Health Care Systems and Settings terms
23 glossary entries from the Health Care Systems and Settings topic of the CCMA test plan. Try free Health Care Systems and Settings practice questions.
- ACOAccountable care organization: doctors, hospitals and other providers who join to give coordinated care and share…
- ambulatory careOutpatient care in settings such as physician offices, clinics and outpatient surgery centers.
- APRNAdvanced practice registered nurse, such as a nurse practitioner, with advanced education to diagnose and treat.
- CAMComplementary and alternative medicine: practices used with or instead of conventional medicine.
- certificationA credential earned by meeting education requirements and passing an exam, such as the CCMA.
- delegationAssigning a task to someone with the knowledge, skills and competence to perform it.
- FQHCFederally qualified health center: a community clinic that gives primary care to all patients regardless of ability to…
- HHAHome health agency: an organization that provides medical care in the patient's home.
- hospiceComfort and support care for people in the last stages of a terminal illness and their families.
- ICUIntensive care unit.
- integrated delivery systemA network of providers and agencies that work together to care for people in a community.
- LPNLicensed practical nurse (licensed vocational nurse, LVN, in some states).
- medical homeA primary care practice that provides comprehensive care and coordinates care across other settings.
- palliative careSpecialized medical and nursing care that relieves symptoms and suffering for people with serious, life-limiting…
- PCMHPatient-centered medical home: a primary care model that coordinates comprehensive, patient-centered care.
- PCPPrimary care provider: the clinician who gives most routine care and coordinates referrals.
- rehabilitationCare that helps a person regain skills and function lost to illness or injury.
- RNRegistered nurse.
- skilled nursing careCare performed or supervised by licensed nurses, at home or in a nursing home.
- specialistA provider who focuses on a specific area of medicine or group of patients.
- telehealthUsing telecommunications technology, such as video visits, to provide health care remotely.
- telemedicineRemote diagnosis and treatment of patients using telecommunications technology.
- triageSorting patients by the urgency of their symptoms so the most serious are seen first.