPPA) | A law passed in 1996 to protect patient information |
| Scope of practice | The procedures, practices and actions that are permitted for the licensed individual |
| Licensure | The process by which the federal, state or local governmental agency grants an individual permission to practice in a particular occupation or profession |
| Certification | Process by which private organizations recognize individuals for meeting certain criteria established by the organization |
| Health Care Managers | Hold both administrative and leadership roles to oversee healthcare agencies |
| Activities of Daily Living (ADL's) | Bathing, dressing, combing hair and getting dressed |
| Communication | An exchange of thoughts, ideas, messages of information |
| Therapeutic Communication | Occurs between a healthcare worker and a patient |
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