Chapter 2 Flashcards
Medical care
Includes the identification of disease and the provision of care and treatment to persons who are sick, injured or concerned about their health status.
Health care
Expands definition of medical care to include preventative services. Help avoid health and injury problems.
Health Insurance
A contact between policy holder and a third party payer or government health program to reimburse policy holder for all or a portion of the cost of medically necessary treatment or preventative care.
Policy holder
Person who signs a contract with a health Insurance
Third-party payer
Is a health Insirance company that provides coverage such as blue cross blue shield.
Group health insurance
Insirance coverage subsidized by employers and other organizations
Individual health insurance
Prívate health Insurance policy purchased by Individuals or families who do not have access to group health INsurance coverage. (Aetna)
Public health insurance
Federal and state government health programs. Ex. Medicare, Medicaid, chip, tricare
Available to eligible ppl
Single payer system
Centralized health care system adopted by some western nations (Canada) and funded by taxes. The gov pays for your health care.
Socialized medicine
A type of single payer system in which the government owns and operates health care facilities and providers. (Physicians) receive salaries (Finland, Great Britain)
Universal health Insurance
The goal of providing every I do usual with access to health coverage, regardless of the system implemented to achieve the goal. (Obamacare)
Continuity of care
Involves documenting patient care services so that others who treat the patient have a source of I formation to assist with additional care and treatment
Problem-oriented récord (POR)
Is a systematic method of documentation that consists of four components
- data base
- problem list
- initial plan
- progess notes
Electronic health record (EHR)
Health information in a digital format that is created and shared by providers across more than one healthcare setting , such as hospitals , emergency departments, labs, ambulatory surgery centers and outpatient diagnostic facilities.
EHR contains info from all providers involved in patients care. All that are authorized Can access
Record linkage
Allows patient Info to be created at different locations according to a unique patient identifier or I identification number
Electronic medical record (EMR)
A digital versión of the patients chart in a medical office. The days that is contained in an EMR cannot be electronically shared with other physicians, specialist or Insititutions
Personal health record (PHR)
Web based application that allows individuals to maintain and manage their health information. In a private secure and confident environment
Total practice management software (TPMS)
Used to generate EMR automating the following medical practice functions.
- registering patients
- scheduling appt
- generating insurance claims and patient statements
- processing payments from patient to third party payers
- producing administrative and clinical reports
Electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs)
Use data from electronic health record (EHR) and health Information technology systems to measure health care quality.
Promoting Interoperability (PI) programs
Previously called EHR incentive programs. Focus on improving patient access to Health Info. And reducing time and cost required of providers to comply with the programs requirements