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Week 1 Health Care Terms Worksheet

Understanding health care terms is a prerequisite for both academic and professional success. This assignment is intended to ensure you understand some of the basic terms used in this course.

Complete the worksheet according to the following guidelines:

In the space provided, write each term’s definition. You must define the term in your own words.
In the space provided after each term’s definition, use the term in a sentence as it applies to the health care industry. You may wish to consider the following:

How has it influenced heath care?
What role has the term played as health care developed over the years?

Save the completed worksheet as a Microsoft® Word document with your name in the file name.

Submit the file to your facilitator.

Submitted by: [Alisha Cortez.]

Term
Definition
Use the term in a sentence as it applies to the health care industry.
Example: Electronic health records
Electronic health records are digital forms of entering and storing patient information.
My doctor entered the diagnosis into his laptop and told me that the information would go into my electronic health record.
HIPAA
Health insurance portability and
Accountability act of 1996
Health insurance portability and accountability act of 1996 is a law to help American’s keep health insurance and keep their information private and confidential.
Long term care facilities are required to have HIPPA compliance trainings for all employees.
Clinical
Clinical can be defined in different ways in health care bed side treatment or a course of a disease or a laboratory professional.
The physician took a urine sample and sent it to a clinical lab to process.
Public Health
Public health is the health of people as a whole to prevent disease and promote health.
There was an outbreak of a disease which became a public health concern.
Accreditation
A recognition that a health care institution or school demonstrates compliance or within standards by an official agency.
You should always check prior to