PTTC Terms

Title IV

Application and Enforcement of Group Health Plan Requirements

A Physical Therapy Technician/Aide may perform some or all the following duties

Carrying out non-technical duties of physical therapy, Preparing treatment areas, Ordering devices and supplies

Ethics and Patient Rights

Ethics are based on integrity, responsibility to service and community, respect, self-discipline and intent to further your career.

Law and Ethics

Ethics is the knowledge of what is right conduct versus what is wrong conduct.

Good listeners apply the following skills:

Face the person, have good eye contact, lean toward the person, respond to the person, paraphrasing, clarifying and silence

The Health Insurance and Accountability Act

HIPAA contains five provisions called "titles" that focused on various aspects of healthcare. The titles include:

Title I

Healthcare Access, Portability and Renewability

Nonverbal Communication

Kinesics - the study of nonverbal communication

Patient Rights

Patient Care Partnership serves as a guide for both patients and their physicians involved in their care.

Title II

Preventing Health Care Fraud and Abuse

POMR Note Charting

Problem-Oriented Medical Record Charting - tracks a patient's problems throughout medical care.

Title V

Revenue Offsets

The following are settings in which they work:

Schools, Clinics, General Private Practices, Acute Care Hospitals, Nursing Homes,Sub Acute Facilities and Rehabilitation Centers

Title III

Tax - Related Health Provisions

Phone Etiquette

When speaking on the phone always identify yourself to the caller.

Epi

aboe,upon

Anti

against

Intentional torts

are acts that are meant to be harmful.

Subjective data

are things a person tells you about that you cannot observe through your senses.

Distal

away from the point of origin

Dorsal

back part of body

Pre

before

Ante

before, in front of

emia

blood condition

Carcin/o

cancerous, cancer

Cyt/o

cell

Cerebr/o

cerebrum (largest part of the brain)

Proximal

closest to the point of origin that divides the body into front and back portions

Thromb/o

clotting

Suffix

comes after the root word

Prefix

comes before the root word

osis

condition, usually abnormal

Progress Notes

daily chart notes made during patient's visits to document patient progress with certain conditions.

Hypo

deficient, below, under less than normal

pathy

disease condition

Transverse plane

divides the body into upper and lower portions

Frontal plane

divides the body into ventral and dorsal sections

Assessment

doctor's diagnosis

Electr/o

electrical activity

Hyper

excessive, above more than normal

ectomy

excision, removal

Fet/o

fetus

Sarc/o

flesh

Ventral

front part of body

Cephal/o

head

Plan

health care providers prescribed plan of action

Cardi/o

heart

Anterior

in front of

itis

inflammation

Zones of comfort

intimate space 18 inches or closer, personal space18 inches to 4 ft, social space 47 ft to 12 ft, and Public space 12 ft or more

A felony

is a crime punishable by more than one year

A misdemeanor

is a crime punishable by one year or less

Tort

is a wrong committed against a person or the person's property. Torts may be intentional or unintentional.

Negligence

is an unintentional wrong and must be proven

Liable

is being held accountable under law

Objective Data

is information that is heard, felt or smelled.

Defamation

is injuring a person's name and reputation by making false statements to a third person

Assault

is intentionally attempting to touch or threaten a person's body without their consent

Libel

is making false statements in print, writing or through pictures

Slander

is making false statements orally

Malpractice

is negligence by a professional person (unintentional)

Fraud

is saying or doing something to trick, fool or deceive a person.

Battery

is touching a person's body without their consent.

Invasion of privacy

is violating a person's right not to have his or her private affairs exposed

Informed Consent

is when the person clearly understands what is going to be done.

Arthr/o

joint

Bi/o

life

Prone position

lying on stomach

Supine position

lying on the back

Lateral recumbent position

lying on the side

Combining vowel

makes the word easier to say

Charting

method that tracks subjective, objective, assessment and plan for a patient's visit.

Rhin/o

nose

Objective

observations made by the medical assistant, examination findings and vital signs

algia

pain

dynia

pain

Subjective

patient's statements (chief complaint)

al

pertaining to

gravida

pregnancy

genic

produced by, pertaining to producing

globin

protein

Root word

relating to specific body parts

Derm/o

skin

Brady

slow

Peri

sorrounding, around

Normal anatomic position

standing with arms lank and palms forward

sis

state of, condition

Gastr/o

stomach

Dent/I

teeth

Dia

through, complete

Posterior

toward the back part of body

Medial

towards the midline of the body

Lateral

towards the side of the body

oma

tumor, mass swelling

Sub

under, below

Ur/o

urinary tract

Flow Charts

visual tools that help track certain information in patient's medical records like an infant's/child's growth.

asthenia

weakness

End, endo

within

Forms of Charting - Narrative

written description of patient's visits in chronological order SOAP Note