ITHS P2 Flashcards
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What career pathway ensures that medical records contain accurate information?
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Health informatic services
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What type of healthcare workers assemble and organize a patient’s health information to create a medical record?
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Health Information management workers
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Why do medical records often include the patient’s family medical history?
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some health concerns are genetic
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What do medical records contain to connect a patient to the correct record?
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personal identifying information.
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What are people who work in the field of health information management called?
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health information technicians
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What are written records of career planning and perparation called?
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a career portfolio
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What is the legally protected right of patient’s to have their personal and medical information privated called?
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confidentiality
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What are skills related to choosing a career, aquiring and keeping a job, changing job and advancing in careers known as?
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employability skills
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What are career pathways that involve methods, devices, resources to store biomedical healthcare knwon as ?
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health informatics services
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What career and techincal student organziation is for future healthcare workers?
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HOSA- Future Heatlh Professionals
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What is a individual’s unique combination of qualities and charcteristics known as?
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personal traits
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What are the standards of apperance expected in a work environment known as?
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professional look
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What is the ability to perform tasks in a specific healthcare department?
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technical skill
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What are people who work in the field of health information management known as?
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health information technicians
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What is the most common educational requirement for a health information technician?
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a 2- year associate’s degree
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Which health information tecnicians used to type medical records based on a physician’s verbal recording?
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A medical transcriptionist
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Which health information technicians manages a patient’e health information and medical records?
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A Registered Health Information Adminstrator (RHIA)
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Which health information technician ensures that medical records are accurate and in the correct format?
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A Registered Health Information Technician (RHIA)
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Which health information technician qualified to code in both hospitals and physician practices?
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A Certified Coding Associate (CCA)
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Which health information technician is skilled in coding patient medical record datat in a hospital setting?
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A Certified Coding Specialist (CCS)
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Whose job is it to now correct errors made by speech recognition software?
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A Speech recognition editiors
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Which workers in health informatics design and develop information systems that improve the quality and effectivness of patient care?
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Health informatics (HI)
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What is based on physician research and is of interest to medical students?
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Medical informatic or bioinformatics
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What focuses on clinical research and attracts nursing students?
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Nursing informatics
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What includes public health and bio-surveillance and is of special interest to public health students?
Public health informatics
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What examines how information moves in an electronic environment, and studies its process, policies and attracts HIM students?
Applied informatics
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What form of healthcare virtually brings the medical specialist to the patient?
Telemedicine
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Whose job is it to keep the office running smoothly by perfoming a variety of tasks?
Medical assistant
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What medical practice does podiatry concern?
the feet
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What medical practice does ophthalmology concern?
the eyes
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Which type of healthcare worker takes notes on a patient's complete medical history?
a medical assistant
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Which type of healthcare worker uses medical history to determine a possible diagnosis?
a physician
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Which type of healthcare worker records lab test results?
a medical lab technician
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Which type of healthcare worker reads images taken by radiologic technician and send a written report to a physician?
a radiologist
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Which type of healthcare worker follows a written prescription to provide the correct medication?
a pharmacist
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Which type of healthcare worker writes a therapy plan and send written reports to update a physician?
A physical therapist
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What are memos less formal than?
a letter
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Which tool in the form of surveys is useful for finding careers that match your individual needs?
Career assessments
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A short, one page document that contains your accomplishments and explains how you relate to a job, known as?
A resume
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What does CTSO stand for ?
career and technical student organization
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What is the procedure for submitting costs for medical services so that payement can be collect known as?
claims process
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What is the act of correctly sharing a thought, or message that is percieved correctly known as?
communication
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What are facts about a specific topic, which are used for refernece or analysis known as?
data
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What is the acronym of electronic health record?
EHR
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What is a code for polite behavior among memebers of a profession or group known as?
etiquette
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What machine transmits pictures or written documents through public telephone network?
facsimile machine
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What is the response of an audience to a message known as?
feedback
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What is a person's ability to understand health related information and make informed decisions known as?
health literacy
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What is a written report from a examination known as?
medical documentation
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What is a nonverbal communication that occurs through consious or unconsious gestures and movements?
body language
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What term refers to the science that includes the collection of numerical data?
statistic
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What is the evaluation process called in which a group of patients are sorted based upon their urgency?
triage
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What is a out of pocket fee paid by a person with health insurance at the time of a covered service?
copay
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What file contains documents that descibe a specific patient's medica history and care within one healthcare organization?
Medical record
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What medical document contains information from all of the clincians involved with the patient's care?
electornic medical record
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What is the appropriate conduct for communciation refered to as?
protocol
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What is a detailed account of each claim processed by an insurance refered to as?
explantion of benefits
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What is the acronym of explantion of benefits?
EOB
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What notes describe what happens each time the patient sees a healthcare provider?
progress notes
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What is one form of communciation used to document a patient's visit, that was created by Dr. Lawerence Weed, MD in the 1960s?
the SOAP format
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Who created the SOAP format? And when?
Dr. Lawerence Weed, MD in the 1960s
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What section contaisn all of the medicines administered or prescribed to the patient, inclduing vaccines and injections?
the Medication Administration
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What includes copies of letters involving the patient?
correspndences
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What is the most common paper based system for organizing information in a medical record?
Source-oriented medical record
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What is the abbrevated form of Source- oriented medical record?
SOMR
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What is a form of organization that organizes information according to the patient's problems referred to as?
Problem- oriented medical record
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What is the acronym of problem oriented medical record?
POMR
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What refers to the forms and notes that healthcare workers add to a medical record as a way of charting?
medical documentation
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What is the process of recording observations and information about patients referred to as?
charting
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Who codes diagnosis and treatment procedures to facilitate payment from insurance companies?
Health information technicians
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Who must comply with guidelines to recieve reimbursement of cost for treatment and reduce denials of payment from insurance providers?
Heathcare facilities
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What shows a healthcare worker that a patients has limited health literacy and may need extra help?
cultural competency
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How long have computerized patient records been in effort to develop?
since the 1960s
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How many years did it take for companies to implement the all electornic records?
30 years
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What type of record contains standradilzed summaries of revelant and timely health information about a patient?
Continuity of care record
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What is the abbrevated form of Continuity of care record?
CCRs
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What form of communictaion replaced traditional paper options such as memos, announcements and resorts?
email
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What form of health records invite patients to manage their own health?
Personal Health Records
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What is the abbrevated form of Personal Health Records?
PHRs
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What type of machines send documents via phone line or reprinting or through electronic email?
facsimile machine
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What is a group of facts that reveal information about a specific topic known as?
data
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What is the mathematical average of your data known as?
mean
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What term describes the number found excatly in the middle when your data is listed in numerical order?
median
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What is the number that occurs the mst freuently in your data set known as?
mode
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Which type of table arranges data in rows or columns?
a simple table
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Which type of graph shows the change in data over time?
a line graph
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Whic type of graph shows comparisons betwwen categories of data?
bar graph
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Which type of graph shows the relationship of parts of a data set to the whole?
a circle graph
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Which type of graph presents data using images?
a pictograph
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What are the vertical axis, the horizontal line and at least one set of bard, circle and images the three main elements of?
a graph
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Which United States area spends a higher percntage of their total expenses on healthcare compared to the northeastern or western states?
southern and midwestern
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What is the process of translating written medical documentation into numeric form known as?
medical coding
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WHat do governemnt public health agenices use to track the occurrence of certain disease?
coded diagnostic information
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What does the Department of Health and Human Services update and publish each year?
International Classification of Diseases Clinical Modificatons
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What does HHS stand for?
the Department of Health and Human Services
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What does ICDCM stand for?
the international Classification of Disease Clinical Modifications
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Who published the Physician's Current Procedural terminology each year?
the american medical association
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What is used to report procedures and services to the public and private insurance companies? And where is it located?
numerical codes; Physician's Current Procedural Terminology
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What term is also used for kneecap dislocation?
patellar dislocation
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What are organized by disease or body system?
ICD codes
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What are used for specific treatments for primary diagnosis?
CPT codes
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What is it called when patients carrying the insurance sign the form allowing payements to be made directily to the medical office?
assignment of benefits
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Who has different numbers to represent them when filling out claim forms?
facilites
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What has to be marked yes, for the provider to accept an agrred upon amount as full payemnt?
Accept Assignment
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What is refered to as the amount that will be paid by the insurance company?
insurance allowed amount
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What two terms refer that the medical provider has a contact with the insurance comapny?
amount allowed and network savings
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What are large facilities that offer a large range of services?
hospitals
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Which medical service provides rapid response care for those experiencing sudden illness and injury?
Emergency medical services
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What does EMS stand for?
Emergency medical services
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Which centers are walk-in clinics for nonemergency care?
ambulatory care centers
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Which two acts prevent insurance from placing limitations on mental health treatments other than those normally applued to physical health provisions?
The Mental Health Parity and Addition Equity Act and the Affordable Care Act
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Which type of facilities provide skilled nursing care and rehabilitation services for residents who have lived in the facility for a long period of time?
Long Term Care Facilites
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Which type of care is for clients who have been diagnosed with a terminal disease and have generally less than six months to live?
hospice care
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Which type of care focuses on trying to maintain quality of life and preparing patients and family for death?
hospice care
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Which type of care helps dying patients make their last days pain free?
palliative care
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Which centers offer outpatient care that doesn't require hospitalization?
ambulatory care centers
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What term is used to refer to an adult day care for those who are elderly or disabled while family member are at work?
Home Health care
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What type of facilities bring healthcare to the public?; (ex; pharmacies are common in grocery stores)
satellite facilities
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What does the government use to finance healthcare for certain groups of citizens?
tax dollars
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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?
advance directive
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What branch of law establishes rule for business relationships between people or individuals and business?
civil law
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Which term refers to a legally binding agreement between two or more people or agenices?
contract
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Which branch of law aims to protect indivduals and society by defing certain actions as crimes?
criminal law
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Which term is used to desribe an action that fits with someone's personal morals and professional rules of conduct?
ethical
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Which federal law makes it eaiser to obtain healthcar coverage and protect personal health information?
HIPAA
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What is the acronym for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act?
HIPAA
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What term is used when a condition results in a person being unable to enter a contract?
legal disability
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What system limits access to and use of healthcare to contorl costs?
managed care
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What term desribes individual identifiable personal information obtained through healthcare?
protected health information
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What does PHI stand for?
protected health information
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What term desribes placement on an offical list, or registry of aualified workers?
registration
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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?
system
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What term refers to an action that harms another person's body or properly or takes away their freedom?
tort
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What are the healthcare provider system and the healthcare oayment system two major systems of?
the American healthcare
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What is created from an input, throughput, output, feedback loop and environment?
a system
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How many factors are consisted in a system?
5
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Which factor of a system includes the population being served and why they need or want the service?
input
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Which factor of a system refers to how the system processes or uses the inputs
throughputs
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Which factor of a system refers to the results produced by the system's functioning?
output
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Which factor of a system involves responses to the fuctions that are used to keep the system going?
feedback loop
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Which factor of a system includes the environmental factors such as employee satisfaction, and equpiment mainteanance?
environment
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What are hospitals, long term care facilities, doctor's offices, clinics, laboratories, emergency medical services all facilities of?
healthcare provider system
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Who is an agency of the United Nations?
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 HIPAA?
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
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When was HIPAA 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
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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
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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
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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
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Which term refers to one of the nine equal areas of the abdomen that are named and used as a reference points when discussing the body?
abdominal region
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What term refers to the physical structure or parts of the body?
anatomy
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What term refers to a hollow space within the body that is lined by a membrane and contains bodily organs?
body cavity
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What term refers level surface seen by cutting away part of the body through surgery to serve as a point of reference when discussing anatomy?
body plane
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What term refers to an area of the body with a specific name, which is used as a reference point dicussing anatomy?
body region
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What term refers to a group of organs working together to perform a vital function of the body?
body system
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What term refers to a small group of organelles that fulfill a specific purpose and are held together by a membrane?
cell
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What term refers to a special vocabulary that is used in healthcare and is often formed from latin or greek word part?
medical terminology
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What term refers to a learning toll that helps students memorize information?
mnemonic device
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Which term refers to a distinct body structure made of different tissues working together for the same purpose?
organ
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What term refers to a part of a cell that has a specific task?
organelle
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What term refers to the functions of inner workings of the body?
physiology
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What provides a shortened way to write or say medical words and phrases?
abbreviations
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What term refers to when letters in the abbreviation stand for a word?
acronym
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What does an MRI stand for?
magentic resonance imaging
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What does ECG stand for?
electrocardiography
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What is found at the end of a word?
suffix
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What is found at the beginning of a word?
prefix
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What connects words when the next root or suffic doesn't begin with a vowel?
combining vowels
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What term refers to the way the body works?
physiology
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What is the study of disease of disorders that occur when the body isn't functioning properly?
patholgies
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When atoms bond together, what do they form?
molecules
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What do groups of molecules form?
organelles
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What are structures within cells?
organelles
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What join together to form tissue?
cells
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What part of cell is a semipermeable outer covering with holes, or pores that acts as its door and windows?
cell membrane
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What allow larger enzymes and waster molecule packages to pass through the cell membrane?
vacuoles
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What is does a cell have if it needs to move?
flagellum
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When part of the cell increases the avaliable surface area of their outer membrane?
cilia
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What controls a cell's activity?
nucleus
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What is the abbreviation of deoxyribonucleic acid?
DNA
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What part of the ribosome in and out of the nucleus as they are assembled?
endoplasmic reticulum
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What does ER stand for?
endoplasmic reticulum
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What is rough ER covered with from the nucleus for building proteins?
ribosome
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Which type of ER builds and stores fats and carbohydrates and detoxified harmful substances?
Smooth ER
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Which part of the cell inspects and sorts proteins for use within or removal from the cell?
the golgi apparatus
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What does the mitochondria produce to break down carbohydrates, fats and proteins in order to create energy?
adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
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What term refers to digestive enzymes that destory used, dead and froeign materials that are left behind after cells have used the available energy?
lysosomes
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Who are specialist in the study of tissue?
histologist
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Which tissue froms skin that covers the outside of our body and organs, and forms a protective covering filtering harmful substances?
epithlial tissue
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What type of tissue is important for providing support, absorbing shock and storing and transporting nutrients?
connective tissue
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Which term refers to people who study the heart and the cardiovascular system?
cardiologist
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Which term refers to people who study cancers of the blood and other tissues?
oncologists
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What system is used for fluid return and immunity?
lymphatic system
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What term refers to the constant state of balance?
homeostasis
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What position do all medical examiners, surgeons and medical illustrators all study the human body from?
standard anatomical position
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What is the acronym of standard anatomical position?
SAP
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What term refers to the front side of the body?
anterior
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What term refers to the back side of the body?
posterior
311
What term refers to a point closer to the center of the body?
Medial
312
What term refers to towards the side?
lateral
313
What term refers to above or higher up on the body?
superior
314
What term refers to the lower down of the body?
inferior
315
What term refers to a point closer to the head?
cranial
316
What term refers to a point closer to the tailbone?
caudal
317
What term refers to the outside surface of the body?
superficial
318
What term refers to farther below the surface?
deep tissue
319
When labeling left and right, whose perspective are they labeled from?
the patient
320
What are appendages also known as?
limbs
321
Which term indicated that the part being discussed is closer to the point of attachment?
proximal
322
What term refers to a part that is farther away from the attachment site?
distal
323
What type of surface moves closer together when you bend a joint?
ventral surfaces
324
What type of surface are located on the back of the body?
dorsal surface
325
What region is named for the muscles of the buttocks
gluteal regions
326
What region is named for the muscles in the neck?
cervical region
327
What region is named for the muscles in the chest?
thoracic region
328
What region is named for the muscles of the lower chest?
lumbar region
329
What part of the arm is referred to as the brachial region?
upper part
330
What region is used when taking temperature under the arm?
axillary region
331
What acronym refers to the right upper quadrant?
RUQ
332
What acronym refers to the left upper quadrant?
LUQ
333
What acronym refers to the left lower quadrant?
LLQ
334
What acronym refers to the right lower quadrant?
RLQ
335
What quadrant contains the liver and the gallbladder?
RUQ
336
What quadrant contains the stomach, spleen and pancreas?
LUQ
337
What quadrant contains the appendix?
RLQ
338
What quadrant contains the descending and sigmoid colon?
LLQ
339
What quadrant divides the abdomen into four quadrants?
the abdominal quadrant
340
What region divides the abdomen into nine regions?
the abdominal region
341
What is the center of both the abdominal quadrant and the abdominal region?
umbilicus or the belly button
342
Which region houses most of the stomach and pancreas?
epigastric
343
What hypochondriac region contains the gallbladder and part of the live, intestine and right kidney?
right hypochondriac
344
Which hypochondriac region hold the spleen and parts of the stomach, pancrease colon and left kidney?
left hypochondriac
345
Which region contains parts of the intestine, kidneys and colon?
right and left lumbar region
346
Which region contains the intestines and the appendix on the right and the sigmoid colon on the left?
iliac region
347
Which region includes the bladder, uterus (in female) and parts of the small intestine?
hypogastric region
348
Which cavity is in the front and is surrounded by the ribs and pelvic bones?
ventral cavity
349
Which cavity is in the back and is protected by the bones of the skull and vertebrae?
dorsal cavity
350
Which muscle separates the ventral cavity into the thoracic cavity above and the abdominopelvic cavity below?
diaphragm muscle
351
Which cavity includes the pericardial cavity and two pleural cavities?
thoracic cavity
352
Which cavity includes the abdominal cavity and the pelvic cavity that houses the reproductive organ?
abdominopelvic cavity
353
Which membrane separates the abdominal and pelvic cavities?
peritoneum
354
Which cavity contains the cranial cavity and the spinal cavity?
the dorsal cavity
355
What is the frontal plane also referred to as?
coronal plane
356
Which plane divides the body into its front and back section?
frontal plane
357
Which plane divides the body, organ, appendage into right and left sections?
sagittal plane
358
Which plane divides the body exactly down the midline?
midsagittal plane
359
Which plane divides the body into top and bottom sections?
transverse plane
360
Which term describes hands on work with patients that student under the supervision of a licensed healthcare provider?
clinical training
361
Which term means to work together; to consult with each other?
collaborate
362
What is the name of the message sent to introduce the job applicant and give reasons on applying for a job often with an attachment resume?
cover letter
363
Which term refers to directing another healthcare worker to perform a task that is within that worker's scope of practice of a licensed provider giving the direction?
delegate
364
Which term refers to the ability to identify with another person's feelings and thoughts?
empathy
365
Which term refers to the accepted appearance and behavior for the interview process?
interview etiquette
366
Which term refers to a group of healthcare workers from different healthcare specialties, each providing specific services?
multidisciplinary healthcare teams
367
Which term refers to equipment such as gloves and masks worn to protect skin clothing and respiratory tract from infectious agents?
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
368
Which term describes education and training completed after receiving a bachelor's degree?
postgraduate
369
Which term refers to the full extent of movement for a joint?
Range of Motion (ROM)
370
Which term refers to individuals living in long term facilities?
resident
371
Which term refers to medical school graduates who are completing the last portion of their medical training before becoming a licensed physician?
resident
372
What term refers to the steps that a healthcare worker takes with all patients to prevent the spread of infection?
Standard precaution
373
What term refers to the ability to communicate difficult or embarrassing information without giving offense?
tact
374
Which term refers to an education lasting two years or less, leading to a industry certificate, a technical diploma or an associate's degree?
technical training
375
Which term describes treatment given to maintain or restore health?
therapeutic
376
What term refers to a condition that causes memory loss?
dementia
377
What is another word for surgically removing a body part due to a disease?
amputate
378
Who assesses and treats hearing, balance and related ear problems?
audiologist
379
Who prevents and treats muscle and bone injuries?
athletic trainer
380
Who can also be referred to as a kinesiotherapist?
exercise physiologist
381
Which physiologist plans and implements fitness programs?
exercise physiologist
382
Which therapist performs therapeutic massage of soft tissue and joints?
massage therapist
383
Which type of therapist counsels individuals and groups to promote mental and emotional health?
mental health therapist
384
Which therapist plans rehabilitative programs to restore vocational and daily living skills?
occupational therapist
385
Which type of therapist plans rehabilitation programs to relieve pain, improve mobility and increase strength?
physical therapist
386
Which therapist administers radiation to treat cancer?
radiation therapist
387
Which therapist provides treatment services and recreational activities for people with disabilities and illnesses?
recreational therapist
388
Which counselor designs rehabilitation programs that includes personal and vocational counseling, training and job placement?
rehabilitation counselor
389
Which therapist treats and cares for patients with breathing disorders?
respiratory therapist
390
Which pathologist assesses and treats people with speech, language, voice and fluency disorders?
Speech- language pathologist
391
Which therapist provides instructions for adaptive living skills to adults who are blind or visually impaired?
vision rehabilitation therapist
392
What is the acronym for the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.
NCCAOM
393
What is the name of a national organization whose certification process will shows employers that you are competent?
NCCAOM
394
Who receive treatment in hospitals and clinics?
patients
395
Who receive treatment in privately owned offices, or treatment facilities or their own homes?
clients
396
Which type of therapist treats patients who have swollen limbs due to excess fluids in their tissue?
lymphedema therapist
397
Which type of assistants work directly with the dentist in the treatment area by setting up instruments, preparing the patients and handing the material?
chairside assistants
398
Which type of assistants makes casts of the teeth and mouth, cleans and polished appliances and makes temporary crown?
laboratory assistants
399
Which type of assistant schedules and confirms appointments, receives patients, keeps records, send bills and receive payments while keeping order of supplies?
office assistants
400
How many type of physician are there?
two
401
What does MD stand for?
medical doctor
402
What does DO stand for?
doctor of osteopathic medicine
403
Which type of physician places a special emphasis on the body's musculoskeletal system, preventive medicine and holistic patient care?
DO
404
What does MCAT stand for?
medical College admission test
405
What term describes a student doctor when they are completing a rotation through various specialties in the first year of residency?
intern
406
What term comes from the time when most residents actually lived on hospital ground to be on call at all times?
resident
407
What are specialized programs and subspecialties such as pediatric cardiology, known as?
fellowship
408
Who are workers that practice medicine under the supervision of a physician?
physician assistant (PAs)
409
What does OD stand for?
doctor of optometry
410
What does DC stand for?
doctor of chiropractic
411
What does DVM stand for?
doctor of veterinary medicine
412
What does PharmD stand for?
doctor of pharmacy
413
After completing a nursing assisting class and passing a certification test, a person becomes a?
certified nursing assistant (CNA)
414
After completing a one year technical training program, a person becomes a?
licensed practical nurse (LPN) or Licensed vocational nurse (LVN)
415
What does a registered nurse have a degree in?
ADN or BSN
416
What is the acronym of associate's degree in nursing?
ADN
417
What is the acronym of bachelor's of science in nursing?
BSN
418
What is the acronym of clinical nurse specialist?
CNS
419
What is the acronym of nurse practitioner?
NP
420
What is the acronym of a certified nurse midwife?
CNM
421
What is the acronym of a doctor of nursing practice?
DNP
422
What does a IV stand for?
intravenous
423
Which type of nurse provides care to victims in crime, collects evidence after crimes occur and provide care to patients within the prison system?
forensic nurse
424
Which type of nurse tracks and work to control infection outbreaks in healthcare facilities?
infection control nurse
425
Which type of nurse manages and communicates nursing data to improve healthcare decisions?
nurse informaticist
426
What team focuses on care to improve patient outcome by preventing conflicting treatments and avoiding duplication of services?
interdisciplinary team
427
Which care team functions in clinical and community settings?
primary care
428
Which care team provides hospital services?
secondary care
429
Which nurse oversees a department?
head nurse
430
Who supervises all of the nursing care within a facility?
director of nursing (DON)
431
When nurses provide care, they use a variety of?
nursing care models
432
Which model, assigns a RN, LPN or LVN serval patients, and are responsible for carrying out all aspects of care?
a primary nursing model
433
Which model, assigns tasks and each nurse is responsible for completing a set of assigned tasks for each patient?
functional nursing model
434
Which model has a group of nursing staff members who report to the RN and together the group divides the nursing care task?
team leader
435
Which center developed standards precautions to prevent the spread of infections in healthcare settings?
The centers for disease control and prevention
436
What are hospital acquired infections called?
nosocomial infections
437
What does the acronym HAIs stand for?
healthcare associated infections
438
Which term refers to all secretions and excretions excluding sweat?
body fluid
439
What do you wear when touching blood, body fluids, non intact skin, mucous membranes and contaminated objects?
gloves
440
What do you wear when there is a risk of body fluids or blood splashing into the eyes, mouth or nose?
mask, face shield or googles
441
What do you wear if skin or clothing will be exposed to blood or body fluids?
gown
442
What is cough etiquette also known as?
respiratory hygiene
443
What practice seeks to protect people from airborne infectious particles?
respiratory hygiene
444
What term means that the patient has a particular condition that makes normal care tasks uncomfortable or dangerous for them?
contraindicated
445
What term refers to when the muscle is permanently shortened and use of the joint is lost?
contracture
446
What term refers to when patients are able to do their own exercise?
active ROM
447
What term refers to when patients can do their own exercise but need assistance?
assistive ROM
448
What term refers to when patients need another person to move the joint?
passive ROM
449
When is the patient's full name, the medication name and dosage, directions for the meds., the physician's signature and refill info. needed?
prescription
450
What term refers to the group of people you know who work in healthcare?
network
451
What must you attach to the end of your resume?
cover letter
452
What letter expresses your interest in a particular job along with your resume?
cover letter
453
When is your contact information, work experience, skills, education and reference included?
personal data page
454
What term refers to people who you know well and are willing to discuss your skills and jobs qualifications with potential employers?
references
455
When you are completing a paper application, you must write your signature in?
cursive
456
What are caregiver background forms also known as?
background information disclosure form
457
What does the acronym BID stand for?
background information disclosure
458
What term refers to being prevented from working in healthcare if the charges result in a criminal record?
barred
459
Which letter should include the introduction, body and conclusion?
cover letter
460
Which type of jobs deal with facts, numbers, and files of information and involve business procedures?
data oriented jobs
461
What type of jobs provide care and service to people, lead or guide people or sell products to people?
people oriented jobs
462
Which type of jobs work with knowledge, insights, theories, and new way of doing or saying something?
idea oriented jobs
463
What type of of jobs involve working with equipment and machines?
thing-oriented
464
What is a method of telling of time that assigns a number to each hour of the day; also referred to as military time?
24 hour clock
465
What term refers to software that can be accessed through the internet, and runs on mobile devices?
Apps
466
What is a communication style characterized by confidence and consideration for others?
assertive communication
467
What barruer blocks or interferes with the exchange of information?
communication barrier
468
Which term refers to a person's preferred method of exchaning information, which includes words, tone of voice and nonverbal signal?
communication style
469
Which term describes differences that influence what we believe, the way we think and what we do?
cultural diversity
470
What term refers to an electronic generation, transmission and filling a medical prescription?
E- prescribing
471
What term refers to a decimal measurement system based on meter, liter and gram as its primary units of length, volume and weight or mass?
metric system
472
What is a question that requires more than one or two word responses?
open-ended questions
473
What term refers to a structured communication between a patient and a healthcare worker for the purpose of collection subjective data?
patient interview
474
What is a group of online communication tools that allow people to share information and resources via the internet?
social media
475
What is the main system of weight and measures used in the U.S, referred to as household measurements?
U.S Customary units
476
Which system is a method that helps healthcare workers communicate with each other more clearly?
SBAR
477
What do healthcare workers apply, that help them remain non judgemental as they use their interpersonal skills to help their patients?
therapeutic use of self
478
What barriers are distractions in the surrounding area that causes our attention to wander?
environmental barrier
479
Which type of impairments create communication barrier such as hearing loss, vision loss or speech difficulties?
sensory impairments
480
What impairments occur when a patient's ability to think is affected by pain or medication, or when the patient suffers dementia?
congnitive impairments
481
What term refers to being knowledge about possible cultural differences that might occur in the healthcare setting?
cultural competence
482
When was the HITECH act signed into law?
2009
483
What does HITECH stand for?
the health information technology for economic and clinical health act
484
What is the acronym for the US Department for Health and Human Services?
HHS
485
What does HIT stand for?
Health Information technology
486
What contains all of the information found in paper chart, but EHR software combines many additional medical office functions?
Electronic records
487
What can the face page also be referred to as?
the summary screen
488
What page on a patient's chart shows contact information, insurance information, and medical history?
face page
489
What is each office visit referred to as?
encounter
490
Which term refers to new or correct information being added in?
addendum
491
What term labels to patient information that has been forgotten?
late entry
492
What term refers to give legal authority?
authenticate
493
What games do therapy patients use to improve balance and coordination?
Nintendo Wii games
494
Which care act encourages the use of electronic health records and the electonic exchange of health information?
The Affordable Care Act (ACA)
495
What term can also be used to refer to healthcare apps?
mHealth
496
Which type of apps allow providers to communicate with patients using images and video to explain disorders and treatments?
Point of Care Apps
497
Which type of educational programs provide interactive images of human anatomy and disorders?
Medical reference and education programs
498
What category determines what groups mHealth apps are divided into?
purpose
499
What does GMT stand for?
Greenwich Mean Time
500
What does 0000 represent in military time?
12:00 a.m.
501
What does tsp stand for?
teaspoon
502
What does tbsp stand for?
tablespoon
503
What system of measurement is known as the international system of units?
metric system
504
What system of measurement focuses on the four basic units of measurements known as meters, grams, liters and celsius?
metric system
505
What form of measurement can be represented through (m)?
meters
506
What form of measurement can be represented through an (g)?
gram
507
What form of measurement can be represented by a (L)?
liter
508
What are meters used to measure?
length
509
What are grams used to measure?
weight
510
What are liters used to measure?
volume
511
What does celsius identify?
temperature
512
What are the measurements foot and inches used for?
length
513
What are the measurements cup and quarts used for?
volume
514
What are the measurement ounces and pounds used for?
weight
515
What is the name of an older measurement system used by early pharmacists?
apothecary
516
What term refers to early pharmacists who used the apothecary system?
apothecaries
517
What forms of measurements did the apothercary focus on?
drams, grains, and minims
518
When writing in Roman Numerals, letters should be arranged in which form?
largest to smallest
519
What does IU stand for?
International units
520
What term refers to a mixture of water and undissolved particles of medication?
aqueous suspensions
521
What term refers to a liquid into which particles of medicine have been mixed but not dissolved?
suspension
522
What term refers to an alcoholic base in which medicine had been dissolved?
tincture
523
What term refers to a small, flat pill that dissolves in the mouth?
lozange
524
What term refers to a small, firm mass of medicine that dissolves when inserted into a body cavity other than the mouth?
suppository
525
Where are oral medications received from?
the mouth
526
Where are topical medications received from?
the skin
527
Where are sublingual medications received from?
under the tongue
528
Where are rectal medication received from?
the rectum
529
What term refers to a portion of medication to be administered at one time?
dose
530
What words can be used for the first dose?
initial dose
531
What term refers to the amount of medication that has proven most effective with minimal toxic effects?
average dose
532
What term refers to the largest amount of medication that can be safely administered at one time?
maximum dose
533
What can a lethal dosage cause?
death
534
What describes how much of the drug is in a specific volume of liquid?
concentration
535
What can liquid medications be measured with?
dosing syringes
536
What does DA stand for?
dose avaliable
537
What does q represent in terms of medication dosages?
every 1 hour
538
What does Bid represent in terms of medication dosages?
twice a day
539
What does Prn represent in terms of medication dosages?
as needed
540
What does q3h represent in terms of medication dosages?
every 3 hours
541
What does q4h represent in terms of medication dosages?
every 4 hours
542
What does qd represent in terms of medication dosages?
every day
543
What does qid represent in terms of medication dosages?
four times a day
544
What does qod represent in terms of medication dosages?
every other day
545
What does tid represent in terms of medication dosages?
three times a day
546
What does ac mean in terms of medication dosage times?
before meals
547
What does hs represent in terms of medication dosage times?
bedtime
548
What does int represent in terms of medication dosage time?
between meals
549
What does pc represent in terms of medication dosage times?
after meals
550
What does OTC stand for?
Over the counter
551
What does Rx represent?
a presciption
552
How many milliliters are in a teaspoon?
5 mL
553
How many milliliters are in a tablespoon?
15 mL
554
What do caps represent in terms of medicine?
capsules
555
What do gtt represent in terms of medicine?
drops
556
What is the accroym used for milligrams?
mg
557
What is the accroym used for milliliters?
mL
558
What does ss represent?
one half
559
What do tabs represent in terms of medicine?
tablets
560
What does ad represent in terms of administration of medication?
right ear
561
What does al represent in terms of administration of medication?
left ear
562
What does od represent in terms of administration of medication?
right eye
563
What does os represent in terms of administration of medication
left eye
564
What does ou represent in terms of administration of medication?
both eyes
565
What does po represent in terms of administration of medication?
through the mouth
566
What is measured in degrees from a reference plane?
angles
567
What reference point is your body at when you lay flat on your back in the bed?
0 degrees
568
What degree is your body at when you raise your arms straight towards the ceiling?
90 degrees
569
What degree is your body at when you raise your arm above your head and move it all the way back down to the bed surface?
180 degrees
570
What type of injections are given through the skin and into the muscle at a 90 degree angle?
intramuscular injection
571
What type of injections are given through the tissue layer between the skin and muscle at a 45 degree angle?
subcutaneous injection
572
Which type of injections are given into the vein at a 25 degree angle?
intravenous injections
573
Which type of injections are given into the dermis layer of the skin at a 10 to 15 degree angle?
intradermal injections
574
Which of Fowler's positions is at 30 degrees?
Semi- Fowler's position
575
What of Fowler's positions is at 90 degrees?
High Fowler's position
576
Which of Fowler's positions is at 45 degrees?
Fowler's position
577
When measuring the knee or elbow join the pin of the gonimeter is placed over what?
lateral epicondyle
578
What term refers to a specific postion for muscle and joints that help a person avoid injury during a physical task?
body mechanics
579
What term refers to a patient's choice to accept or reject a procedure after receiving information as available options and possible consequences?
informed consent
580
What term refers to actions that violate a professional's scope of practice
malpractice
581
What term refers to legal requirements for certain health issues to be reported to authorities?
mandatory reporting
582
What term refers to preventable mistakes that can occur at any point in the healthcare process and may potentially cause harm to the patient?
medical errors
583
What term refers to a diagram that shows how departments in an organization are related to one another?
organizational chart
584
What term refers to the process of looking for and removing potential hazards that could cause injury or harm?
safety check
585
What term refers to information about the safe operations of a piece of equipment, which is ususally found in the instruction or equipment label?
safety precautions
586
What term refers to tasks that an employee is legally allowed to perform based on his/her training or certifications?
scope of practice
587
What term refers to the level of services that a healthcare professional is expected to provide to a patient based on that professional's position/condition?
standard of care
588
What term refers to acts of verbal abuse, threats, physical or homicide that occur at work?
workplace violence
589
What term refers to levels of authority?
hierachy
590
Who do medical assistants work under the direction of?
physicians
591
Who has the highest level of decision making power within large healthcare organizations?
governing board
592
What does the CEO stand for?
Chief executive officer
593
What is the name for the hierarchy of authority that establishes the flow of decision making and directives?
chain of command
594
What term refers to when one heathcare worker is transferring the care of a patient to another healthcare worker?
handoffs
595
Who reviews the quality of care provided by healthcare organizations?
The joint commission
596
What is the acronym for identify, diagnosis, events, anticipated and leave?
IDEAL
597
What is represented by a license, certificate or initials places after your name?
Credentials
598
What does CST stand for?
certified surgical technologist
599
What is required by law for some professions to protect public health, safety and welfare?
licensure
600
What does CFNP stand for?
certified family nurse pracitioner
601
What does CNA stand for?
certified nurse assistant
602
What does CNM stand for?
certified nurse midwife
603
What does COTA stand for?
certified occupational therapy assistant
604
What does CRNA stand for?
certified registered nurse practionier
605
What is the acroynm for Doctor of Chiropractics?
DC
606
What does DDS stand for?
Doctor of Dental Surgey
607
What is another acroynm that could be refered to the same degree as DDS?
DMD
608
What does DO stand for?
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
609
What is an acroymn for DPM?
Podiatrist
610
What does EMT stand for?
Emergency Medical Technician
611
What does FNP stand for?
Family Nurse Practitioner
612
What does LPN stand for?
Licensed Practical Nurse
613
What does MA stand for?
Medical Assistant
614
What does MD stand for?
Medical Doctor
615
What does MSN stand for?
Master of Science-Nursing
616
What does NP stand for?
Nurse practitioner
617
What does OD stand for?
Doctor of Opotmetry
618
What does PA-C stand for?
Physician Assistant-Certified
619
What does PNP stand for?
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
620
What does PT stand for?
Physical Therapist
621
What does RD stand for?
Registered Dietitian
622
What does RN stand for?
Registered Nurse
623
What dies WHCNP stand for?
Women's Health Care Nurse Practitioner
624
What is required to became a registered physical therapist assistant in California, what test need to be passed?
NPTE and the CLE
625
What does the NPTE stand for?
National Physical Therapy Examination
626
What is the acroynm for California Law Examination?
CLE
627
What California test covers state legal issues?
CLE
628
What must be renewed as they are only valid for a certain amount of time?
licenses
629
What type of licneses is legal to practice with?
expired
630
Who ensures that individuals stay up to date with knowledge and skills in the field?
CEUs
631
What does CEUs stand for?
continuing education units
632
Who required certified nursing assistants to have at least 75 hours of training and to pass written and skill test?
OBRA
633
What does OBRA stand for?
omnibus budget reconciliation act
634
Who is held liable or legally responsible for not performing tasks within their scope of practices?
healthcare workers
635
What is the term that describes the failure to do something that a person with training should have known enough to do?
negligence
636
What term refers to the act that inflicts physical or emotional harm?
abuse
637
What form of abuse uses words to damage a patient's self esteem?
verbal abuse
638
What form of abuse involves unwanted sexual contact?
sexual abuse
639
What is the practice of isolating a person and preventing them from interacting with others?
involuntary seclusion
640
What are serious crimes that are punished by imprisonment or large fines?
felonies
641
What types of crimes are a little less serious compared to felonies and entail shorter jail sentences and smaller fines?
misdemeanors
642
What term refers to the act of holding people against their will or limiting their movement without the right to do so?
false imprisonment
643
What term refers to words or actions that lead to a person to fear that you intend to harm them?
assault
644
What term refers to touching a person with his or her permission?
battery
645
When was the first Patient's Bill of Rights developed?
1973
646
Who developed the first Patient's Bill of Rights?
American Hospital Association
647
When did President Bill Clinton appoint an advisory commitee on consumer protection and quality in healthcare?
1999
648
Which program addresses complaints and advocates for improvemnets in the long term care systems?
ombudsman program
649
What term refers to a form of communication where the providers cannot be required to testify about private converstations without the patient's permission?
privileged communication
650
What are problems taht require us to choose between two conflicting obligations?
dilemmas
651
What is a oath that doctors take when they graduate from medical school?
hippocratic oath
652
Who is called the father of medicine?
Hippocractes
653
What law requires all healthcare workers to report suspected physical, sexual or emotional abuse to the CPS?
CAPTA
654
What does CAPTA stand for?
The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
655
What does CPS stand for?
Child Protection Services
656
What does CAM stand for?
complementary and alternative medicine
657
What is the acroymn for National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine?
NCCAM
658
What act specifies age requirements for various jobs and prevents injuries?
The Fair Labor Standards Act
659
Who is the federal agency responsible for workplace safety?
OSHA
660
What does OSHA stand for?
Occupational Health and Safety Administration
661
What policy sends a message to all employees that no one will be allowed to harass or intimadate another employee no matter their rank?
The Zero Tolerance Policy
662
What is another word that could be intertwined with harmful?
adverse
663
What term describes the bone of the arms and legs, including the shoulder and hip bone where they were attached?
appendicular skeleton
664
What term applies to the skull spine, and rib cage which rotate around an imaginary center line of the body?
axial skeleton
665
What term applies to an involuntary straited muscle tissue located in the walls of the heart?
cardiac muscle
666
What protein fiber connects, supports and gives strength to the body tissues such as skin, bone ligaments, and muscle tendons?
collagen
667
What term refers to the middle layer of the skin, which contains most of the skin's structure?
dermis
668
What term refers to the thin, outer layer of the skin?
epidermis
669
What term applies to the innermost layer of the skin, which stores fat?
hypodermis
670
What terms describes anything related to the skin?
integumnetary
671
What term refers to a tough fibrous tissue that connects bones to other bones and holds organs in place?
ligaments
672
What term refers to a voluntary straited muscle that connects bones and is responsible for movement?
skeletal muscles
673
What term refers to an involuntary muscle located in the body's visceral organs and blood vessels also known as viceral muscles?
smooth muscle
674
What term refers to a tough fibrous tissue that connects muscle to bone?
tendons
675
What are two column notes referred to as?
Cornell Notes
676
What can mind maps be referred to as?
web notes
677
What type of tissues do muscluar tissues use to attach to both skin and bones?
connective tissue
678
What disease did sailors use to develop because they lacked fresh fruits and vegetables?
scurvy
679
Who in the 1900s, discovered that citrus fruits such as oranges and limes were an effective treatment for scurvy?
James Lind
680
Which layer of skins is the thin, outer layer that is mostly made up of dead skin?
epidermis
681
Which layer of skin contains the skin's sensory organs, blood vessels, hair follicles, oil and sweat glands?
dermis
682
What layer lies beneath the dermis and contains a layer of fat and connective tissues?
hypodermis
683
What does the cytoplasm change to after the skin cells dry out?
keratin
684
What term refers to a genetic condition that prevents the skin from making its dark pigment, or color?
albinism
685
What is a brownish-black pigment produced by melanocytes?
melanin
686
What type of cells are melanocytes in the epidermis?
special cells
687
What do cells make more of, when your skin is exposed to more ultraviolet radiation?
melanin
688
What acroymn is used to remember the signs of skin cancer?
ABCDE
689
What is the deadliest form of skin cancer?
maligant melanoma
690
What is the most common type of skin cancer?
basal cell carcinoma
691
What results from an infection that causes an overgrowth of cells in the epidermis?
warts
692
What form of surgery uses freezing temperatures to destroy, warts, moles and other diseased tissue?
cryosurgery
693
What are clumps of dead skin from the scalp that falls in clumps known as?
dandruff
694
What term refers to a scrape of the skin's surface?
abrasion
695
What is the process of scraping off the layers of the skin?
dermabrasion
696
What can a laceration or cut into the layers below cause?
scarring
697
What term refers to through the skin?
transdermally
698
What term refers to small bumps that connect the epidermis to the dermis?
dermal paillae
699
What term refers to hair growth being in the root at the bottom of a tube?
hair follicles
700
What is used as protection for the sensitive nail bed at the tips of our fingers and toes?
nail plates
701
What muscles raise the body hair and cause goodbumps when we are cold or scared?
tiny arrector pili muscles
702
What is an oily secretion that coats the hair and skin with a softening, waterproof film?
sebum
703
What produce sebum?
sabaceous glands
704
What are puss filled pores referred to as?
acne
705
What term refers to an infected hair follicle or sebaceous gland?
boil
706
What glands do perspiration come from?
sudoriferous glands
707
What comes through sudoriferous glands in the dermis that empty through sweat pores on the skin's surface?
perspiration
708
What do miscroorganisms produce that discourages the growth of harmful bacteria?
lactic acid
709
What term describes skin that is a pale color due to a lack of blood?
pallor
710
What term refers to the blue color seen in the lips, skin or nails when the blood is low in oxygen?
cyanosis
711
What occurs when increased blood flow to the skin when you're embarrassed, ill or exercising?
erythema
712
Where does hematoma get its color from?
bleeding under the skin
713
What term refers to the yellow color caused by liver disease?
jaundice
714
What do body fat and vasoconstriction hold in?
body heat
715
What makes blood vessels wider so they can carry more warm blood to the body's surface where heat can be released?
vasodilation
716
What term refers to dired blood and body fluid that scabs over on the skin's surface?
crusts
717
What term refers to dry skin flakes that remain attached to the skin's surface as with eczema and psoriasis?
scales
718
What is often seen during puberty when the sebaceous glands produce too much sebum?
seborrhea
719
What are small flaps of skin attached to the epidemris by a thick stalk?
polyps or skin tags
720
What term refers to flat colored spots on the skin's surface?
macules
721
What term refers to large red raised itch bumps seen in allergic reactions called hives?
wheals or welts
722
What term refers to small, solid, raised bumps on the surface of the skin?
paules
723
What type of acne is the most common on the face, neck and back?
pustles or puf filled pimples
724
What term refers to blisters filled with clear fluid?
vesicles
725
What term refers to filled sacs or cysts that form a firm bump going down into the dermis?
nodules
726
What is formed when the cholesterol in the skin is exposed to ultraviolet light?
vitamin D
727
What form of surgery helps repair damage and improve fuction after accidents and disease?
reconstuctive surgery
728
What occurs when something presses against the skin long and hard enough to prevnt blood from reaching the skin cells causing them to die?
pressure ulcers
729
What type of suregobs correct a wide variety of mishappen bones and complicated breaks?
orthopedic surgeon
730
What is a major surgey used to improve movement and relieve joint pain?
arthoplasty
731
What term refers to custom built artificial limbs?
prothese
732
Who creates a prothese for patients missing body parts?
prothetists
733
Who creates orthotics to support weak bone or correct physical problems?
orthodontists
734
What term refers to a variety of braces created by orthodontists?
orthotics
735
What term refers to a spongy bone, a lighter and less dense structure than compact bone?
epiphysis
736
What is made in the red bone marrow of the epiphysis?
blood cells
737
What term refers to the long shaft of bone between the two epiphysis?
diaphysis
738
What type of bones are made up of bone cells lined up close together to withstand stress?
compact bones
739
What cavity runs down the center of the diaphysis and stores fat-rich yellow bone marrow?
medullary
740
What runs through an opening or hole called the foramen?
blood vessels
741
What term refers to where ligaments and tendons attach to a bone?
periosteum
742
What term refers to straps of connective tissue that hold bone together at the joints and keep joints from moving the wrong way?
ligaments
743
What term refers to connective tissues that connect muscles to bone for movement at a joint?
tendons
744
What term refers to a genetic mutation caused by defective infufficient collagen and is commonly known as brittle bone disease?
Ostenogenesis imperfecta
745
What term refers to specialized bone forming cells that begin in the mineralization process?
osteoblasts
746
What is the process of taking calcium from what we eat or drink and despositing into the cartilage to form bones?
ossification
747
What is the most common type of short-limbed dwarfism?
achondroplasia
748
What type of cells break down bones during exercise, so it can be remoldeled into new bone cells?
osteoclast cells
749
What term refers to a loss of bone mass, which can weaken the bone so they can break easily?
osteoporosis
750
How many bones do we have at brith?
300 bones
751
Where on an infant's head is where the bones have not yet been sutured together?
fontanel
752
What type of terms are used to name the different segments?
directional terms
753
Which body part are the proximal phalanges close to?
palms
754
Why type of phlanage are in the middle?
medial phalanges
755
What type of phalanges are at the ends of our fingers or toes?
distal phalanges
756
What term refers to rounded knobs at the end of bones?
condyles
757
What term refers to a raised ridge at the edge of a bone?
crest
758
What is a long bump, that doesn't project out as far as a process?
tuberosity
759
What is a part of a bone that projects out like a bridge?
process
760
How many parts is the skeleton divided into?
two parts
761
What are the two parts of the skeleton called?
axial and appendicular skeleton
762
What one of the two skeletons is formed by the skull. spine and rib cage?
axial skeleton
763
What is the appendicular skeleton formed by?
appendages, arms and legs
764
How many bones make up the spine?
33 bones
765
What causes the buttocks to stick out and the hips to tilt too far forward?
inward swayback
766
What term refers to an outward hunchback, that causes the shoulders to slump forward and makes it difficult to raise the head?
kyphosis
767
What are the first seven ribs on each side known as?
true ribs
768
How many ribs are attached directly to the sternum in the front and the thoracic vertebrae in the bacK?
7 ribs
769
What are the next three ribs following the seven true ribs known as?
false ribs
770
How many ribs are attached to the thoracic vertebrae in the back but only by cartilage in the front?
three ribs
771
How many ribs attach only to the last two thoracic vertebrae in the back?
two ribs
772
What does CPR stand for?
cardiopulmonary resusitaton
773
What is the upper section of the sternum known as?
manubrium
774
What process is a small point at the bottom of the sternum?
xiphoid process
775
What can the shoulder also be referred to as?
pectoral gridle
776
How many bones make up the pectoral gridle?
three bones
777
What are the three bones that create the pectoral griddle?
clavicle, acromion process and the scapula
778
What does the connection of two bones create?
a joint
779
How many freely movable joints are there, and what are there names?
2 type of joints; diarthroses and synovial joints
780
What is the name of a slightly movable joint?
amphiarthroses
781
What type of joint is fused into an immovable joint?
synarthoroses
782
What type of joint is a speration of two bones that are normally held together by ligaments or muscle?
a dislocated joint
783
What type of fracture breaks straight across the bone?
transverse fractures
784
What type of fractures break at an angle?
oblique fractures
785
What type of fractures twist around the bone?
spiral fractures
786
What type of fractures break into many small pieces?
comminuted fractures
787
What type of fractures happen when only one side of the bone breaks?
greenstick fractures
788
How many types of muscles are there, and what are their names?
three types; cardiac, smooth and skeletal
789
What happens to a muscle when they are not used?
atrophy
790
What type of muscles have protein fibers arranged in a striped pattern?
straited
791
What is the name of a group of diseases that causes atrophy and weakness in the skeletal muscle?
musclular dystrophy
792
What can the symptoms of tenderness and swelling be treated with?
RICE
793
What does RICE stand for?
rest, ice, compresstion and elevation
794
When can the meaty bulk of the muscle tissue be felt?
when the muscle contracts
795
What term refers to a thin layer of collagen based connective tissue?
perimysium
796
What part of the body has at least two parts of attachment and must cross at least one joint in order to create movement?
muscles
797
Where is the point of intersection located? The bone that moves or the stationary bone?
the bone that moves
798
Where is the point of origin located? The bone that moves or the stationary bone?
stationary bone
799
What is the muscle doing the work referred to as in a concentric contraction?
agonist
800
What is the relaxed muscle known as in a concentric contraction?
antagonist
801
What is a partly contracted state referred to as?
muscle tone
802
What moves a ventral surface towards a ventral surface decreasing the angle of the joint?
flexion
803
What moves a dorsal surface towards a dorsal surface and increases the ventral surfaces of a joint?
extension
804
What term refers to a limb being moved laterally away from the side of the body?
abduction
805
What term refers to returning a limb to the side of the body?
adduction
806
What term refers to turning on an axis?
rotation
807
What term refers to a motion that creates circles rather than twisting?
circumduction
808
What term refers to permanent shortening of the muscle and tendons that can develop from lack of movement?
contractures
809
What is the long muscle on the thigh that brings the legs toward the body?
adductor longus
810
What extensor straightens and extends the finger?
the extensor digitorium
811
In between what part of the body does the intercoastal run?
the ribs
812
What is located in front of the tibia?
tibialis anterior
813
How many attachments does the triceps brachii have on the upper arm?
three
814
What shape is the deltoid?
triangular
815
What term is used to describe a portion of the body in which the spine is not crooked or twisted?
body alignment
816
What term pertains to the identification of a disease or syndrome?
diagnostic
817
What is the ability to know when to keep sensitive information private?
discretion
818
What term refers to emergency treatment given before regular medical services?
first aid
819
What term refers to the total amount of money earned in a pay period?
gross pay
820
What term refers to a lack of qualifications or ability to perform job tasks?
incompetence
821
What term refers to adherence to ethical principles and professional standards?
integrity
822
What term refers to a test or procedure that requires incisions to the skin or the insertion of instruments or other materials into the body?
invasive procedure
823
What is the amount of money received in a pay period after all deductions have been taken out; also known as take-home pay?
net pay
824
What is a test or treatment that does not require incisions to the skin or the insertion of instruments or other material into the body?
noninvasive procedures
825
Which healthcare professional creates medical images or treats disease by passing radiation, such as x-rays or gamma rays through an object?
radiographers
826
Which healthcare professional creates medical images or treats diseases through the use of high frequency sound waves?
sonographers
827
What is the key measurements that provide information about a person's health including temperature, pulse, respiration and blood pressure?
vital signs
828
Who are experts in using machines to create the best possible image for correct diagnosis?
diagnostic workers
829
Which healthcare professional is a medical assistant that can draw your blood and receive specimens for testing?
phlebotomist
830
What test can determine positive streptococcal infections?
rapid strep test
831
Which form of chemistry prepares specimens and analyzes the chemical and hormonal contents of the body fluids?
clinical chemistry
832
Which type of biology examines and identifies bacteria and other microorganisms?
microbiology
833
What career collects, types, and prepares blood and components for transfusion?
immunohematology
834
Which career examines elements of the human immune system and its response to foreign bodies?
immunology
835
Which form of technology prepares slides of body cells and examines these cells microscopically for abnormalities that may signal the growth of cancerous cells?
cytotechnology
836
Which type of biology performs complex protein and nucleic acid testing on cell samples?
molecular biology
837
When and by whom was Medical imaging invented?
1895: Wilhelm Roentgen
838
What were radiologic technicians previously called?
X-Ray Technicians
839
What does CT stand for?
Computed tomography
840
What produces images of the structures inside of your body particularly your bones?
X-Rays
841
What produces clear images of soft tissues in your body?
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
842
What shows x-ray images of moving body structures on a monitor?
Fluoroscopy
843
Which type of tomography shows functional processes in the body and can show the development of a condition?
Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
844
What uses low doses of x-ray systems to examine the breasts?
mammography
845
What type of tomography shows how blood flows to tissues and organs?
Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT)
846
What type of tomography uses a narrow beam of x-rays and high powered computers to generate images of bones and soft tissues in the body?
Computed Tomography (CT)
847
What uses sound waves to create computerized pictures?
sonography
848
What form of imaging requires the patient to drink a special solution that will result in an image that clearly shows soft tissue in the body?
Fluoroscopy
849
What form of imaging uses radio frequency to produce an image contrast?
magnetic resonance imaging
850
How many types of nuclear medicine scans are there?
two
851
What are the two types of nuclear medicine scans?
Positron Emission Tomography (PET), and Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT)
852
What form of therapy is a treatment procedure that projects high energy x-rays at targeted cells to shrink and eliminate cancerous tumors?
radiation therapy
853
Which part of the body do electroencephalographic technologists, electroneurodiagnostic technologists and polysomnographic technologists all perform tests on to measure activity and response?
the brain
854
What does an ophthalmologist specialize in?
the eye
855
What does an otolaryngologist specialize in?
the ear
856
Whose office are routine vision testing and corrections performed in?
optometrist
857
Who works with people who have hearing and balance problems?
audiologist
858
Who are technicians who work with patients to fit hearing aids?
audioprosthologist
859
What can audioprosthologist also be called?
hearing aid specialist
860
What term refers to giving permission for another person to complete a specific task for you?
to delegate
861
What form of surgery removes the appendix?
appendectomy
862
What does the term vital refer to?
needed for life
863
What is your body fighting off if you have a fever?
an infection
864
What is temperature measurement from the mouth referred to as?
oral temperature
865
What type of temperature is taken by placing the thermometer in the rectum?
rectal temperature
866
What is considered the most accurate temperature reading?
rectal temperature
867
What does pulse measure?
heartbeat
868
What is the process of assessing the pulse rhythm and pulse volume?
amplitude
869
What are the common sites for pulse measurements?
radial artery and the apex of the heart
870
What medical instrument makes sound louder?
stethoscope
871
What is the average BPM in resting heart rate for babies to children ages 1?
100-160
872
What is the average BPM in resting heart rate for children ages 1 -10?
90-120
873
What is the average BPM in resting heart rate for ages 11- 17?
60-100
874
What is the average BPM in resting heart rates for adults?
60-100
875
What is the average BPM in resting heart rates for adults?
40-60
876
How many times does a healthy adult breathe per minute?
16 to 20 times
877
What is the force of blood pushing against the inside of the blood vessel artery walls?
blood pressure
878
What two measurements do you record when you take someone's blood pressure?
systolic and diastolic
879
What pressure is the force caused by the contracting heart muscles pushing blood through the arteries?
systolic
880
What is the lesser force of the blood when the heart muscle relaxes?
diastolic
881
When recording systolic and diastolic numbers what comes first?
systolic and then diastolic
