Health Data Management: Healthcare Delivery

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Acute care

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short term medical / nursing care in an inpatient setting to treat acute phase of injury or illness

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Ambulatory care

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preventive, diagnostic & therapeutic medical services provided on a nonresidential basis

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Behavioral healthcare

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psychiatric / psychological care for mental, developmental and/or substance-abuse disorders

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Continuum of care

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sum of all healthcare services provided for a patient in all settings

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DRG

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Diagnosis-related groups

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a prospective payment system begun in the 1980s which initiated the movement to outpatient services

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EHR

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Electronic health record

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electronically based documentation that replaces the paper-based health record

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Emergency and trauma care

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medical-surgical care for injuries / illnesses requiring urgent care to address conditions that could be life-threatening or disabled if not treated promptly

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HIE

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health information exchange

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focused on by public / private sector stakeholders because it can improve quality / safety by reducing errors & unnecessary expenditures

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Home healthcare

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medical / personal care provided in a residence

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Hospice care

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medical / personal care provided to persons with life expectancies of 6 months or less to provide palliative care

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Hybrid health record

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a healthcare record consisting of both electronic and paper-based documentation

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Inpatient

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person receiving healthcare services as well as room, board and continuous nursing care in a hospital setting

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Integrated healthcare network

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group of healthcare organizations that collectively provide a full range of coordinated health-related services

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Long-term acute care

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medical care provided to those with multiple acute / chronic conditions requiring an average stay longer than 25 days

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LTC

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Long term care

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medical / personal care provided to those who reside on a permanent basis in nursing facilities

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Medicaid

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federal program amended to the Social Security Act in 1965 with a focus to provide health insurance coverage to the poor populations

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Medical specialties

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medicine practice that focuses on specific areas such as pediatrics, cardiology and psychiatry

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Medicare

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federal program amended to the Social Security Act in 1965 with a focus to provide health insurance coverage to the aged and disabled

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NHIN

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National Health Information Network

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health information composed of state & regional networks to interconnect networks of clinicians, make information portable, and move consumers from one healthcare provider to another.

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Outpatient

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person receiving healthcare services in a hospital-based clinic / department but is not admitted to an acute-care unit

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PHR

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Personal health record

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electronic, universally available, lifelong resource of health information needed by individuals to make health decisions; owned / managed by individuals; maintained in a secure and private environment with the individual determining rights of access; separate from the legal record of any provider

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Primary care

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routine healthcare services usually provided in private physician offices, group practices, or private / community-based clinics.

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RHIO

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Regional health information organization

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health information exchange collaboration to facilitate information sharing among members using common, nonproprietary standards for date content and exchange over exisitng networks and the Internet

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Rehabilitation care

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therapeutic medical services for those who have been disabled by injuries / illness

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Secondary care

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diagnostic / therapeutic services provided by medical specialists

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Skilled-nursing care

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professional nursing care and related medical, therapeutic, psychosocial and personal services in a residential setting; also known as subacute care

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Surgical specialties

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a group of specialty care that focuses on certain areas of surgical expertise such as orthopedics, anesthesiology and reconstruction

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Tertiary Care

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highly specialized and technologically advanced diagnostic / therapeutic services in inaptient & outpatient hospital settings

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Tethered record

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subset of information compiled by the provider and offered to the consumer, often through the provider's Web site; functions as a patient view into the provider's electronic record

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Untethered record

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consumer's compilation of individual's own health information from all providers; patient-controlled information included from multiple providers; the PHR is an untethered model