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| Ongoing treatment of care. Ex. A patient with Alzheimer's goes to a long-term care facility |
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| Ambulatory surgery center |
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| A facility used for surgical procedures in outpatient services |
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| A facility that contains the private practice of a doctor where a patient receives preventive, diagnostic, treatment, and management services. When a person has an annual check-up they schedule an appointment with their primary care provider. Ex. family doctor, nurse preactitoner |
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| Care that is given short term and for severe afflictions Ex. A patient experiencing a heart attack will go into a acute care facility |
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| A facility used for outpatient services, If a patient care take less than 24 hours, the patient goes to an ambulatory care facility rather than a hospital. |
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| A facility that offers services for prenatal and labor and delivery low-risk patients. This can be a department of a hospital or a separate facility. |
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| General acute care hospital |
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| A facility that offers diagnosis, treatment, or care for patients in a variety of specialties. Patient care is uniquely approached and not all patients are there for the same type of care. |
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| An organization that offers medical, nursing, social work, and counseling to terminally ill patients in their homes or as an inpatient hospice service at a facility. |
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| Rehabilitation Hospital or Center |
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| A facility that offers care for patients with ongoing recovery from a disability. This can include medical, psychiatric, or physical therapy. |
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| Examination of a blood sample to test for certain diseases, medications, and other data |
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| A facility that specializes in the care of patients with mental illness. Services include diagnosis, treatment, care, and rehabilitation. This can be on an inpatient or our patient basis |
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| A facility that offers medical and nursing supervision of adults. Patients cannot be at on of these facilities for longer than 12 hours in one day. |
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| Assisted living residence |
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| A facility that offers an apartment-style living situation for patients or resident who need assistance in daily activities, Most assisted living residence have different levels of assistance. A resident might live independently where help is available only if needed, or a resident lives in an apartment, but almost everything is done for the resident |
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| A facility that provides a residence for disabled and elderly patients who need medical supervision or ongoing nursing care. Patients in a nursing home do not need the level of care required to be admitted into an acute care hospital. |
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| Field of medicine dealing with cancer or tumors |
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| Visuals made of body parts, tissues, or organs for clinical study, treatment, or diagnosis |
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| A department in healthcare facility that offers specific medical services for patient care, treatment, or diagnosis. Sometimes called ancillary departments. |
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| Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) |
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| Imaging that uses strong magnetic fields and radio signals to create an image of a patient's body. The patient lies down in an MRI machine and must remain still for extended periods of time in a noisy , cramped space. |
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| Imaging that uses X-rays along with computing algorithms. A patient lies down in a CT machine while the CT machine rotates around the patient producing cross-sectional images (tomography) of patients's body. |
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| A patient admitted to a healthcare facility who stays longer than 24 hours by doctor's orders. |
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| The administrative office that maintains a patient census of the facility through patient admissions, transfers, and discharges. |
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| A recording of the number of patients with the location, registration status and other data about the patient in a healthcare facility. Patient census usually applies to inpatients or occupied beds. |
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| The administrative office that stores and archives patients' medical records. |
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| A patient who is scheduled for medical treatment, care, or a service. The patient's stay in the healthcare facility lasts less than 24 hours unless being observed. Ambulatory facilities are specifically for outpatient services. |
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| Emergency Department (ED) |
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| The department in a healthcare facility that treats patients with acute and sudden afflictions. The ED is often referred to as the emergency room (ER) by non medical people, but in the healthcare world, it is called the ED. |
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| A display showing the patients in the ED, where they are, and who is caring for them. Because the tracking contains confidential information, it is for the uses of the ED staff only and is primarily kept out of view of the waiting area and patients. |
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| The assessment of the level of care the patient needs when they arrive at the hospital used to determine the priority of the patient for being seen by a physician. |
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| The level of severity of the affliction |
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| The primary reason a person goes to the ED. |
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| Immediately. It is often used in the medical environment to expedite something. |
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| A qualified person or facility that provides healthcare to patients; for example, a doctor, nurse, or hospital. |
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| The personnel, equipment, and procedures that provide and support the computer systems used in the healthcare environment. |
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| Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act |
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| An act of the U.S. congress enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. Its purpose is to promote the meaningful use of technology in healthcare so that technology ultimately results in improved healthcare for the patient. |
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| Electronic Medical Record (EMR) |
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| Information about a patient's care and health that was previously captured on paper and charts, collected from all visits at one hospital and stored electronically. The term EMR is sometimes used interchangeably with Electronic Health Record (EHR), although the two terms are not exactly the same. |
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| Electronic Health Record (EHR) |
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| Information about a patient's care and health collected and stored electronically. This record is not limited to the visits at only one hospital but is a collection of all visits at all hospitals. The Term EHR is sometimes used interchangeably with electronic medial record (EMR), although the two terms are not exactly that same. |
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