Chapter 1 Key Terms Flashcards

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Complementary therapies

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Method of treatment used in conjunction with biomedical therapies

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Cost containment

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Procedures used to control costs or expenses

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Diagnostic related groups (DRGs)

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Method of classifying diagnoses into specific payment or reimbursement categories.

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Energy conservation

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Energy conservation

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5
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Geriatric care

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Geriatric care

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Holistic health care

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Care that promotes physical, emotional, social, intellectual, and spiritual well being.

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Home health care

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Any type of health care provided in a patients home environment

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Integrative (integrated) health care

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A form of health care that uses both mainstream medical treatments and complementary and alternative therapies to treat a patient.

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Omnibus budget reconciliation act (OBRA)

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Federal law that regulates the education and testing of nursing assistants.

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Outpatient services

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Outpatient services

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Pandemic

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An infectious disease that affects many people over a wide geographic area; a worldwide epidemic

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Telemedicine

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The use of video, audio, and computer systems to provide medical and/or health care services.

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Wellness

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State of being in good health; well

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Alternative therapies

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Method of treatment used in place of biomedical therapies.

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