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VISN-veterans integrated service networks ✔️Ans - coordinates its
own services and receives federal funds/ The hallmark of US healthcare
industry
Access is restricted to those who ✔️Ans - -Have health insurance
through employer
-are covered under a government program
-can afford to buy insurance out of pocket
-are abel to pay for services privately
Holistic medicine ✔️Ans - treast the whole person/ incorporates
alternative therapies
acute ✔️Ans - relatively severe, episodic and ofte treatable
ex:myocardial,infarct,lack of kidney function
Subacute ✔️Ans - postacute treatment after discharge
ex: head trauma, ventilator
chronic ✔️Ans - less severe, but long continuous. Can be controlled
but can lead to serious complications
ex: asthma, diabetes, hypertension
medical model ✔️Ans - emphasizes illness rather than wellness
Holistic& preventative care ✔️Ans - Needs to be adopted to
significantly improve health of Americans
Required for holistic care ✔️Ans - Individual responsibility and
community partnerships
American medical association ✔️Ans - helped galvanize the profession
and protect the interest of physicians
, Managed care ✔️Ans - has become the primary vehicle for insurance
and delivery, consolidation of purchasing power
Telemedicine ✔️Ans - integration of the telecommunication systems
into distant care giving
medical tourism ✔️Ans - receiving healthcare abroad
osteopathic medicine ✔️Ans - practiced by DOs, emphasizes the
musculoskeletal system, such as correction of joint tissues
MDs ✔️Ans - trained in allopathic medicine which views treatment as
active intervention to produce a counteracting reaction in an attempt to
neutralize the effects of disease
pharmacist ✔️Ans - the preparation and dispensing of prescriptions,
drug product education, experts on specific drugs, drug interaction, and
genetic drug substitution
Technicians and assistants ✔️Ans - receive less than two years of post
secondary education and are trained to perform procedures, require
supervision from therapists or technologists, ensure that care plan
evaluation occurs as part of treatment
technologists and therpists ✔️Ans - evaluate patients, diagnose
problems, and develop treatment plans/ skill development in teaching
procedural skills to technicians
FDA ✔️Ans - agency of the US Department of health and human
services, ensures that drugs and medical devices are safe and effective for
their intended use
AHRQ &NIH ✔️Ans - provide financial support to private and public
institutions for biomedical research, research on quality, cost, and access
deductibles ✔️Ans - amount the insured pay first before benefits are
paid by the plan, paid annually
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