Facilities
Smaller facilities linked to a larger hospital or health system that extend access to communities farther from the main hospital
What is a satellite center?
Current list of professionals who pass tests by professional organizations or state board (regulatory body)
What are registrations?
This professional uses imaging technology like X-rays, CT scans, and MRIs to help diagnose medical conditions. Name the position and HSC pathway.
Who is a radiologic technologist in diagnostic services?
Type of insurance plan that makes you see your designated PCP for a referral before seeing a specialist.
What is an HMO?
Aims to prevent disease, promote health, and respond to health emergencies for all Americans and oversees many subagencies
What is the USHSS or HSS?
Can be provided to patients with any serious illness, regardless of their life expectancy, for improving the patient’s quality of life and managing symptoms
What is palliative care?
The third level of training requires at least a 2-year Associate's degree or 3-4 years of on-the-job training.
What are technicians?
These healthcare workers provide basic care such as taking vital signs and assisting patients with daily activities, often under the supervision of nurses. Name the position and HSC pathway.
Who are Certified Nursing Assistants in therapeutic services?
The money you split between you and your insurance after paying your deductible
What is co-insurance?
A primary prevention agency that aims to promote disease control, prevention, and public health
What is the CDC?
Extended or Skilled Care, Independent or Assisted Care, Residential Care Facilities
What are long-term care facilities?
A voluntary process by which a nongovernmental entity grants a time-limited recognition or credentials to an organization after verifying that predetermined and standardized criteria are met
What is accreditation?
This type of doctor specializes in diagnosing and treating diseases of the heart and blood vessels. Name the position and HSC pathway.
Who are cardiologists in therapeutic services?
A public health insurance that is covered by states and federally by the CMS for low-income individuals who qualify.
What is Medicaid?
A US-based non-profit created to ensure patients receive the safest, highest quality care in any healthcare setting.
What is the Joint Commission?
Provides highly personalized care, easier access to doctors, longer visits, and sometimes 24/7 availability, but is not the same as precision medicine
What is concierge medicine?
Required to renew license or maintain certification, or registration in many states
What is a continuing education unit?
This professional helps patients recover from injuries or illnesses by improving movement and managing pain through exercise and rehabilitation plans. Name the position and HSC pathway.
Who are physical therapists in therapeutic services?
A public health insurance that is funded by the DoD which provides coverage for military members and their families
What is TRICARE?
An agency outside of HHS that enforces health standards, conducts inspections, trains employers and workers, and partners with industries and labor groups to promote health.
What is OSHA?
A type of hospital owned and operated by the government (local, state, or federal), funded mainly through taxes, that serves veterans
What are Veterans Affairs (VA) Hospitals?
Academic Foundation, Communication, Systems, Employability Skills, Legal Responsibilities, Ethics, Safety Practices, Teamwork, Health Maintenance Practices, Technical Skills, and Information Technology in Healthcare
What are the 11 National Healthcare Standards?
This professional uses living cells to create useful products and applies research and development to design diagnostic tests, therapeutic treatments, vaccines, and even food products. They may work in pharmaceutical companies, research labs, universities, hospitals, or agricultural facilities.
Who are biotechnologists?
Developed as a response to rising healthcare costs, because all care must have a purpose to be covered by providers.
The government subagency that oversees Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP.
What is CMS?