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        | COMPLEX NETWORKS OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES |  | 
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        | ·    The primary functions of any hospital are  |  | Definition 
 
        | TO PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR AND ASSIST THE PHYSICIANS IN DIAGNOSING AND TREATING THEIR PATIENTS |  | 
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        | ·       Once the diagnosis has been determined a treatment plan is developed, which may include  |  | Definition 
 
        | SURGERY, PHYSICAL THERAPY, RESPIRATORY THERAPY, OR DRUG THERAPY WITH MEDICATIONS |  | 
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        | ·       The “processing” of patients refers to all the functions and paperwork associated with a patient’s stay in the hospital. These include  |  | Definition 
 
        | THE MEDICAL RECORD FUNCTION, UTILIZATION REVIEW, BILLING, DISCHARGE PLANNING, ECT. |  | 
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        |   ·       Health education and well promotion are other major functions of hospitals.  Such wellness programs are  |  | Definition 
 
        | SMOKING CESSATION, STRESS REDUCTION CLASSES, WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAMS, ECT. |  | 
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        |   ·       Hospital governing board is responsible of  |  | Definition 
 
        | GOVERNING THE HOSPITAL IN THE COMMUNITY'S BEST INTEREST |  | 
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        | ·       Hospital governing board is responsible of governing the hospital in the community’s best interest. It is ethically, financially, and legally responsible for  |  | Definition 
 
        | EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON IN THE HOSPITAL |  | 
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        | ·       Home health aides are providing personal care and support services, like  |  | Definition 
 
        | HOME MAKING, FOOD PREPARATION, PERSONAL CARE, BATHING   |  | 
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        | Private duty involves the provision of personal care services around the clock or  |  | Definition 
 
        | FOR 8 TO 18 HOURS PER DAY |  | 
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        | ·       Home care and hospital pharmacy practice |  | Definition 
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        | Home infusion therapy must adhere to  |  | Definition 
 
        | RETAIL PHARMACY LAWS WHICH ARE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE OF HOSPITAL PHARMACY PRACTICE |  | 
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        | Home infusion pharmacies are required to  |  | Definition 
 
        | COMPLY WITH THE UNITED STATES PHARMACOPOEIA (USP) CHAPTER 797 WHEN COMPOUNDING STERILE PREPARATIONS |  | 
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        | Prescription records and labeling requirements are different from those of |  | Definition 
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        | Home care patients may have heightened needs for |  | Definition 
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        | ·       Settings where home infusion services are provided include: |  | Definition 
 
        | RETAIL OR COMMUNITY PHARMACIES, INSTITUTIONAL OR LONG TERM CARE PHARMACIES, HOSPITAL PHARMACIES, HOME HEALTH AGENCIES, HME-BASED PROVIDERS, INFUSION THERAPY SPECIALTY PROVIDERS, AND AMBULATORY INFUSION CENTERS |  | 
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        | ·       Home infusion therapy services involve  |  | Definition 
 
        | THE PROVISION OF HOME PHARMACY SERVICES WITH HOME MEDICAL EQUIPMENT |  | 
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        | ·       Home infusion therapy providers are licensed in many states as  |  | Definition 
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        | ·       The most common form of home infusion therapy is  |  | Definition 
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        | ·       Pumps are the type of equipment that are most frequently used in  |  | Definition 
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        | ·       Medicare and Medicaid programs changed  |  | Definition 
 
        | THE WAY LONG TERM CARE WAS FINANCED |  | 
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        | ·       There are 3 types of business models for LTC nursing facilities: |  | Definition 
 
        | Government sponsored: the smallest percentage of LTC facilities,   Proprietary: the most common type of long term care facilitY, Voluntary or not-for-profit |  | 
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        | ·       A long term care pharmacist will  |  | Definition 
 
        | fill in prescriptions per doctor’s order, write directions, help the nursing personnel properly administration the medication through education and support. |  | 
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        | ·       Federal regulations require that a licensed pharmacist review medication use  |  | Definition 
 
        | every month for all residents in a skilled nursing facility |  | 
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        | ·       The consultant pharmacist reports his or her findings to the  |  | Definition 
 
        | medical director, director of nursing, administrator, and the attending physicians |  | 
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        | ·       Managed care companies become more aggressive in  |  | Definition 
 
        | cost-cutting procedures, use more drug therapy than invasive procedures, exercise greater control over doctors’ prescribing habits |  | 
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        | ·       The government body driving the standardization of rules and regulations for long-term care facilities is the  |  | Definition 
 
        | Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. |  | 
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        | ·       Funding for prescription medication is covered under  |  | Definition 
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        | ·       Pharmaceutical care focuses on  |  | Definition 
 
        | medication outcomes that improve th quality of patient’s life |  | 
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        | ·       Pharmacy technicians assist  |  | Definition 
 
        | pharmacists in their practice |  | 
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        | ·       The earliest example of an ethical code in medicine was  |  | Definition 
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        | ·       Ethical principles help us make choices between  |  | Definition 
 
        | moral alternatives, and sometimes force us to select the lesser of two evils |  | 
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        | ·       Our personal and professional values have a place in ethical decision making process, which sometimes can be  |  | Definition 
 
        | complex and time-consuming |  | 
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        | Facing ethical dilemmas will always be a 
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        | personal and professional challenge |  | 
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        | ·       The principle of beneficence means that you should  |  | Definition 
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        | people have the right to live their lives  as they see fit |  | 
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        | doing what you say you are going to do |  | 
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        | be truthful in dealing with others |  | 
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        | all people should receive the same benefits |  | 
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        | ·       Know how to convert Roman numerals to  |  | Definition 
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