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28 Cards in this Set
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Front (Term)holism |
Back (Definition) Viewing a person's health has a balance of mind body and spirit |
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Front (Term) Wellness |
Back (Definition) State of being |
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Front (Term) Illness |
Back (Definition) State of being sick |
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Disease |
Pathologic condition of body that presents with clinical signs and symptoms and changes in lab values |
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Etiology |
The cause of a disease |
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Incidence |
Frequency |
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Morbidity |
The number of sick persons with the particular disease in a specific population |
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Mortality |
Death rate |
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Pathopsyscsiology |
The study of how disease alters normal psychological process |
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Health promotion |
Refers to engaging in strategies to enhance health example eating a diet high in grains exercise |
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Illness prevention |
Involves identifying risk factors such as family history of hypertension or diabetes and reducing the effect of risk factors on one's health |
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Early detection |
Screening diagnostic tests and procedures to identify a disease process earlier so that treatment may be initiated sooner and be more effective |
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Client |
Active partner in nursing care |
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Healthcare team |
Consist of specially trained personnel who work together to help clients meet their healthcare needs the team includes positions nurses psychologists pharmacists dietitians social workers respiratory and physical therapist occupational therapists nursing assistance and insurance company staff |
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Healthcare delivery system |
Refers to the full range of services available to people seeking prevention identification treatment or rehabilitation of health problems |
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Primary care |
The first resource person or agency that clients contact about a help need family practitioner |
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Secondary care |
referrals to facilities for additional testing |
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Tertiary care |
Focuses more on complex medical and surgical interventions example cancer care rehab long term care or hospice |
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Medigap insurance |
Policies to cover other expenditures such as copayments and deductibles |
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PPS |
Perspective payment system is an attempt to control costs it's a method of reimbursement that healthcare providers receive payment for services based on a predetermined fixed rate |
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DRGs |
Diagnosis related groups groups service for clients with similar diagnosis is |
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MCO's |
Managed-care organizations are insurers to carefully plan and closely supervise the distribution of healthcare services |
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HMOs |
Health maintenance organization is a group insurance plan which participants pay a preset fixed fee in exchange for healthcare services |
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Capitation |
This refers to the actual head or person count |
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UAP |
Unlicensed assistive personnel |
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IDS |
Integrated delivery system provide a full range of healthcare services with the goal of achieving highly coordinated and cost-effective care |
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Clinical pathways |
Care mapping forgot specific diagnosis or procedures |
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Healthy people 2020 campaign |
Provides an overall action plan to improve the health and quality of life for people living in the United States |
