Chapter 1 Flashcards
Provider
A person or organization that provides health care, including doctors, nurses, clinics, and agencies
Facility
A place where health care is delivered or administered; may be a hospital, doctor’s office, clinical lab, treatment center, etc
Payer
A person or organization paying for healthcare; includes insurance and medicare
Diagnose
To make a medical determination of illness
Inpatient
A type of medical care provided to patients who stay at a facility overnight
Outpatient
A type of medical care that does not require an overnight stay
Acute
Describing an illness that is short-term and requires immediate care
Discharge
To release a patient from a medical facility
Admit
To check a patient in to a medical facility for inpatient care
Long-term care facility
A center that provides skilled care 24 hours a day to residents who live there
Clinical laboratory
A facility that collects and analyses specimens from patients in order to provide doctors and other healthcare professionals with information
Specimen
A portion or sample of something larger, collected for study or analysis
Reference laboratory
Facility that primarily analyzes specimens sent from other places
CLIA
Federal regulations regarding the operation and staffing of clinical labs
Accredit
Officially approve through a specific process
Joint Commission
An independent, nonprofit organization that evaluates and accredits
Chemistry
In a clinical laboratory, the department concerned with analyzing specimens for the presence of particular chemicals
Hematology
In a clinical lab, the department concerned with analyzing specimens to study properties, diseases, or disorders of the blood
Coagulation
The process of blood clotting
Microbiology
In a clinical lab, the department concerned with the study of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and other microorganisms
Culture
In medicine, to cause any microorganisms present to multiply