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| is focused on health of populations (vs. health of individuals); is organized at the agency level (vs. clinicians, health practitioners); performs actions including education, policy, research, monitoring (vs. taking action after illness/injury). |
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| HHS - Department of Health and Human Services |
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| department of the U.S. federal government with the goal of protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services |
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| This agency was established in 1946 as the Communicable Disease Center in and later became Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is the leading national public health institute of the United States |
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| This is a United States federal law that provides federal money for homeless shelter programs |
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| This is an approach to medical practice intended to optimize decision-making by emphasizing the use of evidence from well designed and conducted research |
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| Outbreak, epidemic, pandemic |
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| An **** is a sudden rapid development of a disease in a population, which may lead to an ***** disease affecting numerous people at the same time, and even expand into a **** an extensive epidemic, maybe covering an entire country or continent |
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| phenomenon where clincians ignore alerts in the EMR system because they have too many and have become desensitized |
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| A hospital system consists of two or more hospitals or other healthcare facilities that are owned, leased, or managed by an organization such as a corporation. |
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| These are groups of hospitals, physicians, other healthcare providers, insurers, and/or agencies that collaborate to provide many types of healthcare in a community |
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| Help in the home with daily activities (ADLs), can be done by family, friends, community resources, but skilled nursing is needed for medical needs. Can be a hired agency that can be reimbursed by Medicare. |
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| Activities of Daily Living acronym |
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| Intended for patients with terminal illness with focus on comfort care (palliative), provided at home in a hospital setting or assisted living facility |
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| this does not mean to not treat the patient if they get sick(er) or have symptoms, only that they should not have CPR performed if their heart stops |
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| These provide care for people who cannot live at home and need medical, physical or mental care. Plan of care is created by an MD and carried out by nursing. Medicare usually does NOT pay for these. |
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| Receptionist, Scheduler, Greeter, Patient navigator, Clinic manager |
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| Some examples of "front office" staff in a primary care physicians office |
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| Radiology tech, laboratory tech, nuclear medicine tech, physical therapist, speech therapist, paramedic |
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| Examples of ancillary staff/services |
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| slips, inattention, error of omission |
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| organization that surveys patients about their hospital stay including pain control, education, discharge, etc |
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| voluntary group created by large employers and organizations to conduct a hospital survey to promote patient safety; focus is on the EHR |
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| National regulatory agency focused on the promotion of patient safety through regulations on things such as hospital acquired infections |
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| standard set of activities and events that produce income for a healthcare provider |
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| preset payment amount regardless of the length of stay - this is a fixed sum per person payment to a healthcare organization |
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| DRGs - Diagnosis Related Groups |
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| A CMS defined inpatient payment system that is based on diagnosis, age, gender, procedures, etc |
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| Passed in 1986, this law requires emergency departments to provide medical care to all patients regardless of their ability to pay |
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| medical condition or illness that spans many years of a patient's lifetime |
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| Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) |
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| physicians, hospitals and other providers who have agreed to work together to coordinate patient care under the original Medicare program |
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