Technology
What country leads the world in biomedical research spending?
United States
Deductible
Another term for outpatient care is...?
Ambulatory Care
Neighborhoods with higher-primary care physician-to-population ratios have better health outcomes. Provide two health related examples where this is true.
Decreased mortality rates, seat belt use, obesity, smoking, stroke, life expectancy, community-acquired pneumonia, mammography use, diabetes mellitus, CHF, hospitalization rates
This type of hospital offers one or more graduate residency programs approved by the AMA
Teaching Hospital
This replaced the traditional paper medical records in the United States
Electronic Health Records
This federal program expands Medicaid eligibility for children who otherwise would not qualify.
CHIP
A cluster of special services for the dying, which blends medical, spiritual, legal, financial, and family-support services. The venue can vary from a specialized facility, to a nursing home, to the patient's home.
Hospice
This level of care is the most complex level of care, is highly-specialized, technology-driven, and rendered in large teaching hospitals.
Tertiary Care
This group of persons is charged with the responsibility of developing guidelines and standards for ethical decision making in the delivery of health care.
Ethics Committee
Provide 3 examples of medical technology
answers vary
Part A of Medicare addresses what area of health care?
Hospitals
This refers to the broad domain of health care resources that are not intrinsic to biomedicine (holistic care)
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
This use of primary care phsyicians to coordinate health care services needed by an enrollee in a managed care plan. Implies that patients do not visit specialists without a referral by their PCP.
Gatekeeping
Most hospitals hold dual structure:1. a CEO receives delegated authority from the governing body and manages the organization
2. There is a second organizational structure that operates in parallel, made up of what health care professional?
Physicians
This agency is responsible for ensuring that drugs and medical devices are safe and effective for their intended use
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Part D of Medicare addressed what area of health care?
Prescription Drug Coverage
The first contact that a patient makes with the health care delivery system is known as what?
Point of Entry
Patient-centered care based on the principles of the chronic care model. Uses evidence, health information technology, best practices, and is accountable for the quality and value of care provided.
What type of hospitals are non-federal, short stay (<25 days), open to the general public, and can be either non-profit or for-profit, general or specialty?
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
This is an emerging area of medical technology that requires manipulation of materials at the atomic and molecular levels.
Nanomedicine
Type of reimbursement that uses pre-established criteria to determine in advance the amount of reimbursement.
Prospective Reimbursement
This type of outpatient service provides a broad range of services, depending on the location. Ex include well-baby care and STI clinics
Local public health departments
Incorporates the elements of good primary care delivery and adds a population-based approach to identifying and addressing community health problems
Community-Oriented Primary Care
Hill-Burton Act (aka Hospital Survey & Construction Act)