Health Insurance
This government insurance covers people 65+ or with disabilities.
What is Medicare?
This U.S. agency oversees workplace safety.
What is OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
Short-stay hospitals offer treatment for these types of medical problems.
What are acute problems?
Successful healthcare students must develop these skills, including teamwork and communication.
What are employability skills?
This ongoing issue will continue to spark debate in U.S. healthcare.
What is controlling costs?
This insurance program covers people with low incomes, paid for by state and federal taxes.
What is Medicaid?
This agency studies and controls disease outbreaks in the U.S.
What is the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)?
Facilities that provide pain relief for the terminally ill.
What is hospice care (or palliative care)?
Following medical instructions and seeking care is part of this consumer responsibility.
What is self-advocacy?
Research is being done to find cures and treatments for many of these.
What are diseases and conditions?
This 2010 law aimed to make insurance more affordable and cover more Americans.
What is the Affordable Care Act (ACA)?
This U.S. agency regulates drugs and food safety.
What is the FDA (Food and Drug Administration)
These centers handle urgent but non-life-threatening medical issues.
What are urgent-care centers?
Healthcare workers must follow these, which vary by state and facility.
What are rules and regulations?
This technology allows researchers to study differences in DNA sequences.
What is genomic medicine?
This form of insurance provides wage replacement for employees injured at work.
What is Worker's Compensation?
This U.S. agency funds and conducts medical research.
What is the NIH (National Institutes of Health)?
These centers specialize in treating emotional and psychiatric conditions.
What are mental health facilities?
An employee handbook in a healthcare setting usually outlines these.
What are workplace rules/regulations?
Machines like dialysis and organ transplants show that these procedures are becoming more successful.
What are organ transplants?
Dependents can stay on their parents’ insurance until this age under the ACA.
What is 26?
Name one volunteer health agency, such as the American Cancer Society or this humanitarian group founded by Clara Barton.
What is the American Red Cross?
This type of facility has increased due to an aging population.
What are long-term care (inpatient), or nursing homes?
Healthcare students must also understand these professional responsibilities that deal with right and wrong.
What are legal and ethical responsibilities?
Healthcare workers will continue to provide outstanding care for people who are in this condition
What is illness (or who are the ill)?