Cost Containment
Patients receive care without being admitted to hospitals or other care facilities
Outpatient services
Used to induce a trancelike state so a person is more receptive to suggestion
Hypnosis
Created by governments to protect their populations
Pandemic influenza plans
The science that studies all of the genes in the human genome, or the complete set of DNA within a single cell of an organism
Genomics
Needed due to DRGs and shorter hospital stays
Home health care
Contributes to the high cost of health care
Technological advances (or) Aging population
Believe that the brain sends vitals energy to all body parts through nerves in the spinal cord
Chiropracter
Decades of unnecessary antibiotic use is believed to contribute to
Drug-resistant bacteria/superbugs
Check for the presence of inherited genes known to cause disease
Genetic testing
Genomic testing
Allows medical professionals to diagnose and treat patients without unnecessary exposure and limited travel
Telemedicine
More cost effective than treating illness
Preventing illness
Believe in the ability of the body to heal itself through the actions of the immune system
Homeopaths
What is the name of the international agency that is constantly monitoring health problems and diseases throughout the world and taking steps to prevent pandemics
WHO World Health Organization
Lab process that can be used to produce genetically identical copies of a biological entity
Cloning
Wellness promoted by using values, ethics, and morals to find meaning, direction, and purpose to life.
Spiritual wellness
Patients with certain diagnoses who are admitted to hospitals are classified into one payment group
DRGs (Diagnostic related groups)
Based on the belief that illness is an imbalance in an individual’s energy field
Therapeutic touch
In 2009, a respiratory virus caused by this virus was discovered
H1N1
Swine flu
Two main sources of stem cells
Embryonic cells, somatic or adult stem cells
Established due to the increased use of CAM therapies to research therapies and determine standards of quality care.
NCCAM
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Providers are paid a certain amount for each diagnosis or disease
Value-based/bundled payments
Relaxation therapy that uses monitoring devices to provide a patient with information about their reaction to stress
Biofeedback
The concern for these viruses causing a pandemic:
SARS, monkeypox, Marburg virus
Directed at using nanodevices to link computers to the nervous system to treat paralysis and nerve damage
Neuro-electronic research
The act that has led to the development of many regulations for long-term care
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) of 1987