CAM Practitioners
Use of spinal manipulation, massage, & exercise to adjust the position of the vertebrae and restore the flow of energy.
What is Chiropractors?
What is the most common health care system in the US?
What is biomedical or Western Medicine
The control of rising costs of healthcare.
What is Cost Containment?
Buying equipment and supplies in larger quantities.
What is Mass or Bulk Purchasing?
Care for the elderly.
What is Geriatric Care?
Use natural therapies such as fasting, diets, lifestyle changes to promote healing.
What is a Naturopaths?
The methods of treatment that are used in place of biomedical therapies
What is Alternative Therapy?
The reasons for high healthcare costs.
What is technological advances, aging population, & health-related lawsuits?
Providers are paid a certain amount for each diagnosis or disease & makes health care providers consider the necessity of various services or treatments.
What is Value Based compensation?
Nursing care, physical therapy, respiratory therapy, social services, nutritional & food services, and other care provided in the home
What is home health care?
Believes the body can heal itself through actions of the immune system
What is homeopaths
The methods of treatment that are used in conjunction with conventional medical therapies.
What is Complementary Therapies?
Places limit on cost of care for certain diagnoses and insurance plans
What is Diagnostic Related Groups?
The correct disposal of toxic waste and ways to improve management of these potential environmental hazards
What is environmental protection or management of waste?
The sate of being in optimum health with a balanced relationship between physical, mental, and social health.
What is wellness?
Believe life energy flows through every living person and links organs together to connect to external environment.
What is Chinese medicine?
The use of mainstream medical treatments (Western Medicine) and CAM therapies to treat patients.
What is Integrative Health Care?
Patients that receive care without being admitted to hospitals or other care facilities.
What is outpatient services?
Monitoring the use of energy to control costs and conserve resources. Ex. Solar Power & Recycling
What is energy conservation?
The use of video, audio, and computer systems to provide medical or healthcare services.
What is Telemedicine?
Providing care before disease occurs
What is Preventative Care?