Chapter 1 Key Terms Flashcards
Complementary therapies
Method of treatment used in conjunction with biomedical therapies
Cost containment
Procedures used to control costs or expenses
Diagnostic related groups (DRGs)
Method of classifying diagnoses into specific payment or reimbursement categories.
Energy conservation
Energy conservation
Geriatric care
Geriatric care
Holistic health care
Care that promotes physical, emotional, social, intellectual, and spiritual well being.
Home health care
Any type of health care provided in a patients home environment
Integrative (integrated) health care
A form of health care that uses both mainstream medical treatments and complementary and alternative therapies to treat a patient.
Omnibus budget reconciliation act (OBRA)
Federal law that regulates the education and testing of nursing assistants.
Outpatient services
Outpatient services
Pandemic
An infectious disease that affects many people over a wide geographic area; a worldwide epidemic
Telemedicine
The use of video, audio, and computer systems to provide medical and/or health care services.
Wellness
State of being in good health; well
Alternative therapies
Method of treatment used in place of biomedical therapies.