Lesson 740 of 1524
Admission, Transfer, and Discharge
Acute care admissions are for patients who require inpatient monitoring and/or a professional level of care.
Practice this chapterAcute care admissions are for patients who require inpatient monitoring and/or a professional level of care. There are many different types of patient admissions to healthcare facilities.
It is important to ensure the patient is admitted to the correct level of care. Some come from an ambulatory care setting, while others arrive from home or via EMS
acute care — a type of inpatient medical care for patients who require monitoring and medical assistance from professionally trained healthcare providers. ambulatory care — patient care given in outpatient settings, which includes doctor’s offices, clinics, and outpatient surgery centers. patient — admitted to the correct level of care. against medical advice (AMA) — when a patient under inpatient medical care voluntarily leaves the hospital even though the medical team does not recommend it; also the name of the documentation form that is….
Worked example
What does “acute care” mean in Admission, Transfer, and Discharge?
- 1Use the wording this chapter gives for acute care.
- 2The book says: a type of inpatient medical care for patients who require monitoring and medical assistance from professionally trained healthcare providers.
- 3Do not use the meaning of ambulatory care. That term means patient care given in outpatient settings, which includes doctor’s offices, clinics, and outpatient surgery centers.
Result: a type of inpatient medical care for patients who require monitoring and medical assistance from professionally trained healthcare providers
Why. That is the meaning this chapter gives for acute care.
Do not swap acute care and ambulatory care. acute care means a type of inpatient medical care for patients who require monitoring and medical assistance from professionally trained healthcare providers. ambulatory care means patient care given in outpatient settings, which includes doctor’s offices, clinics, and outpatient surgery centers.
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