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21 Cards in this Set
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Therapeutic Services
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primarily focused on charging the health status of the patient over time
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diagnostic services
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primarily focused on detection, diagnosis and treatment of disease and disorders
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health informatics
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primarily focused on management of departments,agencies,and patient data |
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biotechnolgy research and development
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primarily focused on discorvery, research and development for new diagonistic testing, new treatments and medical devices to improve patien care
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multidisciplinary team
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set up to work together using their arears of expertiseto find a solution to problems effecting patient care an safety; team memebers may come from all pathways of health care
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orthpedic |
a branch of medicine that works with conditions involing the skeletal and muscle systems
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trauma emergencies
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damaged caused by physical harm from external sources
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medical emergencies |
invovles illnesses or conditions caused by disease; can be due to pathogen or genetics
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radiology
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a branch of medicine that uses images to dignose and treat disesase seen inside the body |
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vital signs
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signs that are essentail to life; include temerature, pulse,respirations, and blood pressure
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signs
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used to assess the patient;can be seen or measured
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symptoms
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used to assess the patient; are describes by the patient
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support servies
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primarly focused on providing a therapeutivc enviorment for the delivery of health care
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therapy
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treatment for a disorder; many diffrent forms including medication, counseling or other medical procedure.
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rehabilitaion
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a branch of medicine hat focuses on ehancement or restoring function and quility of life
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activities of daily living
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activities that people tend to do eveyday without assistance,
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pathogen
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a disease caused by a biogical organism such a bateria, viruses, parasities, or fungus
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endemic
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a disease that is native to a logal region
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epidemic |
a disease that spreads to many individuals at the same time
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pandemics
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worldwide epidemic that affects large geographioc regions
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contagious
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an illness that can be passed on or spread to others
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