Cumberland County Hospital Association Inc

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• General Acute Care Hospital

  Critical Access

  Hospitals

  Primary

  Definition to come.

  Taxonomy code 282NC0060X

• Emergency Medicine

  Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians

  An emergency physician focuses on the immediate decision making and action necessary to prevent death or any further disability both in the pre-hospital setting by directing emergency medical technicians and in the emergency department. The emergency physician provides immediate recognition, evaluation, care, stabilization and disposition of a generally diversified population of adult and pediatric patients in response to acute illness and injury.

  Taxonomy code 207P00000X

• Family Medicine

  Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians

  Family Medicine is the medical specialty which is concerned with the total health care of the individual and the family. It is the specialty in breadth which integrates the biological, clinical, and behavioral sciences. The scope of family medicine is not limited by age, sex, organ system, or disease entity.

  Taxonomy code 207Q00000X

• Internal Medicine

  Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians

  A physician who provides long-term, comprehensive care in the office and the hospital, managing both common and complex illness of adolescents, adults and the elderly. Internists are trained in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, infections and diseases affecting the heart, blood, kidneys, joints and digestive, respiratory and vascular systems. They are also trained in the essentials of primary care internal medicine, which incorporates an understanding of disease prevention, wellness, substance abuse, mental health and effective treatment of common problems of the eyes, ears, skin, nervous system and reproductive organs.

  Taxonomy code 207R00000X

• Internal Medicine

  Pulmonary Disease

  Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians

  An internist who treats diseases of the lungs and airways. The pulmonologist diagnoses and treats cancer, pneumonia, pleurisy, asthma, occupational and environmental diseases, bronchitis, sleep disorders, emphysema and other complex disorders of the lungs.

  Taxonomy code 207RP1001X

• Ophthalmology

  Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians

  An ophthalmologist has the knowledge and professional skills needed to provide comprehensive eye and vision care. Ophthalmologists are medically trained to diagnose, monitor and medically or surgically treat all ocular and visual disorders. This includes problems affecting the eye and its component structures, the eyelids, the orbit and the visual pathways. In so doing, an ophthalmologist prescribes vision services, including glasses and contact lenses.

  Taxonomy code 207W00000X

• Radiology

  Neuroradiology

  Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians

  A radiologist who diagnoses and treats diseases utilizing imaging procedures as they relate to the brain, spine and spinal cord, head, neck and organs of special sense in adults and children.

  Taxonomy code 2085N0700X

• Radiology

  Diagnostic Radiology

  Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians

  A radiologist who utilizes x-ray, radionuclides, ultrasound and electromagnetic radiation to diagnose and treat disease.

  Taxonomy code 2085R0202X

• Medicare Defined Swing Bed Unit

  Hospital Units

  A unit of a hospital that has a Medicare provider agreement and has been granted approval from HCFA to provide post-hospital extended care services and be reimbursed as a swing-bed unit.

  Taxonomy code 275N00000X

• General Acute Care Hospital

  Hospitals

  An acute general hospital is an institution whose primary function is to provide inpatient diagnostic and therapeutic services for a variety of medical conditions, both surgical and non-surgical, to a wide population group. The hospital treats patients in an acute phase of illness or injury, characterized by a single episode or a fairly short duration, from which the patient returns to his or her normal or previous level of activity.

  Taxonomy code 282N00000X

• Ambulance

  Transportation Services

  An emergency vehicle used for transporting patients to a health care facility after injury or illness. Types of ambulances used in the United States include ground (surface) ambulance, rotor-wing (helicopter), and fixed-wing aircraft (airplane).

  Taxonomy code 341600000X

• Nurse Practitioner

  Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers

  (1) A registered nurse provider with a graduate degree in nursing prepared for advanced practice involving independent and interdependent decision making and direct accountability for clinical judgment across the health care continuum or in a certified specialty. (2) A registered nurse who has completed additional training beyond basic nursing education and who provides primary health care services in accordance with state nurse practice laws or statutes. Tasks performed by nurse practitioners vary with practice requirements mandated by geographic, political, economic, and social factors. Nurse practitioner specialists include, but are not limited to, family nurse practitioners, gerontological nurse practitioners, pediatric nurse practitioners, obstetric-gynecologic nurse practitioners, and school nurse practitioners.

  Taxonomy code 363L00000X

• Nurse Practitioner

  Family

  Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers

  Definition to come...

  Taxonomy code 363LF0000X