Diversidied Health Unit 1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 HMOs | (Health Matinance Organization) Covers routine preventative care. Must go to in-network providers. Usually have Low premiums/deductibles |
| PPOs | (Preferred Provider Organization) Covers routine preventative care. My use in-network or out-of-network providers (at a higher cost to you). Usually have higher premiums. |
| Workers' Compensation | for those who have been injured on the job. Pays for lost wage because of injury. |
| Organizational Structure | a chart which varifies the size of a medical office and the number of people employed. |
| Managed Care | some employers make sure money is not being spended wastefully. You may need a recommendation to see specialists. |
| Medicare | insurance plan for people 65+ and for disabled (who have received social security benefits for at least 2 years). |
| Medicaid | insurance plan for low income families, children who qualify for public assistance and for the disabled/blind. Operated by individual states. |
| Hospitals | this type of medical facility performs complex surgeries, treats the very ill and performs special diagnostic tests. |
| Long-term care facilities | this type of facility provides assistance and care for the elderly. |
| Emergency Care Services | this place provides care for sudden accidents or illness. |
| Dental Offices | provide dental services |
| Mental Health Facilities | include guidance, counseling, and chemical abuse treatments centers |
| Home Health Care | provides care in patient's home |
| Clinics | a group of doctors who share a facility |
| Rehabilitation | they provide care to help patients with physical or mental disabilities obtain maximum self care and function. |
| Holistic Healthcare | type of healthcare that promotes physical, emotional and social well-being. |
| Medical Offices | offer several different services such as minor surgery, examinations and basic laboratory tests. |
| OBRA act of 1987 | lead to the development of regulations for long-term care. |
| Health Departments | is responsible for the well-being of the population. They may collect statistics, set up clinics for healthcare. |
| Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) | federal agency established in 1990 to research the quality of health care delivery and identify the standards of treatment that should be provided |
| Alternative Therapies | Method of treatment used in place of biomedical therapies |
| assisted living facilities | allow individuals who can care for themselves to rent or pruchase and apartment in the facility. Provides services such as:meals, housekeeping. laundry, transportation, social events, and basic medical care |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | they deal with causes, spread and control of diseases in the population. |
| Complementary Therapies | methods of treatment that used in conjunction with conventional medical therapies. |
| Cost Containment | Means of trying to control the rising cost of health care |
| diagnostic related groups (DRGs) | A medicare hospital payment system, which classifies each medicare patient according to his or her illness. |
| Food and Drug Administration | federal agency responsible for regulation food and drug products sold to the public |
| Genetic counseling centers | can be an independent facility or located in another facility such as a hospital, clinic, or physician's office; genetic counselors work with couples or individuals who are pregnant or considering a pregnancy |
| geriatric care | care provided to elderly individuals |
| health insurance plans | Plans that assist with health care cost |
| hospice | program designed to provide care for the terminally ill while allowing them to die with dignity |
| Independent living facilities | for individuals who can care for themselves rent or purchase apartments; the facility provides services such as meals, housekeeping, transportation,and social events |
| industrial health care centers | health care center located within a large company; used by the employees of the company |
| laboratories | facilities where specimen's such a urine or blood are collected and analyzed |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH) | federal agency which is involved in research on disease(s) |
| nonprofit agencies | agencies supported by donations, fundraisers or federal and state state grants. |
| Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) | federal agency that establishes and enforces standards that protect workers from job-related injuries and illnesses |
| optical centers | facilities that provide eye examinations, prescribe glasses or make prescribtion glasses |
| school health services | located in schools and colleges for the provision of emergency care and sudden illness; may also provide health screening for visual or hearing problems |
| U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS) | federal agency that whose focus is the health problems of the US population |
| voluntary agencies | a non-profit agency |
| wellness | state of being in good health; well |
| World Health Organization (WHO) | an international agency whose focus is the health problems in the world |
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