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Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Communicating Healthcare Information . . . 76
Communicating through the Medical Record. . . . 77
Communicating by Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Improving Health Literacy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Information Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Electronic Health Records—
Past, Present, and Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Health Informatics Services Applications . . . . . . . 92
Medical Math. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Understanding Numerical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Read and Interpret Charts and Graphs . . . . . . . . 99
Reimbursement Tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Chapter 3 Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Chapter 4
Professional Knowledge
in Health Informatics . . . . . . . . . .114
Healthcare Delivery and
Payment Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Systems Theory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Healthcare Provider Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Healthcare Payment Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Applying Systems Theory to Healthcare Trends . . 125
Legal and Ethical Issues in
Health Informatics Services . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Legal Issues Affecting Healthcare Workers . . . . 128
Ethical Issues in Healthcare Careers . . . . . . . . . 130
Legal and Voluntary Professional Standards . . . 134
Safety Issues
in Health Informatics Services . . . . . . . . . . 135
Privacy of Health Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Ensuring Confidentiality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Ergonomics of Computer Use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Chapter 4 Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Chapter 5
Academic Knowledge:
Medical Terminology and
Body Organization . . . . . . . . . . . .144
Study Skills for Health Science
Students: Memory Techniques . . . . . . . . . . 146
Memory Techniques for Learning Terms. . . . . . . 146
Mnemonic Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Medical Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Understanding Word Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Pronunciation and Spelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Body Organization and
Related Medical Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
The Cell and Its Organelles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Body Tissues and Membranes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Body Organs and Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Body Directions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Body Regions and Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Body Cavities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Body Planes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Chapter 5 Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Unit 2
Therapeutic
Career Pathway. . . . . 172
Chapter 6
Career Skills
in Therapeutic Services . . . . . . . .174
Personal Traits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Therapeutic Career Choices . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Therapy Careers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Dental Careers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Medical Careers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Nursing Careers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Technical Workers in Therapeutic Services . . . . 189
Teams in the Therapeutic Pathway . . . . . . . 190
Interdisciplinary Teams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Nursing Teams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191