Career Introduction Flashcards
The Guilds (17th century): Definition
Guilds are associations of persons engaged in a common trade or calling for mutual advantage and protection.
1946: Hill-Burton Act
Improvement and construction of hospitals.
1948: World Health Organization (WHO)
Agency under the United Nations that tries to cooperate to control and eradicate the disease worldwide.
1965: Medicaid
Helps pay for the medical care of indigents.
A title under the social security amendments.
1967: Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)
Established guidelines for operating laboratories.
1968: Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
Allows for individuals to decide if they want to be an organ donor.
1970: Controlled Substances Act
Providers must apply for registration and receive a DEA number to administer, prescribe, or dispense drugs.
Specifies proper storage of controlled drugs.
1970: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Originally an act to reduce the incidence of injury, illness, and death in the workplace.
Extended to the health care industry in 1980s to protect workers from blood borne diseases such as AIDS and HIV.
1996: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA)
Limit health administration costs, provide for patient information privacy, and prevent fraud and abuse.
2006: Medicare D
Prescription drug plan to assist in payment of medication costs.
Medicare members are eligible.
Accreditation
Process by which an educational institution or program establishes credibility or legitimacy by complying with predetermined standards.
o Must meet thresholds for exam pass rates, grad rates, and positive placement %.
Medical assisting programs:
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP)
And
Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES)
Administrative Skills
Manage business affairs
* Medical Reception
* Patient navigator
* Medical business practice
* Establishing patient medical records
* Scheduling appointments
* Practice finances
Additional skills
* Medical record preparation
* Demographic data review
* Providing resource information
* Office supply inventory
* Equipment maintenance
* Accounts receivable/payable
* Payment receipts
* Manage petty cash
* CPT/ ICD-CM coding
* Insurance claims
Alternative Therapy: Acupuncture
Consists of using extremely thin sterilized needles, sometimes electrified with low voltage, that are used as an anesthetic or to treat pain.
o Practiced by Koreans, Japanese, and French.
Alternative Therapy: Faith
Patients who receive prayer respond more favorably than those who don’t.
Many practitioners recognize something or someone else was responsible for a patient’s unexpected recovery.
Alternative Therapy: Biofeedback
Use of electronic equipment to learn to control otherwise involuntary bodily functions.
Can have some therapeutic uses.
Alternative Therapy: Hypnosis
Supported by scientific research, unlike the others.
Provides acute or chronic pain relief, stress management, and control of certain phobias, and for other conditions.
Alternative Therapy: Yoga
Discipline of breath control, meditation, and stretching and strengthening exercises that is thought to promote mental, physical, and spiritual well-being.
Increases balance, flexibility, strength, energy, and calmness.
Alternative Therapy: Hand Reflexology
Stimulating points on the hand send impulses to help the muscle relax and increase blood circulation.
Allows for more oxygen and nutrients to enter and promote healing.
Each point on the hand is said to be a map to the corresponding body part.
Alternative Therapy: Naturopathy
Belief that the body has the power to heal itself.
Treatment is based on the correct diet, rest, relaxation, exercise, fresh air, clean water, and sunlight.
Other forms of advice on lifestyle such as herbal products and massage may be suggested.
Alternative Therapy: Visualization and Guided Imagery
Imagery involves all the senses.
The therapy works when a patient visualizes some activity affecting their problem.
Evidence shows that it reduces nausea with chemotherapy, reduces postoperative pain, shortens hospital stays, and reduces anxiety.
Alternative Therapy: Humor
Laughter affects most of the major systems of the body, increasing heart rate and blood pressure and improving muscle tone.
Reduces anxiety.
Increases NK cell activity, lymphocyte proliferation, monocyte migration, and the production of IL-2 and IgA.
Alternative Therapy: Aromatherapy
The use of essential oils for a therapeutic effect.
o Lavender for first aid for burns
o Neroli for anxiety
o Tea tree for antibacterial and antifungal action
Alternative Therapy: Magnet Therapy
Theory that cells possess an electromagnetic field and that disease occurs because of an electromagnetic imbalance.
Alternative Therapy: Massage
Most popular, can be covered by insurance.
Treats stress-related conditions and manipulates the muscles.