funding and standards

Question 1

who funds assistive and rehabilitation technology?

Answer 1

• federal and state programs
• medicare/medicaid
• VA
• advocacy groups
• organizations
• grants

Question 2

What do Medicare and Medicaid have in common?

Answer 2

• benefits people with disabilities
• prescription drug coverage
• outpatient hospital care
• inpatient hospital care

Question 3

what is Medicare?

Answer 3

-federal insurance program
- paid for by a trust fund funded by payroll tax
- same program nationwide
- benefits people over the age of 65
- participants pay deductibles and for part of coverage
- divided into 4 parts: A, B, C, D

Question 4

what is Medicaid?

Answer 4

• federal & state assistance program
• paid for by federal, state, and local taxes
• program differs state by state
• benefits people with low income
• participants pay for very little/no part of coverage
• participants receive regular dental and vision exams

Question 5

equipment that is medically necessary, able to withstand repeated use, and is generally not useful to someone in the absence of illness/injury

Answer 5

durable medical equipment (DME)

Question 6

some examples of DMEs

Answer 6

• wheelchairs
• walkers
• scooters
• hospital beds

Question 7

what is vocational rehabilitation?

Answer 7

a federal-state program that helps people who have physical/mental disabilities get/keep a job.

Question 8

examples of vocational rehabilitation (VR)

Answer 8

• medical and psychological assessment
• job placement
  on-the-job training
• assistive tech. and devices
• vocational evaluation and planning
• medical and psychological assessment

Question 9

what does RESNA stand for?

Answer 9

the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America

Question 10

what does NIDILRR stand for?

Answer 10

national institute of disability, independent living rehabilitation research

Question 11

what is NIDILRR?

Answer 11

a federal government grants-making agency that sponsors grantees to generate new disability and rehab. knowledge and promote its use and adoption

Question 12

how does promoting the use and adoption of new disability and rehab. knowledge help people with disabilities?

Answer 12

• improves their ability to perform activities of their choice in the community
• expands society’s capacity to provide full opportunities and accommodations for its citizens with disabilities

Question 13

what is a standard?

Answer 13

a document that defines the characteristics of a product, process, or service (dimensions, safety aspects, and performance requirements)

Question 14

what is a code?

Answer 14

laws or regulations that specify minimum standards to protect public safety and health

Question 15

what is a specification?

Answer 15

a set of conditions and requirements of precise and limited application that provide a detailed description of a procedure, process, material, product, or service for use in procurement and manufacturing

Question 16

what is the purpose of standards?

Answer 16

• communication
• taught and applied globally
• protect the public from questionable designs, products, and practices

Question 17

what organization is responsible for protecting and promoting public health assuring hat patients and providers have timely and continued access to safe, effective, and high-quality medical devices ad safe radiation-emitting products (part of US FDA)?

Answer 17

center of devices and radiological health (CDRH)

Question 18

Some public health employees on the CDRH team

Answer 18

• biologist
  -chemist
• physicists
• engineers
• statisticians
• epidemiologists
• physicians

Question 19

what is one simple and one complex example of a medical device?

Answer 19

simple - tongue depressor, thermometer
complex - robotic surgery devices

Question 20

device classification: class 1 (general controls)

Answer 20

low risk devices that make up about 50% of medical devices(ex: bandages, tongue depressor, disposable gloves, stethoscope, non-electric wheelchair)

Question 21

device classification: class 2 (performance standards)

Answer 21

medium risk devices that make up about 40% of medical devices (ex: catheters, syringes, contact lenses, pregnancy tests, powered/electric wheelchairs, myoelectric prosthesis)

Question 22

device classification: class 3 (premarketing approval)

Answer 22

high risk devices that make up about 10% of medical devices (ex: defibrillators, pacemakers, breast implants, implanted prosthesis)