Category: P

The parvobacteria or small organisms. The alternative family name is Brucellaceae, and details are given under that heading.  

Test of the ability of mycobacteria to grow in a medium incorporating 500 μg/ml of the PNBA. Only tuberculosis is completely inhibited by the drug.  

Term applied to sundry late – or non-lactose-fermenting coliform organisms not classifiable as Salmonella or Shigella. Recent additions to the range of characterization tests allow differentiation of most of these strains into the Citrobacter, Bethesda-Ballerup, Escherichia, Arizona, Alkalescens-Dispar ox Providence groups.  

Chemotherapeutic agent (oral) for the treatment of tuberculosis. Employed often in conjunction with streptomycin or iso-nicotinic acid hydrazide (INAH). Bacteriostatic in action, heat stable. A drug, chemically related to aspirin, used in conjunction with isoniazid or streptomycin to treat various types of tuberculosis. It is administered by mouth and commonly causes nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and…

The efforts to communicate with the hospital’s audiences and constituencies and to enhance the hospital’s image.  

The analysis of populations on the basis of certain characteristics of individuals, specifically their attitudes, values, and lifestyles. The psychographic attributes of individuals are obtained by surveys or forms of psychometric testing. Such analyses are extensions of demographics. The attributes involved are not what are usually considered demographic; the analyses combine the psychographic data with…

Someone who stands in for another person and is authorized to act on that person’s behalf. An individual who is granted the authority or empowerment to act on behalf of another person, along with the document or written authorization appointing that individual.  

A type of provider service network (PSN) proposed in the House of Representatives Republican Medicare reform proposal (Fall 1995). A PSO could be established and enter into business without the necessity of obtaining state licensure as an insurance (such licensure is required for other types of health care plans). The state could issue a certificate…

A health care organization proposed in the (fall 1995) Republican House Medicare reform proposal. A PSN is operated by providers and is funded in part by the capital contributions of its members. It requires all members to provide health care to Medicare beneficiaries, and it receives the compensation on behalf of the members and distributes…

A panel of five members appointed by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), to which a provider may appeal a decision of a fiscal intermediary denying payment for services under Medicare.