Item HH1755 ISBN 9781933806365 $49.00 (MRSP) $41.95 Imagine a resource that you can refer to everyday to uncover the definitions and proper uses of over 200 medical terms and over 500 abbreviations. Imagine what it would be like if this resource also included hundreds of drugs listed by main disease treatments, their applications and medical prefix and suffixes. It’s here! The Home Health Medical Terminology reference book helps you untangle the web of medical shorthand. It’s a handy, time-saving resource guaranteed to become one of your favorites.

At your fingertips, you’ll get over 200 definitions of difficult medical terminology as well as more than 500 abbreviations, pages of prefixes and suffixes and hundreds of drugs listed by main disease treatments to help clinicians and coders navigate the complexities of medical shorthand. And, you’ll get a list of common medications used in home health.

This pocket-size guide (easy for carrying) will improve the knowledge and understanding of medical terms, which means better communication and less time leafing through dictionaries. Spend less time trying to track words and conditions down at all stages, from intake from hospitals to assessment to final coding. The book includes 4 main sections:

• Definitions of words
• Common abbreviations
• A list of medical prefixes and suffixes
• Common drugs and their uses

The first two sections aren’t just definitions and abbreviations in Home Health, but also include terms used by CMS, the ICD-9-CM diagnosis book, the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurse Society, and the OASIS manual. Start saving time and develop medical terminology and abbreviation comprehension immediately with Home Health Medical Terminology!