Lesson1 Flashcards
Healthcare professionals who are certified with specific skills that the healthcare providers and help in patient care
Certified healthcare professionals
Facilities that provide services beyond primary care
Secondary care facilities
Facilities that provide a range of different services for all ages of patients with a wide variety of medical needs
Hospitals
Facilities that provide services for patients in a single day
Outpatient healthcare facilities
Healthcare professionals that facilitate the patient’s access to care and assist healthcare providers with administrative services
Medical administrative Professionals
facilities that provide care for longer periods and provide less technically demanding services than a hospital
Long-term care facilities
Healthcare professionals who work directly with patients and healthcare providers
Medical Assistants
Facilities that serve patients in their homes or provide convenient mobile locations
Alternate location Facilities
Healthcare professionals that translate digitally recorded data, usually in audio format, into medical documents
Medical Transcriptionists
Facilities that provide more extensive services that require staying under care for more than 24 hours
Impatient Healthcare Facilites
Healthcare professionals that manage and protect patients’ personal health information and their facility’s statistical data
Electronic Medical Record Specialist (EMR)
Healthcare professionals that use medical records to translate the diagnosis, services, and supplies into medical coding sets
Medical Billers and Coders
Healthcare professionals who are licensed and may or may not work under the supervision of a physician
Midlevel Providers
Facilities that provide primary care services such as screenings, preventive exams, and initial evaluations for care
Primary Care Facilities
Healthcare professionals who hold a Medical Doctor (MD) degree or a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree and are qualified to diagnose and treat patients
Medical Doctors