Unit 1 Vocab

Question 0

Culture

Answer 0

How we grow up in a community that shares beliefs, speech, and a common rules for how people should behave.

Question 1

Diversity

Answer 1

All of the different aspects of people that make us all different. For example age, culture

Question 2

Ethnicity

Answer 2

The belonging of a social group that has a similar national or cultural tradition

Question 3

Premium

Answer 3

The periodic payment people make to health insurance companies for health care, or for prescription drug coverage.

Question 4

Co-payment

Answer 4

A set amount a subscriber pays for each medical service; determined by the insurance company

Question 5

Deductible

Answer 5

The amount a subscriber must pay before the insurance begins to pay

Question 6

HMO

Answer 6

Health Maintenance requires members to pay a co-payment or a co-pay for medical services

Question 7

Preferred Provider Organizations

Answer 7

Physician groups and hospitals working together to provide health care at a reduced price for various large companies and corporations

Question 8

Medicaid

Answer 8

People can receive health insurance from the state and federal government

Question 9

Medicare

Answer 9

Health insurance provided to people over 65. Pay a monthly payment to social security office

Question 10

Tricare

Answer 10

Health care provided to active and retired duty service members and their families.

Question 11

Workers compensation

Answer 11

Employees who are injured or die on the job are covered by state workers compensation laws

Question 12

Medical law

Answer 12

The law that deals with the application of medical knowledge to legal terms

Question 13

Medical Ethics

Answer 13

The moral conduct and principles that govern members of the medical profession

Question 14

Scope of Practice

Answer 14

The range of responsibility that determines the boundaries in which a physician practices

Question 15

Battery

Answer 15

Illegally using force on another person

Question 16

Invasion of privacy

Answer 16

The violation of another persons right to be left alone and free of unwarranted publicity and intrusion

Question 17

Negligence

Answer 17

The commission of an act that prudent people would not have done; results in injury or harm

Question 18

Malpractice

Answer 18

Improper or negligent treatment of a patient that may result in injury, damage or loss

Question 19

Informed consent

Answer 19

The consent of a patient to a surgical or medical procedure as well as the patients understanding of the risks and medical tasks/facts involved

Question 20

HIPAA

Answer 20

Health insurance portability and accountability act

Question 21

Honest

Answer 21

Being sincere

Question 22

Empathy

Answer 22

Identifying and understanding another’s situation, feelings, and motives

Question 23

Dependable

Answer 23

Being trustworthy

Question 24

Life-long learner

Answer 24

Using each and every opportunity through out the courses of your life to continue to develop and improve knowledge

Question 25

Teamwork

Answer 25

A group of people who are equally working together in order to achieve a goal or task