PRACTICE MANAGEMENT Flashcards
classification of biomedical waste
- human anatomical waste
- animal waste
microbiology biotechnology waste
Waste sharps
Discarded medicine and cytotoxic drugs
Solid waste, contaminated with blood and fluids
Solid waste, penetrated from disposable items other than waste sharps
Liquid waste
Incineration of biomedical waste
Chemicals used in production of biologic, waste or disinfection
waste that causes harm or injury to the environment
Hazardous waste
waste that contain strong enough pathogens, insufficient quantity to cause diseases
This includes materials, contaminated with blood or blood saliva
Infectious waste
includes elements, such as plastic covers or cops patient bibs, and others
No guidelines for their disposal
Non-infectious waste
Mechanism by which dental practitioners receive payment for their services
Dental finance
Things that cannot be burned or incinerated
amalgam
Latex
lead
Plastic
most efficient way of providing dental care and dentist overwhelmingly prefer for to practice under this arrangement
private fee for service
patient borrow some money from a bank
People in middle income group
Post payment plans or budget payment plans
Dentist and the patients are the first and second parties, and the third refers to a private carriers such as an insurance company
Private third-party pre-payment plans
stipulated flat sum that the patient must pay toward the call cost of treatment before benefits of the program go into effect
Deductible or front end payment
She usually charge for a given service by an individual dentist to private patients
Usual fee
Measured by time & space not by quantity or quality of dental service rendered
Retainer fee
Dependent on outcome
Contingent fee
Percentage of fee taken from rendered dental service
Commission fee
Four common elements of fears
unknown
Physical harm, or bodily injury
Loss of control
Helplessness and dependency
patient hard to treat
Anxious patient
it is a replacement for a missing body part
Prosthesis
are written contract of insurance
Binding legal contract documents your insurance cover
Policy
it is the process by which human efforts are coordinated, and combined with each other resources, to accomplish organizational goals and objectives
Practice management
Five functions of practice management
planning
Organizing
Directing
Staffing
controlling
deciding in advance what is to be done when is to be done how it is to be done
It is concerned with a selection of ghost to be achieved in determining the effective course of action
Planning
Involves determining the authority and responsibility of relationships among functions departments and personnel, at various levels, to ensure a smooth and effective function together in accomplishing the objective
Organizing
deals with the management of human resources
Guides to the subordinates supervising their performance, communicating effectively, and motivating them
Staffing
ensures that the performance of work is in accordance with the plans
Involves establishing performance standards, and measuring the actual performance with a standard set
Controlling
Three. Basic factors in securing a dental office.
Space
location
Facilities
Acceptable room size of a dental clinic
6 inches thick walls, doors 2 1/2 inch wide halls, 4 feet
it is the control center of all activities
Also known as the hub
Business office
it is the most consistently overlooked or ignored area
Laboratory
Measurement of signage, first floor
8CM by 8 CM
Measurement of signage second floor
16cm by 16cm
