Insurance
The amount a person must pay out of pocket before insurance coverage starts.
What is deductible?
This career dispensing medications and education patients.
What is a nurse?
Language professionals who facilitate communication between healthcare providers and non-English speaking patients.
What are interpreters?
The government agency is responsible for overseeing the approval of new drugs in the United States.
What is the FDA?
An imaging modality uses sound waves to create images of internal body structures
What is sonagraphy?
This government program provides healthcare coverage for low-income individuals in the United States.
What is Medicaid?
This career path involves performing diagnostic ultrasound scans.
What is sonagrapher?
This helps helps improve patient Cultural competence.
What are outcomes?
The best place to dispose of needles.
What is a sharps container?
Combines X-rays with computer technology to create cross-sectional images of the body.
What is Ct-scan?
This healthcare program is tailored for individuals and families with low income.
What is Medicaid?
The career when someone draws patient's blood.
What is phlebotomy?
This has a large impact on patient outcomes.
Cultural competency
A phlebotomist does this to a patient's arm in order to locate an artery or vein.
What is palpate?
To believe unfairly that all people or things with a particular characteristic are the same.
What is stereotyping?
The fixed amount a person pays for a covered healthcare service.
What is a co-pay?
This career that is responsible for medical care to patients and are licensed by the state medical boards.
What is a physician?
Name some of the key cultural factors to consider in the medical field.
Some key cultural factors to consider in the medical field include language barriers, religious beliefs, dietary preferences, and traditional healing practices.
Freedom from infection.
What is asepsis?
The machine that divides blood into solid and liquid.
What is a centrifuge?
This government program provides healthcare coverage for individuals aged 65 and older in the United States.
What is Medicare?
This career trains a person to fill both clinical and administrative roles in a healthcare setting.
What is a medical assistant?
This involves being aware of and respecting the cultural beliefs, practices, and values of patients. It helps healthcare providers deliver personalized care, establish trust, and effectively address the unique healthcare needs of diverse patient populations.
What is cultural sensitivity?
Federal agency that establishes and enforces standards of safety for the workplace.
What is OSHA?
The process of providing patients with information about their medical treatment and obtaining their permission.
What is informed consent?