Chapter 2/ Overview of Healthcare Today
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Accreditation | Recognition that a health care organization has met an official standard |
| Acute Care | Level of health care, generally provided in hospitals or emergency departments, for sudden, serious illnesses or trauma |
| Attending Physician | Term applied to a physician who admits and is responsible for a hospital patient |
| Case Manager | Health care professional and expert in managed care who assists patients in assessing health and social service systems to ensure that all required services are obtained; coordinates care with doctor |
| Chief Executive Officer | Individual in direct charge of a hospital who is responsible to the governing board (The Superboard) |
| Chiropractic Medicine | Complementary and alternative health care profession with the purpose of diagnosing and treating mechanical disorders of the spine and musculoskeletal system with the intention of affecting the nervous system and improving health |
| Chronic Care | Care for illnesses of long duration, such as diabetes or emphysema |
| Community Health | Concerned with the members of a community with emphasis on prevention and early detection of disease |
| Custodial Care | Unskilled (untrained) care given for the primary purpose of meeting personal needs, such as bathing and dressing |
| Diagnosis-Related Group | Classification system used to determine payments from Medicare by assigning a standard flat rate to major diagnostic categories. This flat rate is paid to hospitals regardless of the full cost of the services provided |
| Governing Board | Group of community citizens at the head of the hospital organizational structure |
| Health Maintenance Organization | Organization that has management responsibility for providing comprehensive health care services on a prepayment basis to voluntarily enrolled persons within a designated population (Blue Cross, Sun Life etc.) |
| Home Health | Equipment and services provided to patient in-home to ensure comfort and care |
| Homeopathic/Naturopathic Medicine | Alternative medical system that proposes that there is a healing power in the body that establishes, maintains, and retores health. |
| Hospice | Supportive care for terminally ill patients and their families |
| Hospitalist | Full-time, acute care specialist who focuses exclusively on hospitalized patients |
| Inpatient | Patient who has been admitted to a health care facility for at least 24 hours for treatment and care |
| International Statisical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems | Detailed description of known diseases and injuries. Each disease (or group of related diseases) is described with its diagnosis and is given a unique code, up to six characters long. Published by the World Health Organization |
| Managed Care | The use of a planned and systematic approach to providing health care, with the goal of offering quality care at the lowest possible cost |
| Outpatient | Patient who receives care at a health care facility but is not admitted to the facility for 24 hours |
| Primary Care Physician | Sometimes referred to as "gate-keepers," these general practitioners are the first physicians to see a patient for an illness |
| Resident | A graduate of a medical school who is gaining experience in a hospital |
| Robotic Surgery | The use of robots in performing surgery |
| Surfing the Web | Using different websites on the Internet to locate informtion |
| Triage | Nursing interventions. Classification defined as establishing priorities of patient care, usually according to a three-level model: emergent, urgent, and nonurgent |
| Voluntary | Not for profit |
| Web Address (URL, or uniform resource locator) | Keywords that when entered after "http://www. . ." on the Internet will take you to a specified location, referred to as a website |
| CCM | certified case manager |
| CEO | chief executive officer |
| CFO | chief financial officer |
| COO | chief operating officer |
| DO | doctor of osteopathy |
| DRG | diagnosis-related group |
| DSU | day surgery unit |
| ECF | extended care facility |
| ED | emergency department |
| ER | emergency room |
| HIMS | health information management system |
| HMO | health maintenance organization |
| ICD | International statistical Classification of Diseases and related health problems |
| LTC | long-term care |
| MD | medial doctor |
| Neuro | Neurology |
| OB | obstetrics |
| OR | operating room |
| Ortho | Orthopedics |
| PACU | postanesthia care unit |
| PCP | primary care physician |
| Peds | pediatrics |
| PPO | preferred provider organization |
| Psych | psyciatry |
| RR | recovery room |
| SAD | save a day (go in, surgery, stay a couple days) |
| SDS | same day surgery (go in, surgery, go home) |
| SNF | skilled nursing facility |
| Surg | surgical |
| TJC | The Joint Commission (formerly the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health-care Organization [JCAHO]) |
| UCR | usual, customary, and reasonable |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| www | World Wide Web |
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