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AAPM&R correct answers American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Access to Care correct answers The ability and ease of clients to obtain healthcare when they
need it.
Accessible correct answers A term used to denote building facilities that are barrier-free thus
enabling all members of society safe access, including persons with physical disabilities.
Accountable Care Organization (ACO) correct answers A set of healthcare providers
including primary care physicians, specialists, and hospitals that work together
collaboratively and accept collective accountability
for the cost and quality of care delivered to a population of patients. ACO's became popular
in the Medicare fee-for-service benefit system as a result of
the Affordable Care Act.
Accreditation correct answers A standardized program for evaluating healthcare
organizations to ensure a specified level of quality, as defined by a set of national industry
standards.
Organizations that meet accreditation standards receive an official authorization or approval
of their services. Accreditation entails a voluntary survey process that
assesses the extent of a healthcare organization's compliance with the standards for the
purpose of improving the systems and processes of care (performance) and, in so doing,
improving client outcomes.
Actionable Tort correct answers A legal duty, imposed by statute or otherwise, owing by
defendant to the one injured.
Active Listening correct answers A structured way of communication and interacting in
which one is actively engaged with the speaker primarily through focused attention and
suspension
of one's own frame of reference, biases, distractions and judgment. A communication
technique that improves personal relationships, fosters
understanding, and facilitates cooperation and collaboration and eliminates conflict.
Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) correct answers Routine activities an individual tends to
do every day for self-care and normal living. These include eating, bathing, grooming,
dressing, toileting, transferring
(such as walking, bed to chair) and continence. Assessment of an individual's ability to
perform these ADLs is important for determining an individual's ability,
independence, disability or limitations. This assessment determines the type of long-term care
and benefit coverage the individual needs. care may include
placement in a nursing home, skilled care facility or home care services.Benefit coverage
may include Medicare, Medicaid or long-term care insurance.
Activity Limitations correct answers Difficulties an individual may have in executing
activities. An activity limitation may range from a slight to a severe deviation in terms of
quality or quantity in executing the activity in a manner or to the extent that is expected of
people without the health condition.
, Actual Value correct answers Also referred to as real value. Measures the worth one derives
from using or consuming a good, product, service or an item, and represents the utility of the
good, product, service, or item.
Actuarial Study correct answers Statistical analysis of a population based on its utilization of
healthcare services and demographic trends of the population. Results used to estimate
healthcare plan premiums or costs.
Actuary correct answers A trained insurance professional who specializes in determining
policy rates, calculating premiums, and conducting statistical studies
Acuity correct answers Complexity and severity of the client's health/medical condition.
Acute Care correct answers The acute care delivery systems focus on treating sudden and
acute episodes of illness such as medical and surgical management or emergency treatment,
which otherwise cannot be taken care of in a less intense care setting. Acute care settings may
include hospitals, acute rehabilitation centers, emergency care,
transitional hospitals, and follow-up long-term disease management settings.
ADA correct answers Americans with Disabilities Act
ADA Amendments Act correct answers Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of
2008
ADL correct answers Activities of Daily Living. Routine activities carried out for personal
hygiene and health and for operating a household. ADLs include feeding, bathing, showering,
dressing, getting in or out of bed or a chair, and using the toilet.
Adaptive Behavior correct answers The effectiveness and degree to which an individual
meets standards of self-sufficiency and social responsibility for his/her age-related cultural
group.
Adherence correct answers "The extent to which a person's behaviour--taking medication,
following a diet, and/or executing lifestyle changes, corresponds with agreed
recommendations
[e.g., health regimen] from a health care provider" (Sabate, 2003).
Adhesive Contract correct answers A contract between two parties where one party with
stronger bargaining power sets the terms and conditions and the other party, which is the
weaker of the two with little to no ability to negotiate, must adhere to the contract and is
placed in a "take it or leave it" position.
Adjusted Clinical Group correct answers Developed by the School of Public Health at Johns
Hopkins University, this system clusters clients into homogeneous groups (102 discrete
groups) based on a unique approach to measuring morbidity to ultimately improve accuracy
and fairness in evaluating healthcare provider performance, identifying clients at high risk,
forecasting healthcare utilization, and setting equitable payment structure and rates for the
providers of care. The System accounts for the burden of morbidity
AAPM&R correct answers American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Access to Care correct answers The ability and ease of clients to obtain healthcare when they
need it.
Accessible correct answers A term used to denote building facilities that are barrier-free thus
enabling all members of society safe access, including persons with physical disabilities.
Accountable Care Organization (ACO) correct answers A set of healthcare providers
including primary care physicians, specialists, and hospitals that work together
collaboratively and accept collective accountability
for the cost and quality of care delivered to a population of patients. ACO's became popular
in the Medicare fee-for-service benefit system as a result of
the Affordable Care Act.
Accreditation correct answers A standardized program for evaluating healthcare
organizations to ensure a specified level of quality, as defined by a set of national industry
standards.
Organizations that meet accreditation standards receive an official authorization or approval
of their services. Accreditation entails a voluntary survey process that
assesses the extent of a healthcare organization's compliance with the standards for the
purpose of improving the systems and processes of care (performance) and, in so doing,
improving client outcomes.
Actionable Tort correct answers A legal duty, imposed by statute or otherwise, owing by
defendant to the one injured.
Active Listening correct answers A structured way of communication and interacting in
which one is actively engaged with the speaker primarily through focused attention and
suspension
of one's own frame of reference, biases, distractions and judgment. A communication
technique that improves personal relationships, fosters
understanding, and facilitates cooperation and collaboration and eliminates conflict.
Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) correct answers Routine activities an individual tends to
do every day for self-care and normal living. These include eating, bathing, grooming,
dressing, toileting, transferring
(such as walking, bed to chair) and continence. Assessment of an individual's ability to
perform these ADLs is important for determining an individual's ability,
independence, disability or limitations. This assessment determines the type of long-term care
and benefit coverage the individual needs. care may include
placement in a nursing home, skilled care facility or home care services.Benefit coverage
may include Medicare, Medicaid or long-term care insurance.
Activity Limitations correct answers Difficulties an individual may have in executing
activities. An activity limitation may range from a slight to a severe deviation in terms of
quality or quantity in executing the activity in a manner or to the extent that is expected of
people without the health condition.
, Actual Value correct answers Also referred to as real value. Measures the worth one derives
from using or consuming a good, product, service or an item, and represents the utility of the
good, product, service, or item.
Actuarial Study correct answers Statistical analysis of a population based on its utilization of
healthcare services and demographic trends of the population. Results used to estimate
healthcare plan premiums or costs.
Actuary correct answers A trained insurance professional who specializes in determining
policy rates, calculating premiums, and conducting statistical studies
Acuity correct answers Complexity and severity of the client's health/medical condition.
Acute Care correct answers The acute care delivery systems focus on treating sudden and
acute episodes of illness such as medical and surgical management or emergency treatment,
which otherwise cannot be taken care of in a less intense care setting. Acute care settings may
include hospitals, acute rehabilitation centers, emergency care,
transitional hospitals, and follow-up long-term disease management settings.
ADA correct answers Americans with Disabilities Act
ADA Amendments Act correct answers Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of
2008
ADL correct answers Activities of Daily Living. Routine activities carried out for personal
hygiene and health and for operating a household. ADLs include feeding, bathing, showering,
dressing, getting in or out of bed or a chair, and using the toilet.
Adaptive Behavior correct answers The effectiveness and degree to which an individual
meets standards of self-sufficiency and social responsibility for his/her age-related cultural
group.
Adherence correct answers "The extent to which a person's behaviour--taking medication,
following a diet, and/or executing lifestyle changes, corresponds with agreed
recommendations
[e.g., health regimen] from a health care provider" (Sabate, 2003).
Adhesive Contract correct answers A contract between two parties where one party with
stronger bargaining power sets the terms and conditions and the other party, which is the
weaker of the two with little to no ability to negotiate, must adhere to the contract and is
placed in a "take it or leave it" position.
Adjusted Clinical Group correct answers Developed by the School of Public Health at Johns
Hopkins University, this system clusters clients into homogeneous groups (102 discrete
groups) based on a unique approach to measuring morbidity to ultimately improve accuracy
and fairness in evaluating healthcare provider performance, identifying clients at high risk,
forecasting healthcare utilization, and setting equitable payment structure and rates for the
providers of care. The System accounts for the burden of morbidity
