Module 1 Flashcards
Prehistoric and ancient medicine was characterized by an interest in the Arts and Sciences.
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The focus of health care consumers is on primary and preventative care.
T
. Preadmission testing on an outpatient basis is more frequently performed rather than admitting patients a day or two early to perform such tasks.
T
Antyllos was a Roman physician appointed to the gladiators who gained anatomical insight by treating their fractures and wounds.
F
Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch established the microbial, or germ theory of disease
T
Medical Staff Departments serve as a liaison between the medical staff members and administration.
T
Hospital-originated infections are also known as nosocomial infections.
T
Greek physician Hippocrates became the first to consider medicine a science.
T
During ancient times Antyllos performed and described new procedures, and he became an authority on aneurysms.
T
Rhazes produced the Canon of Medicine, which summarized medical knowledge and accurately described many diseases.
F
The Hippocratic Oath was adapted as an expression of early medical
ethics and reflected high ideals.
T
Sally Slip fell and broke her arm; her fracture would most likely be treated by an orthopedic specialist.
T
The preparation of a final meeting agenda is the joint responsibility of the committee chairperson and secretary.
T
When taking minutes, the committee secretary should record only the final decisions made by the committee
F
Abstracting patient information (cases) gathers information used to generate diagnosis and procedure indexes.
T
The purpose of contracting out health information services is to improve quality and contain costs.
T
Many Health Information departments perform imaging processing to convert paper records to an Electronic health record.
T
Coding is the assignment of numeric and alpha-numeric codes to diagnoses, procedures, and services; based on patient medical record documentation
T
The responsibility for gathering information concerning general liability
incidents is part of the job of a Utilization manager.
F
A Privacy officer oversees activities that relate to the development,
implementation, maintenance of, and adherence to the organization’s policies and procedures covering the privacy and access to patient’s health information.
T
A coding and reimbursement specialist collects cancer data from a variety of sources and reports cancer statistics to government and health care agencies
F
Coding and reimbursement specialists can obtain employment in clinics,
hospitals, government agencies, home healthcare agencies among others
T
Information System departs conduct orientation programs to acclimate new employees to their work environment.
F
Medical assistants perform routine administrative and clinical tasks such as answering telephones and scheduling appointments.
T
Many Medical transcriptionists work at home using the Internet.
T
A medical office manager usually earns a bachelor’s degree from a technical college.
F
Secondary care services include a patient being seen by a specialist because of a dermatological issue.
T
. A case manager is responsible for coordinating patient care to ensure timely discharge or transfer patients.
T
Student professional practice experiences are usually paid and benefit both the student and the facility.
F
Breach of patient confidentiality can result in termination from a professional practice site.
T
Health information managers are considered experts in managing patient health information and medical records
T
Total Parenteral Nutrition is intravenous fluids (saline), electrolytes and others which are often given to patients after Chemotherapy
F
Specialty hospitals concentrate on many types of patients and have the highest level of medical specialists on staff.
F
Emergency care patients are treated for urgent problems, and always admitted to the hospital as inpatients.
F
Nursing, social activities, as well as rehabilitation are available in long-term care facilities.
T
Rehabilitation facilities provide occupational, physical, and speech therapy to patients with orthopedic injuries, work related injuries and various neurological and neuromuscular conditions
T
Internal medicine physicians provide care for the entire family and focus on general medicine, obstetrics, pediatrics and geriatrics.
F
A behavioral health care day treatment program provides short term crisis intervention and treatment
F
Respite care is care provided by specially trained individuals’ at a setting other then the patients home to offer relief and rest to primary caregivers
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Personal care services would include insertion of catheters and assessment and monitoring of illness.
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