Science that deals with the protection and improvement of community health by organized community effort.

Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), an agency or authority of the United States: a state; a territory; a political subdivision of a state, a territory, or an Indian tribe; or a person or entity acting under a grant of authority from or contract with such public agency including the employees or agents of such public agency or its contractors, persons, or entities to whom it has granted authority that is responsible for public health matters as part of its official mandate.

Registered nurse who works with families in the home, in schools, at the workplace, in government agencies, and at major health facilities. PHNs must complete a baccalaureate degree program approved by the National League for Nursing (NLN) or the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) for public health nursing preparation or after registered nurse study. A certification program sponsored by the Division of Community Health Nursing of the American Nurses Association is also available.

Nonidentifiable data that are within the public domain.

Branch of medicine that relates to diseases of the respiratory system (i.e., lungs and aorta).

Type of payment between two federal agencies.

Test purchased from an outside supplier on behalf of the patient such as an electrocardiograph, x-ray, or ultrasound. The physician does not personally perform or supervise the test.

1. Member of a managed care plan who pays the monthly insurance premium. 2. Managed care organization or insurance company that reimburses providers for the medical services that they provide (“purchase”) for their members.

Life insurance policy in which the face value is paid only if the insured survives to the end of the stated endowment period; those who do not survive the endowment period receive nothing. Very few of these policies are sold.
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UK: Life policy that pays the sum insured if the life insured survives the policy term but nothing in the event of earlier death.