Surgery
Which type of hemostat/clamp has an Irish-sounding name, though it was named for the American gynecologist who invented it? (Hint: They’re also called Mosquito or Rochester forceps)
Kelly
HIPAA, the Health Insurance P______ and Accountability Act strictly determines the privacy restrictions around medical records. What does the P stand for?
Portability
Which medical terminology suffix means “to crush” (for example, a procedure to break up some pesky kidney stones)?
-tripsy
If a surgeon asks for a “four-by-four,” they’re not asking for a wooden plank or talking to you about their all-wheel drive vehicle. What material that’s great for sopping up blood are they talking about?
Gauze
Healthcare.gov is the official website of what governmental legislation, an expansion of health care coverage for Americans at an acceptable price, colloquially known as Obamacare?
Affordable Care Act
What branch of microbiology specializes in the study of fungi?
mycology
After surgery, patients are sent off to recover in the PACU—the post-______ care unit—where they’ll be watched over and tended to until they wake up.
Anesthesia
Which federal health insurance program can be supplemented by a Medigap policy?
Medicare
In addition to conditions of the gallbladder, bile ducts, and pancreas, a hepatologist is a doctor who specializes in the treatment of what large internal organ?
Liver
Army-Navy, Deaver, and Weitlaner are examples of which surgical tool that's used to pull back tissue and hold an incision open?
Retractor
Medicaid managed care programs in which states receive waivers from the federal government and then enroll patients in private health plans with fixed monthly premiums began in what decade?
1980s
"Keyhole" is another name for minimally invasive surgery known by what L-word that roughly mean "seeing a flank"?
Laparoscopy
Which surgical tool that starts with C looks like a stylus with a little hook on the end and is used for tasks like scraping tissue?
Curette
An ______-payer system is where different payers—e.g., private insurance, individuals, and the government—pay the same rate for healthcare services.
All
What 11-letter A-word means the surgical repair, unblocking, or dilation of a blood vessel to restore lost blood flow?
Angioplasty