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| accreditation | Voluntary compliance with a set of standards developed by an independent agent. |
| ADLs | Self care - bathing, cooking, shopping, and ect. |
| acute care facility | A hospital with an average lenght of stay less than 30 days, an ER, operating suite, and handle a broad range of diagnoses and treatments. |
| allied health professionals | Health care professionals who care for patients or support patient care in a variety of disciplines. |
| average length of stay | The arithmetic mean of the length of stay of a group of inpatients. Add the number of days and than divide by the number of patients |
| bed count | Actual number of beds that a hospital has available for occupancy by patients |
| behavioral health facility | Medical facility that focuses onthe treatment of psychiatric conditions. |
| children's hospital | A specialty facility that focuses on the treatment of children |
| consultation | The formal request by a physician for the professional opinion or services of another health care professional |
| continuum of care | The broad range of health care services required by a patient from birth to death |
| deemed status | Medicare provision that an approved accreditation is sufficient to satisfy the compliance audit element of the conditions of participation |
| diagnosis | The name of the patient's condition or illness |
| ethics | A system of beliefs about acceptable behavior |
| home health care | Health care services rendered in the patient's home |
| hospice | Palliative health care services rendered to the terminally ill |
| hospital | A permanent facility that delivers inpatient health care services and has an organized medical staff |
| inpatient | An individual who is admitted to a hospital with the intention of staying overnight |
| integrated delivery system | A health care organization that provides services through most or all of the continum of care |
| laboratory | The physical location of the specialists who analyze body fluids |
| length of stay | The duration of an inpatient visit |
| licensure | Mandatory government approval required for performing specified activities |
| long-term care facility | A hospital that provieds services to patients over an extended period of time, in excess of 30 days |
| mental health facility | same as behavioral health facility |
| nurse | Health professional who has meet the legal requirements to care for patients, but to deliver patient care |
| outpatient | A patient whoses health care servies are intened to be delivered with 1 calendar day |
| palliative care | Health care servies that are intended to soothe, comfor, or reduce symptoms, but intended to cure |
| physiatrist | A physician who specializes in physical medicine and rehabilitation |
| physician | A medical professional who meet the legal requirements to diangose and treat patients |
| primary care physician PCP | A patients primary physician |
| primary caregiver | The person who is principally responsible for the daily care of a patient at the home |
| procedure | A medical or surgical treatment |
| psychiatrist | A physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with conditions that affect the mind |
| radiology | The study of x-rays |
| referral | The documentation of sending a patient for a consult |
| rehabilitation facility | Delivers services to patients whoses activities of daily living are impaired |
| respite care | Temporarily relieving the primary caregiver |
