Test 1 Flashcards
Managed care
To manage the price quality and volume of healthcare which often involves a network of healthcare providers to enhance the cost of their work
Code of ethics
Principles of conduct governing an individual or group
Certification
Person has education qualifications and technical skills to preform in clinical setting usually obtained by paying a fee verifying education and taking an exam
Capitation
A payment system in which the providers of healthcare receive a fixed payment for every member enrolled in a health plan regardless of how mNy patients re seen or how many services each patient uses
HMO
Health maintenance organization a prepaid healthcare plan in which people enroll by paying a set annual fee and then receive all medical services through a group of affiliated physicians and hospitals
Diagnostic related group DRG
Payment made to hospital according to diagnosis and not according to test done on patient. Government regulations of exspendedsure of tax funds of health care is controlled by DRG
PPO
Preferred provider organization
An insurgence company or employer negotiates discounted fees with a network for guaranteeing a certain volume of patients
Malpractice
Improper or unskillful care that results in injury to the patient
Licensure
In acted by local or state level to protect the public through the control of entrance into the profession ad the enforcement of the standards of practice it usually involves an exam and person must pass to work
Accreditation
Approval of an education program by an appropriate agency
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Class/ clinical
Quote
Medical Technology is the branch of medicine that is concerned with the performance of the laboratory determinations and analyses used in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and the maintenance of health
Hierarchy of lab
Pathologist/clinical director Lab manager/lab director Supervisor/leAd tech/resource tech Mt Mlt Phlebotomist Student
Accrediting agency
Evaluates educational programs and labs
Cola commission on office laboratory accredidation
CAP college of American pathologists
TJC the joint commission
Certifying agency
Evaluates an individual
ASCP American society of clinical pathologist
AMT American medical technologists
ISCLT international society of clinical laboratory technology
