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What do you call an official recognition from a professional association that an educational program meets minimum educational standards?
Accreditation
Ex: Arizona State Nursing Program is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.
What do you call documents proving a person's qualifications for a particular occupation?
Credentials
Ex: BS-Sociology, RN, BSN
What is a form of medical care that creates living tissue to replace tissue or organ functions lost due to age, disease, injury, or birth disorder?
Regenerative Medicine
Ex: Stem cell therapy or bone marrow transplant
What do you call health insurance that you can get care from any provider in or out of network? You do not need to have a designated primary care physician and you do not need a referral to see a specialist, but premiums are usually higher.
Preferred Provider Organization (PPO)
What is a highly science-oriented career pathway that uses living systems and organisms to create and develop products used in healthcare?
Biotechnology Research and Development
What do you call healthcare practices and treatments that minimize or avoid the use of surgery and drugs?
Alternative or Complementary Therapy
Ex: massage therapy or acupuncture
What do you call personalized medical care that uses a patient's unique combination of genes (DNA) and chromosomes to prevent illness and maintain health?
Genomic (Genome) Medicine
Ex: Some people with a certain gene mutation respond better to treatment for colon cancer with a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medication than those without the gene mutation.
What is the most common form of medical care in the United States, which uses medication and surgery to treat the signs and symptoms of illness?
Western Medicine
Ex: Blood tests, X-rays
What do you call a career that focuses on how health information is captured, transmitted and used in a variety of health care settings?
Health Informatics
It's an interdisciplinary approach that blends information technology with communication and health care.
What is awarded after completing a course of study?
Certification
Ex: Masters in CTE
What do you call a group of similar occupations and industries that share a core set of basic knowledge and skills for all workers?
Career Clusters
Ex: Health Sciences, or Agriculture
What are therapies that treat the patient as a whole person after assessing the individual's physical, social, mental, and spiritual well-being?
Holistic care
Ex: aromatherapy, wellness coaching, meditation
(2010) What did we call the increased health insurance coverage for the uninsured and implements reforms to the health insurance market?
Affordable Care Act
AKA: Obama Care
What do you call treatments provided by licensed health care professionals with healing properties, such as infusion, respiratory, occupational, speech, or physical therapy, that are included in the patient's care plan?
Therapeutic Services
What is given after passing a licensure exam?
License
Ex: Nursing License after passing the NCLEX.
What do you call a job position that progresses from entry-level to higher levels of responsibility and authority based on education, experience, and performance?
Career ladder
Ex: CNA, LPN, RN, BSN, MSN, NP
What is a field of science that manipulates individual atoms and molecules to create devices that are thousands of times smaller than current technologies allow?
Nanotechnology
*They are working on developing devices so small, that they can enter a cell and deliver a medication to destroy cancer cells before a tumor forms.
What do you call a group of patients with similar conditions and treatment needs?
Diagnostic Related Groups (DRG's)
Ex: Knee replacement surgery, or having a baby.
What do you call services such as radiology, ultrasound, or laboratory tests?
Diagnostic Services
What is it called when you are added to an official registry after passing an exam and have the correct qualifications?
Registration
Ex: Registered voter
What do you call smaller groups of specialized occupations within a career cluster that require more specific sets of knowledge, skills, and training?
Career pathways
Ex: Sales associate-Cashier-Assistant manager-Store manager-Regional manager
What do you call the set of standards determined by the National Consortium for Health Science Education, which describe the skills that workers need to succeed in healthcare careers?
National Health Science Standards
Ex: These standards provide students and communities with expectations for health education.
What health insurance has its own network of doctors and hospitals they require you to use, but insurance premiums are usually lower?
Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)
Who provides a wide range of assistance to patients and their families?
Support Services
Ex: Social worker, Clergy or Chaplain
What do you call it when Mrs. Gabriel runs out of questions for this review?
A free question!