ITHS Chapter 4 Flashcards
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What term refers to a legal document prepared by a patient before a health crisis occurs to guide healthcare decisions in situations where they are unable to speak for themselves?
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advance directive
2
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What branch of law establishes rule for business relationships between people or individuals and business?
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civil law
3
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Which term refers to a legally binding agreement between two or more people or agenices?
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contract
4
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Which branch of law aims to protect indivduals and society by defing certain actions as crimes?
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criminal law
5
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Which term is used to desribe an action that fits with someone’s personal morals and professional rules of conduct?
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ethical
6
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Which federal law makes it eaiser to obtain healthcar coverage and protect personal health information?
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HIPPA
7
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What is the acronym for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act?
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HIPPA
8
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What term is used when a condition results in a person being unable to enter a contract?
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legal disability
9
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What system limits access to and use of healthcare to contorl costs?
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managed care
10
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What term desribes individual identifiable personal information obtained through healthcare?
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protected health information
11
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What does PHI stand for?
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protected health information
12
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What term desribes placement on an offical list, or registry of aualified workers?
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registration
13
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What is an organized structure composed of many parts that work together and depend on each other to carry out functions called?
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system
14
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What term refers to an action that harms another person’s body or properly or takes away their freedom?
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tort
15
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What are the healthcare provider system and the healthcare oayment system two major systems of?
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the American healthcare
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What is created from an input, throughput, output, feedback loop and environment?
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a system
17
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How many factors are consisted in a system?
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5
18
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Which factor of a system includes the population being served and why they need or want the service?
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input
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Which factor of a system refers to how the system processes or uses the inputs
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throughputs
20
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Which factor of a system refers to the results produced by the system’s functioning?
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output
21
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Which factor of a system involves responses to the fuctions that are used to keep the system going?
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feedback loop
22
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Which factor of a system includes the environmental factors such as employee satisfaction, and equpiment mainteanance?
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environment
23
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What are hospitals, long term care facilities, doctor’s offices, clinics, laboratories, emergency medical services all facilities of?
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healthcare provider system
24
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Who is an agency of the United Nations?
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The World Health organization
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What is the acronym of the World Health organization?
WHO
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Who is responsible for international public health?
WHO
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How many divsions does the Department of Health and Human Services have?
11
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Who is responsible for improving the health of Americans?
The Department of Health and Human Services
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What does ACF stand for?
The Administration for Children and Families
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Who works to improve the well being of children, families and communities?
the ACR
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What does ACL stand for?
The Administration for Community Living
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Who provides access to community support for older Americans/people with disabilities?
the ACL
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Who carries out research aimed at improving the quality of healthcare?
the AHRQ
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What is the abbrevated form of the Agency of Healthcare research and quality?
AHRQ
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Who protects Americans from exposusre to hazardous substance in the environment?
the Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry
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What does ATSDR stand for?
the Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry
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Who focuses on disease outbreaks and prevention in the United States?
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Who provides healthcare ubsurance for 100 million Americans under the Medicare and Mediaid program?
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
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What does CDC stand for?
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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What is the acronym of The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services?
CMS
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Who regulates medical products, foods and electronic devices that create radiation?
The Food and Drug Administration
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What does the FDA stand for?
The Food and Drug Administration
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Who oversees organ donations and focuses on improving access to healthcare services?
The Health Resource and Services Administration
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What is the abbrevaition of the Health Resource and Servcies Administration?
HRSA
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Who focuses on providing access to comprehensive and culturally acceptable healthcare for Native Americans and Alaskan Natives?
The Indian Health Service
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What does IHS stand for?
The Indian Health Service
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Who conducts research and provides information about improving public health?
the National Institute of Health
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What does the NIH stand for?
the National Institute of Health
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Who works to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness?
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Adminstration
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What is the abbreviation of the organization Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration?
SAMHSA
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Which organization is non profit and provides disaster relief?
The American Red Cross
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Who provides rapid response care for those experiencing sudden illness and injury?
emergency medical service
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What does EMS stand for?
emergency medical service
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Who makes medical care avaliable from the point of injury to the emergency room?
ambulance and flight- for-life services
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Which type of care does not require hospitalization and is offered through ambulatory care centers?
outpatient care
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Which term refers to people in a clinic who usually specialize in a particular field?
practitioners
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Which type of care is available for clients who have been diagnosed with a terminal disease and have less than six months to live?
Hospice care
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What has medical research through chemical, animals and clinical trials improved the safety of?
medications and treatments
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What are laboratories, engineering companies and pharmaceutical companies all a part of?
biomedical research and testing facilities
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Who performs tests on blood, body fluids and tissues to help physicains diagnose disease?
laboratories
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Who develops, tests and markets new medication?
pharmaceutical companies
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Who makes medical equipment for patient diagnosis and surgical machines?
engineering companies
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Who develops medical record systems and elctronic simulators to help train healthcare workers?
software firms
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Which act requires all Americans to purchase insurance through publci health insurance exchanges?
the Affordable Care Act
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What is the acronym of the Affordable Care Act?
ACA
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When was the ACA published?
2010
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What term refers to the monthly fee that individuals pay to pooled funds, sharing the total cosrs in order to reciev insurance coverage?
premiums
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What term refers to the minimum amount a patient must pay out of pocket before an insurance company can pay?
deductible
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What term refers to an individual's share of the costs compared to the insurance company's share?
coinsurance
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Which part of Medicaid pays for hospitals and skilled nursing?
part A
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Which part of Medicaid provides medical insurance?
Part B
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Which part of Medicaid is coverage through private insurance companies?
Part C
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Which part of Medicaid cover prescirption drugs?
Part B
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Which program provides health insurance for children whose families don't meet the requirements for Medicaid but aren't under any health insurance?
Children's Health Insurance Program
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What does CHIP stand for?
Children's Health Insurance Program
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Which plan covers injuried that happen to people while they are working on a job?
Worker's compensation plan
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Which program was formerly known as CHAMPUS?
TRICARE
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Which government healthcre program provides insurance for service members?
TRICARE
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Which system limits the use of healthcare to control costs?
managed care
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What was the effort of the governemnt to reduce costs centered around?
Diagnostic related groupings
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Which organization employ healthcare doctors in an integrated and patient focused network to cover all aspects of medical care for unsured individual?
Health Maintenance organization
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What is the acronym of Health Maintenance organization?
HMOs
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What organization allows insurers to contract with private physicians to provide treatment and care at a reduced cost in return for more patients?
Preferred Provider Organization
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What is the acroymn of the Preferred Provider Organization?
PPOs
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What is the Point of Service Plans and Exclusive Provider Organization Plans two variations of?
HMOs and PPOs
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Which variatation of HMO and PPO have smaller copays, and require patients to get a referral before seeing a specialist?
Point of Service (POS)
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Which varaition of HMO and PPO charges an access fee for a network of healthcare providers at a reduced rate?
Exclusive Provider Organization (EPO)
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Which theory helps us think about the effect large nubers of uninsured people have on both the provider and payment system?
the systems theory
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What is pertussis also known as?
whopping cough
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Which type of traning can reduce the need for additional workers?
cross training
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What is defined by laws that are enforced by the government?
legal issues
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What is written by the US Congress, State Legislature and local government bodies?
Laws
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Which is the abbreviation of Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act?
EMTALA
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Which act states that hospitals that recieve federal funding cannot turn away patients who are unable to pay for their own emergency care?
EMTALA
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Which act requires hospitals to meet the lanuage needs of no-English speaking patients?
Hill-Burton act
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Which legislation addresses fair treatment for patients who already have his disease or have tested positive for HIV?
AIDS Legislation
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What is does FMLA stand for?
Family Medical Leave Act
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Which type of law deals with property, rights, personal rights, contracts and personal injury?
civil law
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During a civil case the person suffering the injury is refered to as?
the plantiff
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During a civil case, the plaintiff accuses the other party referred to as?
defendant
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When a defendant is found gulity the plantiff must pay a specific amount of money referred to as?
damages
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During a criminal case, which term refered to the person accused of the crime?
defendant
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How many elements does a contract have?
4
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What term referes to when the terms of a contract are spelled out in detail?
expressed
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What term referes to when an agreement is assumed based on the actions of both parties?
implied
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When the terms of a contract is broken, what takes place?
a breach of contract
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What term referes to a harmful action that causes injury, restricts someone's freedom or damages property?
tort
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What is required in order to release information?
signed patient authorization form
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What term refers to damaging someone's good name or reputation?
defamation
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What is also known as slander?
verbal defamation
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What is also known as written defamation?
libel
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What is defined by morals and values?
ethical issues
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What are formal statements of expected ethical behaviors?
code of ethics
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What does AHIMA stand for?
American Health Information Association
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How many codes does AHIMA have?
7
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When was the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act published?
2010
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Under which act do consumers have the right to privacy of their information and have the right to review their health information?
the ACA
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When was the HITECH act passed?
2009
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What does the HITECH act stand for?
Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health act
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What act was intended to improve healthcare through the increased use of health information technology?
HITECH
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What is the acronym of Health Information Technology?
HIT
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What is known as HIPPA?
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
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When was HIPPA signed into law? And by whom?
1996, and President Bill Clinton
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Which rule gave individuals rights over their personal health information and set limits on who could receive this information?
The 2003 Privacy Rule
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What act was written to help healthcare consumers protect their rights to make their own decisions?
The Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA)
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When was the PSDA act passed?
1990
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What are legal documents that state a patient's wish for care when they are unable to communicate?
advance directives
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What is a patient's written document that gives instructions about which procedure may or may not be used to prolong their life?
a living will
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What term refers to advance directives that specifically state that a patinet is not to be revived if their heart stops beating?
Do Not Resuscitate (DNR)
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What is the acronym of power of attorney?
POA
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What is the term that referes to an appointed person who makes healthcare decisions for a person in an event where they are unable to make their own?
power of attorney
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Who certifies health educators?
The National Commission for Health Education Credentialing
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What does RHIT stand for?
registered health informtion technician
134
What as the Joint Commission formerly called?
JCAHO
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Who reviews the quality of care provided by healthcare organizations before accrediting them?
The Joint Commission
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What does MIB stand for?
Medical Information Bureau
137
Which bureau maintains a database of health information on some individuals who apply for life or health insurance?
MIB
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What is the study of designing and arranging a workplace to increase popularity and safety?
ergonomics
139
What are RMIs?
repetivite motion injuries
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What is caused by the overuse of a specific body part or poor positioning of a body part?
RMI
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What type of syndrome causes pain, tingling, numbness, swlling and a loss of strength in the fingers and wrist?
carpal tunnel syndrome
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When your properly seated, your hips and knees should create which degree?
90 degrees
