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Define acute
characterized by sharpness or severityhaving a sudden onset, sharp rise, and short coursebeing, providing, or requiring short-term MEDICAL CARE (as for serious illness or traumatic injury) TERM 2
Define acute care
DEFINITION 2 providing or concerned with short-term medical care especially for serious acute disease or trauma TERM 3
Define chronic care
DEFINITION 3 providing or concerned with long-term medical care lasting usually more than 90 days especially for individuals with chronic physical or mental impairment TERM 4
Things that fall under the term "acute care"
for medicare
DEFINITION 4 inpatient care in hospitals, care at skilled nursing facilities, hospice, home healthcare, doctor services, outpatient care and the provision of prescription drugs TERM 5
ABCDF for medicare
DEFINITION 5 A = inpatientB = outpatientCDF = medical equipment and pharmaceuticals
Medicare definition of long-term care hospital
Acute care hospitals that provide treatment for patients who stay, on average, more than 25 days.Most patients are transferred from an intensive or critical care unit. TERM 7
Services provided at a long term care hospital
DEFINITION 7 Services provided include comprehensive rehabilitation, respiratory therapy, head trauma treatment, and pain management. TERM 8
Medicare glossary for acute care
DEFINITION 8 There are no entries for the term "acute care" in the glossary provided by the official U.S. government website for Medicare.Recommended by Medicare as a source of information regarding Medicare coverage, the National Caregivers Library defines "acute care" as medical treatment for individuals with short-term illnesses or health problems. TERM 9
What tool does medicare use for comparing
hospitals
DEFINITION 9 "hospital compare" TERM 10
Hospital compare's definition of acute care
DEFINITION 10 no definition
difference between acute care in a hospital or
long term acute care and a nursing home or
standard hospital care is what?
is in the specializationAcute care is highly specialized and focuses on a smaller variety of illnesses than the traditional hospital or extended care facility. TERM 17
Synonym for post acute care
DEFINITION 17 subacute care TERM 18
definition of post-acute and subacute
care
DEFINITION 18 aims to help patients who have passed the fragile phase of their illness and need routine monitoring and rehabilitation TERM 19
hallmarks of acute care
DEFINITION 19 occurs in the pre-hospital, hospital or emergency department, and is usually short-termIt is care given to those who are acutely ill, victims of trauma, have a potentially critical condition, need intensive monitoring, need complex diagnostic studies, need surgery or complex treatments, or have an exacerbation of a chronic disorder TERM 20
Acute care
setting
DEFINITION 20 patients receive short-term medical treatment for acute illnesses or injury, or to recover from surgery.In this setting, medical and nursing personnel will administer the critical care required to help restore a patient back to health.
goals of acute care hospitalization
diagnosis and stabilization of the patient with discharge as soon as they are able to take care of or be taken care of on their own TERM 22
where does acute care occur
DEFINITION 22 in an emergency department, ambulatory care clinic, or other short-term stay facility TERM 23
facilities in an acute care
setting
DEFINITION 23 operating room, emergency room, blood bank, radiology department, pathology department, pharmacy and clinical laboratory TERM 24
where can long-term acute care be given?
DEFINITION 24 hospitals, hospices, inpatient rehabilitation centers, skilled nursing facilities, in the home and other settings. TERM 25
setting of short term acute care
DEFINITION 25 usually administered in a hospital, which has all the medical care personnel, staff, and facilities needed to diagnose, treat and care for patients with acute conditions like short-term injuries.
