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facility - correct answer ✔✔a place where health care is delivered or administered; may be a
hospital, doctor's office, clinical laboratory, treatment center, etc.
provider - correct answer ✔✔a person or organization that provides health care, including
doctors, nurses, clinics, and agencies.
diagnose - correct answer ✔✔to make a medical determination of illness.
inpatient - correct answer ✔✔a type of medical care provided to patients who stay at a facility
overnight.
outpatient - correct answer ✔✔a type of medical care that does not require an overnight stay.
payer - correct answer ✔✔a person or organization paying for healthcare.
acute - correct answer ✔✔as related to illness, short-term and requiring immediate care.
discharge - correct answer ✔✔to release a patient from a medical facility.
admit - correct answer ✔✔to check a patient in to a medical facility for inpatient care.
, long-term care facility - correct answer ✔✔a center that provides skilled care 24 hours a day to
residents who live there.
clinical laboratory - correct answer ✔✔a facility that collects and analyzes specimens from
patients in order to provide doctors and other healthcare professionals with information.
specimen - correct answer ✔✔a portion or sample of something larger, collected for study or
analysis.
reference laboratory - correct answer ✔✔facility that primarily analyzes specimens sent from
other locations.
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) - correct answer ✔✔federal regulations
regarding the staffing and operation of clinical laboratories.
accredit - correct answer ✔✔officially approve through a specific process.
Joint Commission - correct answer ✔✔an independent, nonprofit organization that evaluates
and accredits.
chemistry - correct answer ✔✔in a clinical laboratory, the department concerned with analyzing
specimens for the presence of particular chemicals.
hematology - correct answer ✔✔in a clinical laboratory, the department concerned with
analyzing specimens to study properties, diseases, or disorders of the blood.
coagulation - correct answer ✔✔the process of blood clotting.