Ch. 1 EKG Hartman Vocab

care provided in an outpatient setting such as a doctor's office or urgent care center.

• ambulatory care

• EKG technician

• Protected Health Information (PHI)

• empathy

the legal and ethical principle of keeping information private.

• chain of command

• policy

• empathy

• confidentiality

an unfavorable opinion of a person or group of people based on race, religion, etc

• licensure

• liability

• scope of practice

• prejudice

the expression of concern for a person's feelings or situation, is another part of compassion

• inpatient treatment

• sympathy

• ambulatory care

• cardiologists

moral or ethically right or wrong behavior on the job

• code of ethics

• diagnosis

• confidentiality

• chain of command

the ability to understand and share the feelings of another

• cardiologists

• chain of command

• empathy

• electrocardiogram

determination of medical condition, and treatment of patients

• clinical experience

• diagnosis

• liability

• myocardial infarction

doctors who specialize in the health of the heart

• cardiologists

• myocardial infarction

• diagnosis

• clinical experience

performs or assists with EKG tests

• liability

• EKG technician

• code of ethicsliability

• ambulatory care

medical care that does not require a hospital stay

• outpatient treatment

• EKG technician

• hard skills

• policy