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AMA 1
AMA basics, Hlthcare settings, history/med, skills, thptc comu, legal, lifethret
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| faciliate | to make an action or process easier |
| homeopathy | healing modality that uses diluted doses of certain substances to create a 'energy imprint' in the body to bring about a cure |
| manged care operation | any healthcare setting or delivery system that is designed to reduce the cost of care while still providing access to care |
| PPO | preferred provider organization; organization of providers who network together to offer discounts to purchasers of health care insurance |
| ambulatory care setting | services provided on an outpatient basis -solo providers office -group practice -urgent care center -HMO Ambulatory latin-capable of walking |
| Affordable Care Act 2010 | provide access to health insurance for individuals, families, and small buisness owners; reduc helath ins premium costs;limit he ability of ins comp to deny, rescind or restrict coverage |
| HMO | health maintenance organization; type of managed care organization for profit corp HMO w/walls-offer a range of medical services under one roof HMO w/o walls-contract w/providers within the community to provide patient services for an agreed-upon fee |
| allopathic | method of treating disease with remedies that produce effects dirrerent from those caused by the diesase itself. Most traditional practices are allopathic |
| asepsis | protecting against infection caused by pathogenic microrganizms |
| Bubonic plague | infectious desease with a high fatality rate; transmitted to himan form infected rats and ground squirrels by the bite of a rat flea |
| malaria | acute infectious disease caused by the presence of protozan parasites within the red blood cells; usually comes form the bith of a female mosquito |
| moxibustion | ancient chinese mehtod of treatment that uses a powdered plant substance onthe skin to raise a blister |
| pluralistic | society where there are several distinct ethnic, religious, or cultural groups that coexist with one another |
| septicemia | invasion of pathogenic bacteria into bloodstream |
| trephination | cuttin out a circular section |
| Typhus | acute infectious disease that causes severe headace, rash, high fever, and progressive neurologic involvement; prevelant were conditions are unsanitary and congested |
| Yellow fever | acute infectious disease where a person develops jaundice, vomits, hemorrahages, and has a fever; caused mostly by mosquitos |
| parasympathetic nervous system | part of autonomic nervous system; returning body to normal state after stress |
| sympathetic nervous system | part of autonomic nervous system; prepares body for fight-or flight |
| clustering | patient w/similar conditions and complaints scheduled together; grouping toghether nonverbal messages into statements or conclusions |
| compensation | overemphasizing of charecteristics to make up for real or imagined failure or handicap |
| congruency | verbal message and non-verbal message must agree |
| culteral brokering | act of bridging, linking mediating, between groups/persons through process of reducing conflict or producing changes |
| culture | attitudes and behavior that are characteristics of a particular group or organization |
| defense mechanism | behavior that protects the psyche from guilt, anxiety, or shame |
| IPA | independanct provider association; network of physicians in private practice who contract w/the association to treat patients for an agreed upon fee |
| integrative medicine | bringing together two or more treatment modalities to function as a whole; seen in alternative forms of health care |
| displacement | displacing negative feelings to someone else, something else, with no signifigance to the situation |
| encoding | creating a message to be sent |
| hiearchy of needs | needs that are arranged in a specific order or rank; sequential arrangement associated with Abraham Maslow |
| high-context communication | reliance on body language, referance to objects in environment, culturaly relevant phraseology to convey and idea, relies on listener knowing related events through close association w/speaker or culture |
| kinesics | study of body language |
| low-context communication | communication style that use few environmental or cultural idioms to convey and idea or concept; ideas that are spelled out explicitly |
| sublimation | redirecting a socially unacceptable impulse into one that is socially acceptable |
| projection | act of placing one's own fellings on another |
| rationalization | act of justification usually illigically; one uses to keep from facing the truth |
| regression | moving back to a certain stage to avoid conflict or fear |
| road blocks | verbal or non-verbal messages that block communication |
| therapeutic communication | using well-defined, professional information skills, to create comfort when difficult/unpleasant info is exchanged |
| undoing | actions desiged to make amends to conceal inappropriate behavior |
| durable power of attorney | legal form that allows a person to act on anothers behalf in reguard to healthcare choices |
| palliative | measures ttaken to relieve symptoms of disease |
| psychomotor retardation | slowing of physical and mental reponses may be seen in depression |
| administer | to give a medication |
| administrative law | establishes agencies that are given power to make laws and establish regulations |
| ADR | alternative dispute resolution; setteling differances out of court alternaative to trial |
| arbitration | form of dispute resolution allowing neutral party to settle dispute |
| civil law | law related to action between individuals |
| constitutional law | laws made by constitutions of the united states or individual states |
| contract law | law referring to aruments between individuals, entities and laws that are binding |
| criminal law | law related to wrongs committed against the welfare and safety of society as a whole |
| defendant | person who defends action brought in litigation |
| deposition | oral testimony given by individual with a court reporter and attorneys for both sides present; often used as part of the discovery process |
| discovery | time which both parties are allowed access to all info and evedince related to the case; follows subpeona process |
| dispense | prepare and give medication to be taken at a later time |
| emancipated minor | persons under 18yrs financially responsible for themselves and free of parental care |
| expert witness | individual highly specified knowledge and skill in particular area who testifies to a standard of care |
| expressed contract | written or verbal contract, specifically describes what each party in the contract will do |
| felony | serious crime: murder, larceny (theft large sum of $), assult and rape |
| HIPPA | Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996 Government rules, regulations, procedures resulting from legislation to protect confidentiality of patient information |
| implied consent | consent assumed by healthcare provider; examples-emergency situation or patient rolls up sleeve for injection |
| implied contract | contract indicated by actions rather than words |
| incompetence | legally insane persons, inadequate, not an adult |
| informed consent | consent given by patient who is made aware of risks, procedure to be performed, expected outcomes, alternatives |
| malfeasance | conduct that its illegal, or contrary to an officials obligaiton |
| negligence | failure to exercise a certain standard of care |
| misfeasance | civil law term referring to a lawful act, improperly or unlawfully executed |
| nonfeasance | a civil law term referring to, failure to perform an act, official duty, legal requirement |
| malpractice | professonal negligence |
| mature minor | a person usually younger than 18ys able to understand and appriciate consequences of treatement, despite their young age |
| mediation | a dispute resolution that allows a faciliator to help settle differences; come to an acceptable solution |
| interrogatory | written set of questions that must be answered under oath, within specific time period, part of discovery process |
| IPV | intimate partner violence |
| libel | false and malicious writing about another constituting defamation of character |
| litigation | court action |
| medically indigent | individuals unabel to pay for their medical coverage |
| minor | under 18yrs |
| misdemeanor | lesser crime differs from state to state; public service, fine, probation |
| noncompliant | failure to follow a required command or institution |
| PSDA | patient self determination act; advance directive giving patients rights to be involved in ones own health care decisions |
| plaintiff | person bringing charges in litigation |
| precedents | rulings made at an earlier time including decisions made in court, interpretations of constitution, statuatory law decisions |
| prescribe | to order or recommend the use of a drug, diet, other form of theropy |
| risk management | ambulatory care setting techniques to keep practive and its environment and procedures safe for patients; reduces possibility of neglagence leading to torts and malpractice suits |
| slander | false and malicious words about another constituting defamation of character |
| statuatory law | refers to body of laws established by states |
| subpoena | written command designating a person to appear in court under pentaly for failure to appear |
| tort | wrongful acts that cause harm form one person to another |
| tort law | laws that stem from torts; wronful acts that cause harm from one person to another |
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