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Acute care
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short term medical / nursing care in an inpatient setting to treat acute phase of injury or illness
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Ambulatory care
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preventive, diagnostic & therapeutic medical services provided on a nonresidential basis
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Behavioral healthcare
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psychiatric / psychological care for mental, developmental and/or substance-abuse disorders
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Continuum of care
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sum of all healthcare services provided for a patient in all settings
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DRG
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Diagnosis-related groups
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a prospective payment system begun in the 1980s which initiated the movement to outpatient services
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EHR
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Electronic health record
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electronically based documentation that replaces the paper-based health record
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Emergency and trauma care
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medical-surgical care for injuries / illnesses requiring urgent care to address conditions that could be life-threatening or disabled if not treated promptly
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HIE
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health information exchange
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focused on by public / private sector stakeholders because it can improve quality / safety by reducing errors & unnecessary expenditures
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Home healthcare
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medical / personal care provided in a residence
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Hospice care
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medical / personal care provided to persons with life expectancies of 6 months or less to provide palliative care
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Hybrid health record
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a healthcare record consisting of both electronic and paper-based documentation
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Inpatient
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person receiving healthcare services as well as room, board and continuous nursing care in a hospital setting
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Integrated healthcare network
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group of healthcare organizations that collectively provide a full range of coordinated health-related services
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Long-term acute care
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medical care provided to those with multiple acute / chronic conditions requiring an average stay longer than 25 days
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LTC
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Long term care
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medical / personal care provided to those who reside on a permanent basis in nursing facilities
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Medicaid
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federal program amended to the Social Security Act in 1965 with a focus to provide health insurance coverage to the poor populations
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Medical specialties
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medicine practice that focuses on specific areas such as pediatrics, cardiology and psychiatry
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Medicare
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federal program amended to the Social Security Act in 1965 with a focus to provide health insurance coverage to the aged and disabled
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NHIN
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National Health Information Network
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health information composed of state & regional networks to interconnect networks of clinicians, make information portable, and move consumers from one healthcare provider to another.
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Outpatient
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person receiving healthcare services in a hospital-based clinic / department but is not admitted to an acute-care unit
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PHR
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Personal health record
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electronic, universally available, lifelong resource of health information needed by individuals to make health decisions; owned / managed by individuals; maintained in a secure and private environment with the individual determining rights of access; separate from the legal record of any provider
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Primary care
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routine healthcare services usually provided in private physician offices, group practices, or private / community-based clinics.
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RHIO
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Regional health information organization
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health information exchange collaboration to facilitate information sharing among members using common, nonproprietary standards for date content and exchange over exisitng networks and the Internet
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Rehabilitation care
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therapeutic medical services for those who have been disabled by injuries / illness
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Secondary care
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diagnostic / therapeutic services provided by medical specialists
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Skilled-nursing care
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professional nursing care and related medical, therapeutic, psychosocial and personal services in a residential setting; also known as subacute care
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Surgical specialties
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a group of specialty care that focuses on certain areas of surgical expertise such as orthopedics, anesthesiology and reconstruction
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Tertiary Care
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highly specialized and technologically advanced diagnostic / therapeutic services in inaptient & outpatient hospital settings
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Tethered record
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subset of information compiled by the provider and offered to the consumer, often through the provider's Web site; functions as a patient view into the provider's electronic record
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Untethered record
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consumer's compilation of individual's own health information from all providers; patient-controlled information included from multiple providers; the PHR is an untethered model
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