HCS 208 Week 2 Vocabulary Exercise – Delivery Systems

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Week 2 Vocabulary Exercise – Delivery Systems

Understanding health care terms is a prerequisite for both academic and professional success. This assignment is intended to ensure you understand some of the basic terms used in this course.

Complete the worksheet according to the following guidelines:

In the space provided, write each term’s definition. You must define the term in your own words.

In the space provided after each term’s definition, use the term in a sentence as it applies to the health care industry. You may wish to consider the following:

How has it influenced heath care?

What role has the term played as health care developed over the years?

Save the completed worksheet as a Microsoft® Word document with your name in the file name.

Submit the file to your facilitator.

Submitted by: [Type your name here.]

Term Definition Use the Term in a Sentence as it Applies to the Health Care Industry

Health Promotion  

Disease Prevention  

Diagnosis  

Department of Health and Human Services  

Primary  

Secondary  

Tertiary  

Health Information Exchange  

Health Insurance Exchange/Marketplace  

Clinic  

Acute  

Chronic  

As you progress through your program, you are encouraged to continue to use your weekly vocabulary exercises to build a master glossary as a quick reference guide to use in your coursework and in your health care career.