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What ways are Hospitals categorized?
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1. By the level of care they provide.
2. By their ownership 3. By their geographic location 4. By their payer mix 5. As teaching facilities or academic medical centers |
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What does MSA stand for?
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Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is defined as those areas with more than 50,000 residents.
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What is the difference between a Teaching Hospital and an Academic Medical Center?
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Teaching Hospital is one that is affiliated with a med school and provides a place for their medical students to practice medicine.
An Academic Medical Center is one in which a medical school (academic) also owns its own hospital, therefore the there is only one ownership for both, medical school and hospital. |
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What does LTC stand for?
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Long Term Care facilities which include Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) and Intermediate Care Facilities (ICFs). A typical stay in a LTC is categorized by a stay of 30 days or greater.
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What is the difference between a SNF and an ICF?
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SNF provide medical services under the full-time care of a registered nurse (RN).
ICF provide broad-based health maintenance, personal care and services to support the activities of the elderly, chronically ill, disabled or mentally handicapped patients. |
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What does NHS stand for?
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National Health Services
These are public hospitals (primary, secondary or tertiary) which are owned by a government. |
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What does NHI stand for?
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National Health Insurance.
The gov't reimburses providers for delivered care to patients. In Canada, private providers bill the gov't for services. |
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What does IDN stand for?
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Integrated Delivery Network, aka Integrated Delivery System (IDS).
It is an organization made up of a variety of healthcare service providers offering a wide range of services. Importantly, all of the service providers in this organization share administration, information (via interoperability or same system) and other functions. |
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What is the single advantage of an IDN?
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They have the advantage of the model for the economy of scale in which several functions, positions, systems are centrally owned and therefore overhead is avoided by separate contracts for each healthcare provider (facility).
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What does true integration require?
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It requires provider organizations have interoperable information systems.
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What does CMS stand for?
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Center of Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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Who does Medicare provide healthcare coverage to?
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Anyone over the age off 65.
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Who does Medicaid provide coverage for?
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Anyone who falls below a pre-defined income level.
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What does EHR stand for?
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Electronic Health Record.
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What does CPOE stand for?
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Computerized Prescriber (Provider) Order Entry system
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What is a PCP?
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Primary Care Physician.
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Who are Mid-Level Practioners?
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They work under the direction of physicians.
Examples: -Physician Assistants (PAs) -Clinical Nurse Specialists -Nurse Midwives -Nurse Practitioners -CRNAs (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists) |
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What does ANA stand for?
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American Nursing Association
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What is the role of a CIO?
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Chief Information Officer, lead the IT department in a general direction in-line with the overall mission of the healthcare organization.
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What is the role of the CTO?
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Chief Technology Officer researches technologies which can potentially "improve" the delivery of care and oversee the maintenance of the current infrastructure environment.
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What is the role of the CSO?
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Chief Security Officer, is responsible for privacy and security of systems and information.
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What is the role of the CMIO?
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Chief Medical Information Officer, represents physicians in the design and implementation of systems.
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What does JC stand for?
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Joint Commission, an independent regulatory organization that regulates and accreditates hospitals
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What does HIPAA stand for?
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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, provides directives on how medical information which is stored or transferred electronically is protected for patients, regardless of their ability to pay.
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What does EMTALA stand for?
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Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, requires hospitals to treat all persons presenting at emergency rooms, regardless of their ability to pay.
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What does ICD 9 or 10 stand for?
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International Classification of Disease version 9 or 10. This was created by WHO.
It is designed to promote international comparability in the collection, processing, classification and presentation of mortality stats. |
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What does CDC stand for?
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Center for Disease Control and Prevention
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What does JCI stand for?
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Joint Commission International, same purpose as The Joint Commission. They set achievable expectations in quality of care provided.
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