Ch. 3 Health Care Delivery System Flashcards
Created by the ANCC to Recognize health care organization that achieve excellent nursing practice.
Magnet Recognition
Must demonstrate quality patient care, nursing excellence, and innovations in professional practice.
Health/medical care that takes place in the patients home
Patient Centered Medical Home
Service that provides short-term relief or time off for people providing home care to an ill, disabled, or frail older adult
Respite Care
Assessment of patient outcomes based on nursing care; Changes in the pts’ symptoms, function, safety, psychological state, and cost as a result of nursing intervention
Nursing-sensitive outcomes
Care in which patients who have sx/s of a disease are diagnosed and treated
Acute Care
Provide a variety of health and social services to a specific patient population who live alone or with family in the community
Adult day care center
Long-term care setting with a homier environment and greater resident autonomy
Assisted Living
Payment mechanism in which providers receive a fixed amount per month per patient or enrollee of a health care plan
Capitation
Fixed reimbursement amount for a group adjustable for case severity, rural/urban/regional costs, and teaching costs
Diagnosis-related groups(DRGs)
Centralized, coordinated, multidisciplinary process that ensures that a patient has a plan for continuing care after leaving a health care agency Begins the moment patient enters facility
Discharge planning
Problem solving approach to clinical practice that integrates the use of best evidence in making decisions about pt care
Evidence based practice
Provides intermediate medical, nursing, or custodial care for patients recovering from acute illness or pts with chronic illnesses or disabilities
Extended care facility
Care that allows pts to live and remain at home with comfort, independence, and dignity while alleviating the strains caused by terminal illness
Hospice
System where payer has control over primary healthcare services delivery for a defined patient population
Managed Care
Gov’t funded medical reimbursement
Medicaid/Medicare