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Potter CH 2
Question | Answer |
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Professional Standards Review Organization | PSROs review the quality, quantity and cost of hospital care provided through Medicare |
Utilization Review | UR - committees that review admissions, diagnostic testing and treatments provided by MD to clients |
Prospective Payment System | PPS eliminated cost based reimbursement. Hospitals are no longer paid for all treatments, but services are bundles into groups. Each group has a fixed reimbursement no matter how long the stay |
Diagnosis Related Groups | DRG - groups created by PPS. Each group has a fixed reimbursement amount |
Resource Utilization Group | RUGs are used in long term care in place of DRGs |
Levels of Health care | There are six: preventative, primary, secondary, tertiary, restorative, continuing care |
Secondary and Tertiary Care | Acute care, ER, ICU |
Restorative Care | Rehab or home health |
Continuing Care | Hospice, Chronic long term care |
Respite Care | Short term relief or time off for persons providing home care |
Skilled NSG SNF | Skilled care from licensed personnel can include IV care, vent management, wound care, and rehab |
"Knowing Clients" | Measure of nurses experience and maturity. The nurse gets a grasp of the client, understands the situation in context of the illness and allows her to anticipate the clients needs. |
Levels of Prevention | Focus on health activities. Primary: Health promotion and disease prevention. Secondary: Curing disease Tertiary: Diminishing complications. |