Medical Office Procedures - Vocabulary- Medical Ethics

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Allied health fields
Occupational diciplies in which professionals involved with the delivery of healthcare or related services assist physicians with the diagnosis, treatment, and care of patients in many different specialty areas.
Benefits
Services or payments provided under a health plan
Certification
Attesting of something as being true as represented or as meeting a standard
Continuing education units (CEUs)
Credits for courses, classes, or seminars related to an individual's profession that are designed to promote education and keep professionals up to date on current procedures and trends in the field; CEUs are often required for licensing
Cross-training
Training in more than one area in order to substitute for others when necessary.
Enternship (or internship)
Training program, on the job training, while completing schooling
Intangibles
Qualities that can't be perceived by touch or indentified or relized in the mind
Invasive
Involving entry into the living body, incision, insertion of an instrument
Perks
Extra advantages or benefits
Phlebotomy
An invasive procedure used to obtain a blood specimen for testing, experimentation or diagnosis of disease
Profit sharing
Offer of a part of a company's profits to employees or other designated individuals or groups
Stock options
Offers of stocks for purchase to a certain group of individuals or certain groups, such as employees of a for-profit hospital
Versatile
Embracing a variety of subjects, fields, or skills; having a wide range of abilities