Glossary of Healthcare Terms

   

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Provider Sponsored Organization

A cooperative venture of group providers who control an integrated provider system engaged in both delivery and financing of health care services.

Provider-Based Status

The relationship between a main provider and a provider-based entity or a department of a provider, remote location of a hospital, or satellite facility that complies with the provisions of the provider-based rule.

Psychiatric Hospitals

Hospitals that administer specialized services to patients with psychiatric illnesses.

Psychologists

Psychologists conduct psychological and neuropsychological testing, make clinical diagnoses, and design treatment plans for patients.

Psychology

Study of the mind and human behavior.

Psychotechnology

Technologies to deliver mental health services.

Public Health

An area of healthcare centered around "community health point of view," that considers "the means of defense(s) against disease a social problem."

Purchase Option

The right, but not the obligation, to purchase an asset, enterprise, or service, at a predetermined point or within a predetermined period in the future, typically for a predetermined price.

Purple Pill

A treatment for bleeding ulcer patients, with a proton-pump inhibitor like Prilosec (omeprazole), that stops bleeding prior to endoscopy.

Qi

Vital energy.
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