Chapter 8 Dynamics Vocab

Medical Terminology

Specialized terminology used in medicine that allows healthcare providers to communicate specific details of a patient's conditions in a precise manner.

Anatomy

The study of the structure of organisms and their parts.

Physiology

The study of how organisms and their body parts carry out the normal physical functions that allow them to exist.

Infection Control

A discipline focusing on preventing the spread of healthcare-associated infections.

Medical Math

The application of mathematical computations related to healthcare procedures.

Healthy Behavior

Actions of individuals that can promote health such as eating a healthy diet and participating in regular physical activity.

Communication

The sharing of information between two or more people as a way to convert meaning.

Health Record

An ordered set of documents or a collection of data that contains complete and accurate descriptions of a patient's history, condition, diagnostic and therapeutic treatment, and results of treatments.

Documentation

The process of entering a description of a patient's history, condition, diagnostic and therapeutic treatments, and results of treatment.

Professional

An individual with specialized learning engaged in a specified activity as an occupation.

Professionalism

The conduct, character, skills, and judgment of a trained person.

Conflicts

Serious disagreements or arguments.

Code of Ethics

A written list of a professional's values and standards of conduct.

Disparagement

The action of belittling or criticizing the skills, knowledge, or qualifications of another professional.

Conflict of Interest

A clash between an individual's selfish interests and his or her obligations to an organization, group, or persons.

Confidentiality

The obligation of healthcare providers to not misestimate patient information beyond proper channels.

Health Teams

A team of health personnel, each with a specialized function, brought together in accordance with the needs of the client and his or her family.

Accreditation

The process by which an external entity reviews an organization or program of study to determine if it meets certain predetermined standards.

Certification

The process or action of providing an individual with an official document attesting to their status or level of achievement.

Malpractice

Professional misconduct.

Negligence

The failure to do something that a reasonable prudent person would do in the same or similar situation.

Fraud

The intentional deception of another person to that person's detriment.

Abuse

A pattern of practices or customs that are unsound or inconsistent with ethical business, fiscal, or healthcare practices or customs.

Continuing Education

The process by which a professional seeks recurrent learning activities and training beyond the initial license or certificate.