DCHS- Chapter 8 (Starred Terms)
questions with 100% correct answers
Healthy behavior - correct answer ✔✔An action taken to attain, maintain, or regain good health and to
prevent illness
Health record - correct answer ✔✔An ordered set of documents or a collection of data that contains a
complete and accurate description of a patient's history, condition, diagnostic and therapeutic
treatment, and results of treatment.
Health team - correct answer ✔✔A team of health personnel, each with a specialized function, brought
together in accordance with the needs of the client and his or her family.
Abuse - correct answer ✔✔A pattern of practices or customs that are unsound or inconsistent with
ethical business, fiscal, or healthcare practices or customs
Accreditation - correct answer ✔✔The process by which an external entity reviews an organization or
program of study to determine if the organization or program meets certain predetermined standards
Certification - correct answer ✔✔The process or action of providing an individual with an official
document attesting to their status or level of achievement.
Conflict of interest - correct answer ✔✔A clash between an individual's selfish interests and his or her
obligations to an organization. Group, or persons.
Disparagement - correct answer ✔✔The action of belittling or criticizing the skills, knowledge, or
qualifications of another professional.
Medical math - correct answer ✔✔The application of mathematical computations related to healthcare
procedures.
questions with 100% correct answers
Healthy behavior - correct answer ✔✔An action taken to attain, maintain, or regain good health and to
prevent illness
Health record - correct answer ✔✔An ordered set of documents or a collection of data that contains a
complete and accurate description of a patient's history, condition, diagnostic and therapeutic
treatment, and results of treatment.
Health team - correct answer ✔✔A team of health personnel, each with a specialized function, brought
together in accordance with the needs of the client and his or her family.
Abuse - correct answer ✔✔A pattern of practices or customs that are unsound or inconsistent with
ethical business, fiscal, or healthcare practices or customs
Accreditation - correct answer ✔✔The process by which an external entity reviews an organization or
program of study to determine if the organization or program meets certain predetermined standards
Certification - correct answer ✔✔The process or action of providing an individual with an official
document attesting to their status or level of achievement.
Conflict of interest - correct answer ✔✔A clash between an individual's selfish interests and his or her
obligations to an organization. Group, or persons.
Disparagement - correct answer ✔✔The action of belittling or criticizing the skills, knowledge, or
qualifications of another professional.
Medical math - correct answer ✔✔The application of mathematical computations related to healthcare
procedures.
