Hcs:120T Wk 1 Discussion Speaking Health Care Terms

Medical terminology is part of a broader skill set of health care terminology. Communicating using health care terminology includes the medical or clinical terms, as well as administrative and clerical terminology used for charting and billing purposes. As you learn to communicate using health care terminology, you will be able to understand and recognize this skill in oral and written communication formats. Sometimes, as a health care manager, you will encounter new health care terms. For this discussion, choose 2 health care terms you are not familiar with. Research these terms. Note: These terms can be found on a medical bill you have received, or can be a term you have heard in a medical facility, or that you have located in an article, journal, website, or other health care-related document What are the 2 terms you selected? How would you define each term to someone outside the health care field? Provide an example of each in use.