Healthcare

Professionals in the healthcare industry are often referred to as allied health professionals which usually need formal training before they are hired, for example, medical assistants , dental hygienists and assistants, phlebotomists, physical therapists and physical therapy assistants, hemodialysis technicians, laboratory technicians, electrocardiographic technicians, x-ray technicians, medical secretaries, and medical coders and billers all belong to the ever growing group of allied health professionals, and their subspecialties. ...more on Wikipedia about "Allied health"

The Alma-Ata Declaration was adopted at the International Conference on Primary Health Care, Alma-Ata, presently in Kazakhstan, 6-12 September 1978. It was the first international declaration underlining the importance of Primary health care. The primary health care approach has since then been accepted by member countries of WHO as the key to achieving the goal of 'Health for All'. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alma Ata Declaration"

Ambulatory Patient Group (APG) is a system used to classify patients into nearly 300 pathology groups rather than the 14,000 of the International Classification of Diseases. It is similar to DRGs, but applied to urgencies. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ambulatory Patient Group"

An ambulatory surgery center or "ASC" is a health care facility that specializes in providing surgery, pain management and certain diagnostic (e.g.colonoscopy) services in an outpatient setting. The first ASC was established in Phoenix, AZ in 1970 by a group of physicians who wanted to provide timely, convenient and comfortable surgical services to patients in their community. Today, most ASC's are owned and operated by physicians and others in your community and still strive to meet these goals and include the family as part of the experience. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ambulatory Surgery Center"

A Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) is a healthcare practitioner who is competent in both a wide variety of clinical and laboratory procedures, as well as many administrative roles. (see Medical Assistant) ...more on Wikipedia about "Certified Medical Assistant"

Charity care is a term used in the United States to refer to health care services rendered to patients unable to pay for some, in whole or in part. ...more on Wikipedia about "Charity care"

A clinic or outpatient clinic is a small medical facility that provides health care for ambulatory patients - as opposed to inpatients treated in a hospital. Most clinics are run by one or more general practitioners but there are clinics operated by private corporations, government organizations or hospitals. ...more on Wikipedia about "Clinic"

Continuity of Care Record, "CCR" - is a standard specification developed jointly by ASTM, the Massachusetts Medical Society ( MMS ), the Health Information Management and Systems Society ( HIMSS), the American Academy of Family Physicians ( AAFP), the American Academy of Pediatrics ( AAP ), along with multiple healthcare IT vendors. ...more on Wikipedia about "Continuity of Care Record"

Critical illness insurance is an insurance that makes a lump sum cash payment if the policyholder is diagnosed with one of the critical illnesses listed on the insurance policy and survives a minimum number of days (the “survival period”) from the date the illness was first diagnosed. ...more on Wikipedia about "Critical illness insurance"

Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG) is a system to classify hospital cases into one of approximately 500 groups, also refered to as DRGs, expected to have similar hospital resource use, developed for Medicare as part of the prospective payment system. DRGs are assigned by a "grouper" program based on ICD diagnoses, procedures, age, sex, and the presence of complications or comorbidities. DRGs have been used since 1983 to determine how much Medicare pays the hospital, since patients within each category are similar clinically and are expected to use the same level of hospital resources. DRGs may be further grouped into Major Diagnostic Categories (MDCs). ...more on Wikipedia about "Diagnosis-related group"

Disease management is the concept of reducing healthcare costs and improving quality of life for individuals with chronic disease conditions by preventing or minimizing the effects of a disease through integrative care. ...more on Wikipedia about "Disease management (health)"

e-Booking is a shortened form of the phrase 'Electronic Booking', and is in common use in Healthcare settings for the use of Information Technology systems to enable hospital appointments to be booked electronically. ...more on Wikipedia about "E-Booking"

Elderly care or elder care is a broad term encompassing such services as assisted living, adult day care, long term care, nursing homes, hospice care, and Alzheimer's care. ...more on Wikipedia about "Elderly care"

Five Patients is a non-fiction book by Michael Crichton that recounts his experiences of hospital practices in the late 1960s at Massachusetts General Hospital in the USA. ...more on Wikipedia about "Five Patients"

A free clinic is a medical facility offering community healthcare on a free or low-cost basis. Care is generally provided to persons who have lower or limited income and no health insurance. Almost all free clinics provide care for acute, non-emergent conditions. Many also provide a full range of primary care (including preventive care) and care for chronic conditions. Volunteer health care professionals provide most of the staffing for free clinics, which are independent, non-profit entities with Boards of Directors comprised of local representatives that provide oversight and direction. ...more on Wikipedia about "Free clinic"

A general out-patient clinic is a clinic offering a community general diagnoses or treatments without an overnight stay. ...more on Wikipedia about "General out-patient clinic"

Health care or healthcare is the prevention, treatment, and management of illness and the preservation of mental and physical well-being through the services offered by the medical and allied health professions ** . ...more on Wikipedia about "Health care"

Health economics is a branch of economics concerned with issues related to scarcity in the health markets. ...more on Wikipedia about "Health economics"

Health insurance is a type of insurance whereby the insurer pays the medical costs of the insured if the insured becomes sick due to covered causes, or due to accidents. The insurer may be a private organization or a government agency. Market-based health care systems such as that in the United States rely primarily on private health insurance. ...more on Wikipedia about "Health insurance"

Health policy analysis is the process of assessing and choosing among spending and resource alternatives that affect the health care system, public health system, or the health of the general public. Health policy analysis involves several steps: identifying or framing a problem; identifying who is affected (stakeholders); identifying and comparing the potential impact of different options for dealing with the problem; choosing among the options; implementing the chosen option(s); and evaluating the impact. The stakeholders can include government, private healthcare providers (e.g. hospitals, health plans, office-based clinicians), industry groups (e.g., pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device manufacturers), professional associations, industry and trade associations, advocacy groups, and consumers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Health policy analysis"

A health profession is a profession in which a person exercises skill or judgment or provides a service related to:
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Healthcare reform is a general rubric used for discussing major policy changes--for the most part, governmental policy changes--to any existing healthcare system in a given place. Healthcare reform typically attempts to: ...more on Wikipedia about "Healthcare reform"

A healthcare system is the organization by which health care is provided. ...more on Wikipedia about "Healthcare system"

HISP is the acronym for the Health Information Systems Programme, which aims to support the improvement of health care systems in the southern hemisphere by increasing the capacity of health care workers to make decisions based on accurate information. HISP provides training and support for users of the open source District Health Information System ( DHIS) software, which is under continuous development. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hisp"

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