term Flashcards
Definition
AAPM&R
American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Access to Care
The ability and ease of clients to obtain healthcare when they need it
Accessible
A term used to denote building facilities that are barrier free thus enabling all members of society safe access, including persons with physical disabilities
ACO Accountable Care Organization
Healthcare providers
(physicians, specialist,hospitals)
that work together collaboratively and
accept collective accountability for the cost and quality of care delivered to a population of patients.
Medicare fee for service benefit system
ACCREDITATION
A standardized program evaluates healthcare organizations to ensure a specified level of quality, Industry standards.
ACTIONABLE TORT
A legal duty
imposed by statute or otherwise
owing by defendant to the one injured.
ACTIVE LISTENING
A structured way of communicating and interacting.
focused attention and suspension of one’s own frame of reference, biases, judgement
ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING
(ADLS)
Routine activities of self care and normal living.
7 ADLS’s
eating, bathing, grooming, dressing, toileting, transfers, continence
ACTIVITY LIMITATIONS
Difficulties an individual may have in executing activities.
Slight to severe