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home healthcare term
pharmacy terms
Question | Answer |
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Home health care? | healthcare services to patients in their home |
1st home health care? | 1880 |
1st major boom? | 1965 |
medicare made healthcare available to elderly? | 1973 |
which is most frequently provided services? | home health |
home health services? | dietician,social workers,physical therapist,occupational therapist, |
home health care agencies? | governments agencies, nonprofit, propretory, hospital-based agencies |
what% of health care agencies are medicare certified? | 55% |
2nd most common form of home health care? | personal care support services(home health aides) |
personal care support services include? | homaking food, personal care, bathing |
HEMS | HOME EQUIPTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES |
home equiptment management services also reffered to as? | home medical or durable medical equipment |
DME | DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT |
EXAMPLES OF DME? | CANES,O2 TANKS, WHEEL CHAIR, COMMODES |
LAST MAJOR TYPE OF HOME HEALTH CARE? | home pharmacies services |
what are home pharmacy services responsible? | monitoring patient's med's,clinical response on ongoing basis,compounding & dispensing,and copies of lab reports |
pharmacy may prepare meds up to___before administratied | 1 month |
sterile meds labeling of meds must be according to laws of? | usp 797 |
what do physicians usually run from their offices? | ambulatory infusion center |
AIC | ambulatory infusion center |
LTC | LONG TERM CARE |
WHAT IS LONG TERM CARE? | PROVISION OF HEALTH and personal care for long period |
ltc required due to? | traumatic injury,chronic illness, or disability |
SNF | SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES |
skilled nursing facilities | individual need extensive medical care |
3 types of busines model of snf | Gov., proprietary, and not-for-prifit |
medicare is funded by? | gov. and social security |
medicare part A | covers hospital stays & nursing home time |
medicare part B | covers Dr. visits, specialized test, supplies |
medicare part c | hospice benefit |
medicare part D | covers prescription |
PDP | preferred drug provider |
automotic stop order? | requirement for particular druf=gs to assure the proper monitoring of drug usage |
consultant pharmacist(cllinical pharmacist) | responsible for monitoring drug usage & drug therapy of patients iin nursing homes |
medication regimen review | process established by the center for medicare/medicaid services requiring that a licensed RPh review med use very month |
MRR | medication regimen review |