Glossary of Healthcare Terms

“An electronic record of health-related information on an individual that comes to nationally recognized interoperability stands and that can be created, managed, and consulted by authorized clinicians and staff across more than one health care organization.”

“An electronic record of health-related information on an individual that can be created, gathered, managed, and consulted by authorized clinicians and staff within one health care organization.”

Physicians involved in the practice of emergency medicine, which involves treating patients on an unscheduled basis with episodic or acute conditions.

Healthcare organizations that develop in response to changes in market, regulation, and reimbursement.

Physicians, hospitals, healthcare systems, clinics, and payors who are innovating, integrating, or merging because of the constant competitive influx of the healthcare industry.

"A federal law that sets minimum standards for most voluntarily established pension and health plans in private industry to provide protection for individuals in these plans."

The final stage of kidney failure, marked by the complete or nearly complete irreversible loss of renal function, where the body retains fluid and harmful waste build up.

The traditional procedure used to treat chronic rhinosinusitis, uses surgery to re-establish maxillary sinus ventilation and mucociliary clearance through ventilation of the natural ostia. Although the procedure is unstandardized, proponents of the procedure cite that it is safer than the alternatives.

Into the digestive system.

Into the membranes surrounding the spinal cord.

A form of Episode of Care payment that is synonymous with bundling.

The money value of property, or interest in property, after all claims have been deducted.

A rate of return added to a risk-free rate to reflect the additional risk of equity instruments over risk-free instruments (a component of the cost of equity capital or equity discount rate).

A federally-mandated minimum level of coverage that every U.S. citizen must obtain unless an exemption applies. Coverage includes government sponsored programs, eligible employer sponsored programs, plans in the individual market, grandfathered group health plans, as well as some other types of coverage.

Refers to the area where optometrists assess the patient's visual acuity, eye, and systemic health, in determining the appropriate prescription and/or course of treatment required by the patient.