| A | B |
|---|
| Healthcare Governance | The effective and accountable management of healthcare organizations and the delivery of high-quality care to the population. |
| Federal Government | The level of government that establishes national healthcare standards, provides financial support, funds research, and collaborates on national and international health issues. |
| Provincial and Territorial Governments | The governments responsible for healthcare delivery, governance, insurance plans, public health programs, and regulation of health services. |
| Canada Health Transfer (CHT) | A federal transfer payment that provides financial support to provinces and territories for healthcare. |
| Canada Social Transfer (CST) | A federal transfer payment that supports social programs in provinces and territories. |
| Groups receiving Federal Healthcare Services | Indigenous communities, armed forces, veterans, federal inmates, some refugees |
| Federal Minister of Health | Federal cabinet minister appointed by the Prime Minister to oversee the Health Portfolio |
| World Health Organization (WHO) | A specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. |
| International Organization for Standardization (ISO) | An independent, non-governmental organization that develops safety, reliability, and quality standards. |
| International Health Terminology Standards Development Organization (IHTSDO) | A non-profit organization responsible for owning and maintaining SNOMED CT. |
| Canadian Health Information Management Association (CHIMA) | A national association that advocates for health information professionals in Canada. |
| American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) | The American counterpart to CHIMA, with certification specialties in areas such as privacy, security, documentation improvement, and health informatics. |
| Health Ministry | The provincial or territorial body that oversees health insurance plans, hospitals, healthcare facilities, medical care, and negotiations with professional associations. |
| Primary Care | Direct access care, often on a non-referral basis, usually long-term and coordinated by healthcare professionals. |
| Secondary Care | Specialist care usually accessed through referral from a primary care provider. |
| Tertiary Care | Highly specialized care usually referred by a specialist and provided by one or more specialists. |
| Quaternary Care | Highly specialized care not widely available, often provided at university hospitals and sometimes involving treatments in final research phases or clinical trials. |
| Healthcare Funding | Funding that may come from tax revenues, federal transfers, user fees, and health premiums. |
| Private Health Insurance | Insurance that may cover services not funded as medically necessary public healthcare, such as vision care, dental care, physiotherapy, chiropractic care, private nursing, assistive devices, and drug plans. |
| Jordan’s Principle | A principle requiring the government or department first contacted to pay for needed services for a First Nations child while payment disputes are resolved afterward. |
| First Nations Children | Children who qualify for Jordan’s Principle regardless of whether they live on or off reserve, and not only if they have disabilities. |
| Fee-for-Service (FFS) | A common physician payment model where the provincial medicare plan is billed directly for each service provided to a patient. |
| Blended Payment Model | A physician payment approach that combines more than one payment method, such as fee-for-service and capitation. |
| Capitation | A payment model where physicians receive a set amount per year for each patient registered with their practice. |
