Developed by the World Health Organization, it contains over 14,000 codes for diseases, signs and symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances, and external causes of injury or diseases.
What is ICD-10
100
This is the date that the landmark Affordable Care Act will go into full effect.
What is January 1, 2014
100
An overall measure of hospital care provided for which no payment was received from the patient or insurer.
What is Uncompensated Care
100
This German based Healthcare and Engineering giant announced last month that it intends to cut 15,000 employees globally by the end of 2014
Who is Siemens
100
Any information about health status, provision of health care, or payment for health care that can be linked to a specific individual.
Protected Health Information (PHI)
200
A small facility that provides outpatient services, as well as inpatient services, on a limited basis, to people in rural areas.
What is Critical Access Hospital (CAH)
200
HCAHPS IS A NATIONAL STANDARD FOR MEASURING HOSPITAL PATIENT SATISFACTION SCORES. WHAT DOES THIS ACRONYM STAND FOR ?
What is Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems
200
This is the average profit margin over the last 3 years for hospitals in the U.S.
What is 4%
200
Philips claims this suite of informatics solutions are market leaders in the areas of critical care, anesthesia, perinatal and cardiovascular care.
What is Intellispace
200
This is the monitoring of the concentration or partial pressure of carbon dioxide in patients.
What is capnography
300
According to the Joint Commission, for MI patients, the maximum door to balloon time is 90 minutes. Currently, what percentage of ED MI patients are treated within this timeline ?
What is 50%
300
Under the ACA, the penalties for excessive readmissions are currently based on readmission rates for three conditions – pneumonia, heart attack and what other condition?
What is Heart Failure
300
This accounting acronymn is an approximate measure of a hospitals operating cash flow based on data from the company's income statement.
What is EBIDTA
300
Healthyimagination is a $6 billion GE Healthcare strategy to revolutionize the world’s health by improving the quality, access and what other key objective ?
What is affordability or cost
300
An imaging test that uses multiple x-rays to produce detailed pictures of the inside of the body.
What is Computerized tomography (CT)
400
This occurs when a hospital ED cannot care for any additional emergency patients.
What is Diversion or Ambulance Diversion
400
This is a healthcare organization characterized by a payment and care delivery model that seeks to tie provider reimbursements to quality metrics and cost of care reductions for an assigned patient population.
What is an Accountable Care Organization (ACO)
400
What percentage of a hospitals total quality score is tied to Patient Experience scores (HCAHPS)
What is 30%
400
This healthcare manufacturer sold its first light bulbs in
Russia in 1898.
Who is Philips
400
According to the AHA, what is considered the maximum 'normal' systolic and diastolic blood pressure ?
What is 120/80 or less
500
According to CDC US statistics, on average, what percentage of patients who enter the ED are admitted to the hospital ?
What is 13%
500
Beginning in 2014, hospitals that exceed target 30 day readmission rates will face a maximum medicare reimbursement penalty of what percent.
What is 3%
500
According to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid services, on average, what percentage of all hospital reimbursement for care is covered by Medicare or Medicaid ?
What is 50%
500
This company was founded while collaborating with NASA to develop systems to monitor astronauts’ vital signs.
What is Spacelabs
500
A blockage in this artery of the heart is often referred to as the 'widowmaker' as it is most frequently fatal.