Medical Terminology Quiz

Key Terms and Definitions in Medical Terminology

• Empathy: Understanding and compassion for a patient's experience.
• Established Patient: A patient seen by a physician within the last 3 years.
• New Patient: A patient who has not seen the physician in the last 3 years.
• CMS: Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, responsible for federal healthcare programs.

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

• HIPAA Title I: Focuses on healthcare access, portability, and renewability.
• HIPAA Title II: Addresses the prevention of healthcare fraud and abuse.
• HIPAA Title III: Covers tax-related health provisions.
• HIPAA Title IV: Concerns application and enforcement of group health plan requirements.
• HIPAA Title V: Deals with revenue offsets.
• HIPAA: Provides data privacy and security provisions for safeguarding medical information.

Patient Consent

• Expressed Consent: Patient verbally acknowledges understanding of their medical treatment.
• Implied Consent: Patient's body language signifies agreement to receive medical care.

Responsibilities and Insurance Coordination

• Respondeat Superior: Legal doctrine holding physicians accountable for staff errors.
• Coordination of Benefits (C.O.B): Determines payment responsibilities when multiple insurance plans are involved.

Health Information Technology

• HITECH: Promotes the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology (EHR).
• ONCHIT: Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.

Core Functions of Electronic Health Records (EHR)

• Health Information and Data: Management of patient health data.
• Results Management: Handling and tracking lab and test results.
• Order Management: Managing orders for tests and treatments.
• Decision Support: Tools for assisting healthcare providers in decision-making.
• Electronic Communications: Facilitating communication between patients and providers.
• Patient Support: Engaging patients in their care process.
• Administrative Processes: Streamlining administrative tasks for efficiency.
• Reporting and Population Management: Analyzing data for public health management.

Medical Records Types

• Electronic Medical Records (EMR): Records of one physician’s encounters with a patient over time.
• Electronic Health Records (EHR): Comprehensive data from all sources treating an individual.

Patient Care Types

• Acute Care: Focuses on urgent situations often requiring hospitalization.
• Ambulatory Care: Treatment provided without hospital admission.
• Personal Health Records (PHR): Health records maintained by the patient themselves.

Scheduling and Documentation

• Fixed Appointment Scheduling: Allocates specific times for individual patients.
• Cluster Scheduling: Groups patients for similar services within a specified timeframe.
• Double Booking: Scheduling two patients for one appointment slot.
• Wave Scheduling: Patients arrive during the first part of the hour, seen in order of arrival.
• SOAP: Documentation format representing Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan.

Medical Record Components

• POMR: Tracks patient problems throughout care.
• Progress Notes: Daily notes reflecting patient condition stages.
• Flow Chart: Visual tool for tracking healthcare information over time.

Filing Systems

• Alphabetic Filing System: Organizes records by patient last name.
• Numeric Filing System: Uses numbers for patient records instead of names.

Medical Data Insights

• Medical Record Components: Includes personal, financial, medical, and social information.
• Personal/Financial Information: Data used for personal identification and insurance coverage.
• Medical Information: Encompasses patient history, exam results, and lab reports.
• Social Information: Captures demographic details like race and lifestyle choices.

Insurance Overview

• Medicare: Federal program for those over 65, disabled, or with end-stage renal disease.
• Medicaid: State-administered program for low-income individuals and families.
• TRICARE: Health care program for armed forces members and their families.
• CHAMPVA: Benefits for veterans with service-related disabilities.
• Workers' Compensation: Covers job-related injuries for employees.

Insurance Terminology

• Premium: Monthly payment to an insurance provider.
• Allowed Amount: Insurance-determined amount for services rendered.
• Participating Provider: Physicians accepting the insurance company’s allowed amount.
• Copayment: Fixed payment required at the time of service.
• Coinsurance: A percentage of service costs the patient pays post-deductible.
• Deductible: Amount a patient pays before getting covered services.
• Beneficiary: An individual covered under federal programs like Medicare or Medicaid.

Medical Terminology Components

• Word Root: The base of a medical term.
• Suffix: End portion of a medical term indicating meaning.
• Prefix: Beginning portion of a medical term modifying the root meaning.
• Combining Vowel: Connects root to suffix or another root.
• Combining Form: Root plus combining vowel.

Common Medical Roots

• Arthr/o: Joint
• Cardi/o: Heart
• Cyt/o: Cell
• Derm/o: Skin
• Gastr/o: Stomach
• Rhin/o: Nose

Medical Suffixes and Prefixes

• -ectomy: Excision or removal.
• -algia: Pain.
• -dynia: Pain.
• -emia: Blood condition.
• -genic: Produced by.

Additional Medical Definitions

• Globus: Refers to protein.