Health Career Terms.

Method of treatment used in place with biomedical therapies.

Method of treatment used in conjunction with biomedical therapies.

Procedures used to control cost or expenses.

Patients who are with a certain diagnosis are classified in a cerain group to contol cost of insurance.

Monitoring the use of energy to control cost and conserve resources.

The study of the aged or old age an treatment of related diseases and conditions.

Care that promotes physical, emotional, social, intellectual, and spiritual well-being.

Any type of health care provided in a patients home enviroment.

Using both mainstream medical practices and CAM to treat a patient.

Federal law that regulates the education and testing of nursing assistants.

Patients that receive care without being admitted to hospitals or other care facilities.

An infectious disease that affects many people over a wide geographic area; a worldwide epidemic.

Involves the use of audio, video, and computer systems to provide medical and/or health care services.

State of being in good health; well.

A federal agency established in 1990 to research the quality of health care delivery and identify the standards of treatment that should be provided by health care facilities.