Most Common Medical Specialties - ANSWERSInternal Medicine - Prevent, diagnose,
and treat disease. Pediatrics - Children. Family Practice - Ongoing primary care.
Cardiology - heart. Psychiatry - mind. Neurology - nervous system. Oncology - cancer.
Radiology - use of imaging to both diagnose and treat disease visualized within the
human body
Most Common Surgical Specialties - ANSWERSAnesthesiology - anesthesia.
Cardiovascular Surgery - heart surgery. Obstetrics and Gynecology - dealing with
female reproductive system, obstetrics - pregnant, gynecology - nonpregnant.
Orthopedics - surgery involving the skeletal system. Urology - focused on the diseases
for the urinary tract system. Ophthalmology - eyes. Otorhinolaryngology - head and
neck. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - plastic surgery is concerned with the
correction or restoration of form or function. Reconstruction surgery restores the form.
Neurosurgery - brain.
Acute care hospital requirements - ANSWERSThe Acute Care Hospital program serves
all acute care facilities, that is, general acute care, specialty hospitals and long term
acute care hospitals (LTACH). The standards are set up in such a way that they are
easy to read and understand.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) - ANSWERSThe _____ Conditions
of Participation (CoP) are embedded within the HFAP standards, along with additional
standards covering patient safety and quality of care.
HFAP - ANSWERSA hospital accredited by _____ is deemed to meet all Medicare
requirements for hospitals (except the requirements for Utilization Review which the
State agencies have jurisdiction over, and the special conditions for psychiatric
hospitals.)
General acute care hospital - ANSWERS_____ must submit proof of accreditation from
the Joint Commission of the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO),
American Osteopathic Association (AOS), or the Det Norske Veritas Healthcare, Inc.
(DNV), if applicable. These documents must be submitted with your completed
application.
Acute Care - ANSWERSThe short-term care provided to diagnose and treat an illness
or injury. General acute care hospitals provide a wide range of medical and surgical
services to diagnose and treat most illnesses and injuries.
Rehab - ANSWERSRehabilitation hospitals generally provide long-term care services to
patients recuperating from debilitating or chronic illnesses and injuries such as strokes,
, head and spine injuries, and gunshot wounds. Patients often stay in rehabilitation
hospitals for several months.
Behavioral Health - ANSWERSPsychiatric hospitals provide inpatient care for patients
with mental and developmental disorders.
Ambulatory Care - ANSWERScommunity-based ambulatory care services required to
the services provided in freestanding facilities that are not endorsed by or affiliated with
a hospital.
Ambulatory Care Centers (ACCs) - ANSWERSFree standing _____ provide emergency
services and urgent care for walking patients.
Urgent care centers - ANSWERS_____ provide diagnostic and therapeutic care for
patients with minor illnesses and injuries.
Urgent care centers do no - ANSWERSt service seriously ill patients and most did not
accept ambulance cases. retail clinic straight non life threatening acute illness is an
operating Lima services such as flu shots and sports physicals
Specialty Hospitals - ANSWERSSpecialty Hospitals provide diagnostic and therapeutic
services for a limited range of conditions (for example, burns, cancer, tuberculosis,
obstetrics and gynecology).
For-Profit vs Not-For-Profit - ANSWERSHospitals can be classified on the basis of their
ownership and profitability status. Not-for-profit healthcare organizations use excess
funds to improve their services and to finance education programs and community
services. For-profit healthcare organizations are privately owned. Excess funds are paid
back to the managers, owners, and investors in the form of bonuses and dividends.
Government-Owned Hospitals - ANSWERSGovernment-owned hospitals are operated
by a specific branch of federal, state, or local government as not-for-profit organizations
(also called public hospitals).
Proprietary - ANSWERS_____ hospitals may be owned by private foundations,
partnerships, or investor-owned corporations. Large corporations may own a number of
for-profit hospitals, and the stock of several large US hospital chains is publicly traded.
Voluntary Hospitals - ANSWERSVoluntary hospitals are not-for-profit hospitals owned
by universities, churches, charities, religious orders, unions, and other not-for-profit
entities. Often provide free care to patients who otherwise would not have access to
healthcare services.
Organization of a hospital - ANSWERSthe term hospital can be applied to any
healthcare facility that has the following four characteristics: 1) An organized medical
staff 2) Permanent inpatient beds 3) Around the clock nursing services 4) Diagnostic