Healthcare Flashcards

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An institution that encompasses all of the health related components of the University, including its health professions school, patient care operations, and research enterprise

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Academic health center

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A hospital typically a community hospital that delivery service is designed to meet the needs of patients to require short term care for a period of less than 30 days

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Acute care hospital

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Medical care provided on an outpatient basis

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Ambulatory care

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Services that relate to a patient’s care, such as lab work, x-rays, and anesthesia

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Ancillary services

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The average number of days in a given period that a patient remains in the hospital; varies by type of admission, age, and sex and is calculated by dividing the total number of bad days by the number of discharges for a specified period

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Average length of stay

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The actor placing several products or services together in a single package and selling for a lower price than would be charged if the items were sold separately; in healthcare, usually means one price for all of the services provided for a given diagnosis or procedure, such as a total joint replacement

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Bundled pricing

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The federal agency responsible for administering Medicare, Medicaid, and the state children’s health insurance program

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services

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Charitable care, education services, and other benefits that he healthcare organization provides to its community to qualify as a tax exempt charity under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code

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Community benefit

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The measure of infections acquired From a community, in contrast to those acquired in a hospital

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Community acquired infection rates

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The full spectrum of healthcare, including preventative, ambulatory, a cute, postacute, long-term, pallative and hospice

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Continuum of care

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A rural community hospital that receives cost based reimbursement

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Critical access hospital

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A hospital that receives Medicare funding for treatment in a higher proportion of indignant patience calculated by a formula; the affordable care act would decreased this funding overtime

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Disproportionate share hospital

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A statistical analysis in forecast of the health needs of the community a healthcare organization serves

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Epidemiologic Planning model

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A management approach that relies heavily on performance measurement, identification of best practices, and formal process specification

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Evidence based management

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A health insurance organization licensed at the state level two which subscribers pay a predetermined fee in return for access to a panel of employed physicians and network of facilities

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Health maintenance organization

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An account created for individuals who are covered under high deductible health plan to save for medical expenses that the plans do not cover

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Health savings account

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A managed-care technique in which the insured obtain permission from a managed care organization before entering the hospital for non-emergency care

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Hospital preauthorization

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A physician who manages broad categories of hospitalized patients

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Hospitalist

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Traditional fee for service health plans

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Indemnity plans

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A documented process that includes the patient, the family, and all clinical disciplines involved in planning and providing care to a patient from system point of entry, throughout the entire acute care episode, and to the next level of care

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Interdisciplinary plan of care

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The independent not-for-profit organization that evaluates in monitors the quality of care provided in hospitals

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Joint commission

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A continuum of maintenance, custodial, and health services provided to the chronically ill, disabled, or mentally handicapped

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Long-term care

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Health insurance sold by private insurance companies to fill the gaps in original Medicare plan coverage

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Medigap

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The incidence and severity of illness and accidents in a population

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Morbidity

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The incidence of death in a population

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Mortality

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An agency of the US Department of labor whose mission is to ensure safe and healthful working conditions

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Occupational safety and health administration

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The end result of medical care as indicated by recovery disability functional status mortality morbidity or patient satisfaction

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Outcome

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A patient self-determination or the right to make decisions regarding his or her own healthcare

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Patient autonomy

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Care of that as respectful of a responsive to the individual patient preferences needs and values

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Patient centered care

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The health outcomes of a defined group of individuals

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Population health

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A type of health plan that contracts directly with providers to create a networks; enrollees pay less if they use providers in this net work

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Preferred provider organization

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Linking financial incentives to the quality of care provided

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Value based purchasing

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Department of the US federal government that aims to protect the health and well-being of all Americans

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US Department of health and human services

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The evaluation of patient conditions for urgency and seriousness and the establishment of a priority list to direct care and ensure the efficient use of medical in nursing staff in facilities

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Triage

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Management of the flow of goods and services, including the movement and storage of raw materials, of work in progress inventory, and a finished goods from the point of origin to the point of consumption

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Supply chain management

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Nursing model in which staff nurses share the authority and accountability for practice decisions and other activities that influence their work environment

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Shared governance

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Patient care team is organized and coordinated around a set of similar disease or patient needs

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Service lines

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Anticipating a meeting or exceeding customer needs and expectations on the basis of an organizations mission and values

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Service excellence

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A hospital or health system that provides a significant level of care to low income, uninsured, and vulnerable population; maybe publicly owned and operated by local or state governments, or maybe not for profit

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Safety net provider

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A comprehensive set of standardize performance measures design to provide purchasers and consumers with the information they need for reliable comparison of health plan performance; he does measures relate to significant public health issues such as cancer, heart disease, smoking, asthma, and diabetes

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Healthcare effectiveness data and information set

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A legal entity that contracts with a group of independent physicians to provide services to manage care organizations and he negotiated per capita rate; the arrangement is usually not exclusive so the physicians may sign contracts with other managed care companies

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Independent practice association

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Care for injury and illness or another type of condition usually not life-threatening that should be treated within 24 hours; also refers to after hours care and to a health plans classification of hospital admissions as urgent semi urgent or elective

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Urgent care

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A type of managed care insurance plan that combines characteristics of a health maintenance organization and a preferred provider organization; enroll as choose a primary care physician in the healthcare network as their point of service but make the primary care physician referrals outside the network for lesser compensation from the insurance company

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Point of service plan

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The measure of a patient’s overall satisfaction with the level of care received from a healthcare professional hospital or other healthcare provider the HCAHPS survey is the first national standardize survey of patient satisfaction

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Patient satisfaction score

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Interdisciplinary care provided to a patient with a serious life-threatening or life limiting illness that aims not to provide curative treatment but rather to manage symptoms relief pain and discomfort improve quality of life and meet the emotional social and spiritual needs of the patient in the patient’s family

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Palliative care

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A program to identify and correct improper payments for Medicare to providers with the aim of preventing future and proper payments by Medicare; a common and proper payment is for surgical services provided in the wrong setting inpatient instead of outpatient

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Medicare recovery audit program

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An organization that Provides medical care and support services like pain in symptom management counseling bereavement services to terminally ill patients and their families; it may be a freestanding facility, unit of a hospital or other institution, or separate program of a hospital agency or institution

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Hospice

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A program developed by the American nurses credentialing center that recognizes healthcare organizations for quality patient care, nursing excellence, and innovations in professional nursing practice; magnet designation is the ultimate credential for high-quality nursing

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Magnet Recognition program