...2014) | | Last Date Revised: 4/18/2014 I. COURSE NUMBER AND TITLE: BIOL 2600 DA2 Medical Terminology/ 3 sem. hrs. Fall Semester 2014 CRN # 20417 Room: TBD Day and Time: Classroom assignments can be found at the following website (check before class begins in case of changes): http://www.fcas.nova.edu/coursewizard/ Building & Room: Follow the above link to find this course. II. INSTRUCTOR: Janice Stone, D.C. Office Hours by appointment before class on Thursdays Phone: Leave message (954) 262-8300 (MST Secretary) E-mail: js2867@nova.edu Departmental Contact: Dr. Deanne Roopnarine Coordinator of Biology roopnari@nova.edu 954-262-8196 III. COURSE DESCRIPTION Medical Terminology: This course covers the basic structure of medical terms, including roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Emphasis will also be placed on the terminology of body systems. Medical terms related to anatomy, physiology, pathology, clinical procedures, laboratory tests, and medical abbreviations will be covered. Also, students will learn medical terminology related to specialized areas of...
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...PARCA CPAS2014 Requirements JJ PARCA Certified PACS Associate (CPAS2014) Requirements Copyright notice: Copyright © 2014 PACS Administrators in Radiology Certification Association (PARCA). All rights reserved. All rights reserved. This publication is protected by copyright. No part may be reproduced in any form or by any means, including photocopying, or utilized by any information storage and retrieval system without permission of the copyright owner. All rights reserved PARCA V 3.5 Page 1 PARCA CPAS2014 Requirements Certified PACS Associate (CPAS) requirements This document contains the detailed requirements for the certification of a CPAS2014 or Certified PACS Associate. The focus is on general technical and clinical understanding. CPAS2014 is an update to the original CPAS requirements published in 2005 to include new technologies and developments. The requirements are split up in two sections: A) Technical (IT) and B) Clinical. A. Technical (IT) requirements 1. Computer basics (20%) 1.1 Hardware: A computer has hardware components, i.e. CPU, memory, Disk, removable media, display card and display and data entry devices (aka peripherals) such as keyboard and mouse and others. There are several standard interfaces, such as serial and parallel ports, FireWire and several choices of disk and network interfaces. – Know how to distinguish between these components and interfaces and the function and characteristics of each of them...
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...1. | | The prefix brady- is defined as: Your Answer: | slow. | | | 2. | | What is the universal language of medicine? Your Answer: | Medical terminology | | | 3. | | Which word part provides the fundamental meaning of a term? Your Answer: | word root | | | 4. | | The term construction consists of how many word parts? Your Answer: | three | | | 5. | | A combining vowel is always used when connecting a: Your Answer: | word root and prefix. | | Correct Answer: | word root and word root. | | | | 6. | | The combining form leuk/o is defined as: Your Answer: | white. | | | 7. | | The prefix anti- means: Your Answer: | against. | | | 8. | | The programmed learning method uses which type of learning technique? Your Answer: | frames | | | 9. | | Terms derived from the names of people are known as: Your Answer: | eponyms. | | | 10. | | The combining form encephal/o is defined as: Your Answer: | brain. | | 1. | | All medical terms consist of all three word parts. Your Answer: | False | | | 2. | | Nonconstructed terms include acronyms. Your Answer: | False | | Correct Answer: | True | | | | 3. | | A combining form is a word root with its combining vowel. Your Answer: | True | | | 4. | | The prefix neo- is defined as "slow." Your Answer: | False | | | 5. | | The combining form dermat/o means "skin." Your Answer: | True | | | 6. | | The term hepatopathyis...
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...Aquayla Scott Interview Question “What is the importance of medical terminology?” The importance of medical terminology is to allow effective communication. Medical terminology is important, it allows health care professionals to have understandings of certain things that could be elongated. Knowing medical terminology eases the process of having to do or explain everything the long way. It makes it easier and faster for health care professionals, it’s their very own language that helps them completely understand what is happening or what has to be done to help a patient. Medical terms are used to accurately describe the condition of a patient and the procedures he or she has to undergo. Most professionals use these terms (though they could be written in plain English). Not properly communicating or documenting medical information may result in confusion or even bigger health risks to a patient. Mostly everything we do in our day to day life involves these terms, as simple as a written prescription or diagnosis. It helps decipher complex information, many medical terms are made up of suffixes, prefixes and word roots, if the provider memorizes the standard word parts, that makes it easier to decipher the meaning of many medical terms, allows an understanding of diagnosis and procedures, knowledge of medical terms allows health care professionals to understand why the patient is seeking help and how they are being treated. It helps in treating patients...
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...Jacob Snyder 11/17/2014 Medical Terminology Course Project A.) Term # | Page of article/paragraph | Medical Term | Breakdown | Translation | 1. | 19/1 | Cardiovascular | Cardi/o- HeartVascular-Vessels | Relating to the vessels in the heart | 2. | 20/2 | Hematocrit | Hemat/o-BloodCrit-Judge | Instrument used to judge or gauge blood | 3. | 20/2 | Hemoglobin | Hem/o-BloodGlobin-protein | Proteins in the blood | 4. | 20/5 | Rectal | Rect-RectumAl-Pertaining to | Pertaining to the rectum | 5. | 20/5 | Respiratory | Respir/a-RespirationTory-Relating to | Relating to respiration | 6. | 20-6 | Spirometry | Spir/o- To breatheMetry- act of measuring | To measure breathe | 7. | 21-2 | Stethoscope | Steth/o-chestScope-View | Device for viewing sounds inside the chest | 8. | 21-2 | Brachial | Brach/i- ArmAl-Relating to | Relating to the arm | 9. | 26-4 | Thermoregulatory | Therm/o-HeatRegulatory-Regulation | Regulation of the body’s heat | 10 | 26-5 | Cardiopulmonary | Cardi/o-HeartPulm/o-LungsNary-Pertaining to | Pertaining to the heart and lungs | 11. | 26-6 | Metabolic | Meta-to changeBolic- to throw | To exchange and throw broken down chemicals throughout the body | 12. | 27-3 | Symptomatic | Symptom/a-symptomTic-Pertaining to | Pertaining to symptoms | 13. | 28-3 | Themal | Therm-HeatAl-Related to | Related to heat | 14. | 18-1 | Urinary | Urin-UrineAry-Pertaining to | Pertaining to urine | 15. | 18-1 | Hydration | Hyrdat-waterIon-Pertaining to | Pertaining...
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...The Importance of Medical Terminology Francine Harrilal HCS/120 May 9th, 2016 Ms. Tammy Williams The Importance of Medical Terminology What is the importance of medical terminology? Coming from the Greek and Latin origin, medical terms have been used by Greek and Roman physicians from long ago. The majority of the words are still used in today's society. Medical terminology is made up of combining forms, suffixes and prefixes. Once you learn the combining form (the foundation of a word), the suffix (the word ending), and the prefix (optional word beginning), you will be able to decipher complex information to understand a patient’s condition and diagnose them (Stanfield, Cross, and Hui, 2012). For example, if a patient were complaining of pain on the lower right side of the abdomen, maybe you would diagnose him/her with appendicitis. If the infection is severe, it might be to the point of having to have an appendectomy; the surgical removal of the appendix. Without knowing the suffix meaning of –itis (infection of) and the meaning of -ectomy (the surgical removal of), then you wouldn’t have been able to diagnose or treat the patient (Stanfield, Cross, and Hui, 2012). Medical terminology goes way beyond just diagnosing and treating in the health care field, it is essential in this industry. Everything that is done in the health care field is based on the knowledge of medical terminology. Communication within the field will consist of using this language in every different...
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...define word parts. Analyze and define medical terms. Build medical terms for given descriptions. Build, analyze, define, pronounce, and spell diagnostic, surgical, anatomical, and procedural terms. Methods of Teaching 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Lecture, discussion, role playing emphasizing critical thinking Videos PowerPoint Computer-assisted instruction Demonstration Laboratory Practice Individual and Group Conference Written tests Clinical practice Evaluations HESI; Case Studies Student Responsibilities: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Read assigned chapter or unit. Define key words/terms related to chapter. Attend lectures and demonstrations. Practice lab procedures associated with the lesson as applicable. View videos associated with lesson. Complete computer activities as assigned. Participate in class/lab activities. Discuss critical thinking activities associated with the lesson Review safety principles associated with the lesson. Avoid conversations with classmates during lecture. Ask permission from instructor if using audio-recorder. Utilize breaks appropriately and return on time. Refer and follow the policies as outlined and discussed in the Student Handbook. Pass exams with a grade of 80% or higher. 1 Revised: 07/2011, 7/2012, 7/2014, Reviewed/Revised 8/2015 LMS/TR Garnet Career Center School of Practical Nursing Medical Terminology METHODS OF EVALUATION Grading Scale ...
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...Healthcare standards are essential to development and implementation of Electronic Medical Record (EMR), Representation of healthcare data in a standard will help in reaching better interoperability. I will track patient admission until discharge with diagnosis of Angina. As a clinician I will diagnose this patient using Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine-Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT), the EMR or the coders should then map my diagnosis into international Classification of Diseases Clinical Modification 10th edition (ICD-10- CM)) using the Interactive Map-Assisted Generation of ICD Codes (I-MAGIC) (I-MAGIC], 2015). SNOMED-CT is required in stage 2 and should be used for documenting problem (Levy, 2013a). SNOMED-CT is a comprehensive clinical terminology that describe the diagnosis in details, it is way of description is close to the medical language. SNOMED-CT easy to map to other clinical terminology like ICD-9 and ICD-10 in a addition to LOINC (Giannangelo, 2015)., The SNOMED-CT code for Angina is 194828000, and the ICD-10-CM for Angina is I24.9, Acute ischemic heart disease (NLM, 2013). At admission the physician need to order Electrocardiogram (EKG) test to confirm angina, EKG was ordered and EMR attached the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT), CPT was developed by the American Medical Association (AMA) it doesn’t contain diagnosis codes it only focuses in procedures, the CPT code for EKG 12 leads is 93000 (Giannangelo, 2015; ECG CPT, 2015). The physician placed an order...
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...For the last few months I have been enrolled in school to become an Emergency Medical Technician, EMT. Having no medical background prior to volunteering, the medical terminology used by the ambulance corp. members was extremely hard for me to initial learn and understand. During training at the ambulance corp., some students were already EMT’s and some, like me, were not. Therefore, when the trainers or fellow students used medical terms, it was completely foreign to me. For example, when the medical personnel would say things such as “nitro” I thought they were talking about the gas, nitro. I was confused because they were talking about administering “nitro” to a patient. Later I found out that “nitro” was short...
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...protection and a well-organized and resourceful healthcare delivery system. This assignment has ten terms that fall under the scope of HIT and Health Information Systems (HIS) that are interconnected. Each term will be defined and a concise statement of importance will be explained. AMR • AMR (Automated Medical Records) is a term used at the early stage of electronic medical documentation. It was information retained on a customary personal computer and did not comply with legal ramifications for electronic medical records. Therefore a paper file was maintained. The computer information is used as a working file, and then pages are printed and filed in the chart (Fishman, 2005). • Important aspect of AMR is the aid of premature discovery of conditions of public health issues. For instance, seasonal respiratory illness or atypical occurrences, like bioterrorist attack that initially exhibit as respiratory symptoms. Knowledge of disease patterns in real time may also help clinicians to manage patients (Ross, L., Kleinman, K., Dashevsky, I., DeMaria, A. and Platt,R., 2001). CMR • CMR (Computerized Medical Records) was the first attempt in an automated, on-line medical record system. It contains clinical and demographic...
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...C156 Advanced Information Management– Task 1 A2. Analysis of Technology Two organizations migrating to a common health information system would need a system that meets current regulatory requirements, meets the needs of the combined organization and their practice environment. The implementation of a common health information system would require an interdisciplinary group of forward thinking innovators, and an interoperable electronic medical record system that includes standard nursing terminology. The technology needed in this scenario that would make this combination successful consist of network security measures to ensure security of protected health information under the federal requirements of HIPPA and HITECH. The use of emerging technology such as cellphones, tablets and remote technology should also be included in the discussions of creating a telehealth system that would accommodate both of the combining organizations. Telehealth not only includes communication between patients and healthcare providers, but also communication between healthcare providers in both of the combining organizations. Video conferencing can save healthcare providers time and money by allowing them to collaborate with one another without being physically near one another. A3. Identification of Team The interdisciplinary team on the project committee will consist of four team members. Team member A would be the project team lead in which I would nominate myself...
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...435-7973 Email: diana.p.correa92@gmail.com Career Objective: Bilingual (Spanish) professional seeking a challenging position as a Medical Insurance Billing and Coding professional within a healthcare organization offering an opportunity for personal growth, development and; most importantly, the opportunity to contribute to the success of the organization. Qualifications: * Experienced, dependable, energetic and competent support professional. * Strong ability to interact and communicate well with individuals in all circumstances. * Possess great communication skills – orally and written – in both languages. * Excellent organizational, records maintenance and follow up skills. * Able to work independently and as a team member. * Knowledge of medical terminology and possess excellent customer service skills. Skills: ICD-9 CPT Coding | CMS-1500 | Medical Law and Ethics | Electronic Claim Submission | Anatomy and Physiology | Appointment Scheduling | Medical Terminology | Internet | Modifiers | Co-Pay Collections | Account Balancing | Claim Correction {Rejections} | UB-04 {Hospital Billing} | Insurance | Patient Charts | | Microsoft Word, Excel & PowerPoint | | Professional Experience: Children Health Center May 2011 – June 2011 Medical Biller and Coder 55 West Union Avenue, Bound Brook, NJ 08805 * Extern; acquired hands on training in a specialist’s office. ...
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...1. What is medical coding and what is it used for? According to AAPC, medical coding is the transformation of healthcare diagnosis, procedures, medical services, and equipment into universal medical alphanumeric codes. The diagnoses and procedure codes are taken from medical record documentation, such as transcription of medical notes, laboratory and radiologic results, etc. 2. What coding systems are used in the United States? The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) and the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT). According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 70% of the world's health care expenditures are allocated using ICD. ICD codes are alphanumeric designations given to every diagnosis, description of symptoms and cause of death attributed to human beings. 3. How did changes to the ICD-9 over the years reflect events? ICD-9-CM is based on the official version of the World Health Organization's 9th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9). In 1977, the steering committee was formed by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) to clinically modify ICD-9 for use in the United States. The term "Clinical" meant that the United States needed a useful tool to report diagnoses, to classify morbidity data...
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...CPT Codes Mary Fazzi HCR/201 May 20, 2016 University of Phoenix CPT Codes CPT As Easy As I II III Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) is a medical code set to use to report medical, surgical, and diagnostic procedures and services to entities such as doctors, medical insurance companies and authorization organizations. The American Medical Association was the first to produce the CPT codes and there are guidelines that need to be followed. The CPT code has three different categories. Category I which normally are mostly numbers. They are five digits without any decimals. Each of the codes has a description that is a blurb of explaining what was done. There are office visits, anesthesia for a procedure, removing of an indwelling, radiology, laboratories test, and intravenous infusions. Some examples of category I can be going to a doctor for a annul visit. Surgery can be any part of the body that needs to be fixed or maintain. With radiology is of course x-rays but can also be ultrasounds or other types or ultrasounds needed. There might be times when a doctor might have to use a surgery code for draining an abscess in the office or removing of a growth. Most coder’s will only use category I for most of their jobs. Now category II are four digits and the fifth digit is a letter. These are not paid by insurance, but just notes for the doctor to keep an eye on things and to see that the right treatment is going on. Examples of this can body mass recorded or has...
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...they have any disabilities, their profession, or their age. In Health and Social care, different communication will be used in different settings (care homes, hospitals etc.) One-to-one When talking one-to-one with somebody, it works in a three-stage process. This is greeting, conversation and then farewells. When doing one-to-one, gestures, facial expressions and body language would be used more because they’re being watched more than if they’re in a group, for example. Both parties want to feel relaxed, so a calming tone would be used. If not, it could feel like an awkward conversation between both the people. In a Health and Social context, one-to-one communication may be used if a doctor is talking to a patent alone, because their medical history is to remain private and confidential. A formal tone would be used in this situation as the conversation topic is a serious matter, and because the doctor has higher status than the patient. This would only work if the patient was a speaker of the same language as the doctor, and if they had good hearing. If the patient had a disability that affected their hearing and their way of communication, the doctor may use Makaton. This is a mixture of signs, symbols and speech that help people develop their communication skills. If the patient was completely deaf, British Sign Language would be used. This is only signs and symbols, but sometimes speech could be used in the patient is able to lip read. These would be the only effective...
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