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alternative, complementary, integrative therapies healthcare practices and trx that minimize or avoid the use of ___ &___
surgery &drugs
the ability to perform tasks in a specific healthcare discipline or department
technical skills
EOB
explanation of benefits
the branch of law that establishes rules for business relationships between people or between individuals and businesses
civil law
SAP
Standard anatomical position
a group of healthcare workers from different healthcare specialties, each providing specific services to the patient
multidisciplinary healthcare team
a field of science that manipulates individual atoms and molecules to create devices that are thousands of times smaller than the current technologies show
nanotechnology
career pathway that involves methods, devices, and recourses used to acquire, store, retrieve and work with healthcare and biomedical information
health information services
EHR
Electronic health record
the branch of law that aims to protect individuals and society by defining certain actions as crimes, of offences of society
criminal law
an area of the body with a specific name which is used as a reference point when discussing anatomy
body region
PPE
Personal protective equiptment
personalizes medical care that uses a patients unique combination of genes and chromosomes to prevent illness and maintain health
genomic medicine
a career and technical student organization for future healthcare workers
HOSA
an out of pocket fee paid by a person with health insurance at the time of service, such as an office visit or Rx.
copay
HIPAA
health insurance portability and accountability act
a learning tool that helps students memorize information
mnemonic device
ROM
Range of motion
a form of medical care that creates living tissue to replace tissue or organ functions due to age, disease, injury, or birth disorder
regenerative medicine
the act of assigning numbers to descriptions of a patient's disease, injuries, and trx's according to established codes
medical coding
a persons ability to obtain and understand health related information and make informed decisions using that information
health literacy
PHI
protected health information
a part of a cell that has a specific task
organelle
an instrument for measuring angles
goniometer
standards determined by the national consortium for Health Science, which describes the skills that workers need to succeed in healthcare careers
National Healthcare Skill Standards
a group of professionals from different health science training backgrounds working in coordination toward a common goal for the patient
interdisciplinary healthcare team
an evaluation process in which a group of patients is sorted according to their urgency of care
an action that harms another person's body or property or takes away his or her freedom of action in some way
tort
the functions of the inner workings of the body
physiology
tact