Doctor of Osteopathy, licensed DO, graduate of a school of osteopathy. Examine patients, diagnose, treat, prescribe medications, and do medical procedures.

Medical Doctor, licensed MD, graduate of a medical school. Examine patients, diagnose, treat, prescribe medications, and do medical procedures.

Rigorous medical training, graduate of a university PA training program. Examine patients, diagnose, treat and prescribe medications within their scope of practice.

Specialists in nursing, licensed, graduate of a school of nursing. Examine patients, diagnose, treat and prescribe medications within their scope of practice.

Factors that obstruct a patient’s ease of access to health care, such as cost, transportation, language differences, and cultural differences.

Current Procedural Terminology, a standard language for billing medical services, procedures, and screenings to insurance, including Medicare and Medicaid.

Outpatient clinics that provide comprehensive primary medical care to underserved communities. FQHCs qualify for Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement and provide care regardless of patients ability to pay for services.

Outpatient monitoring of vital signs such as blood pressure, pulse oximetry, and respiratory rate, as well as parameters such as weight, as a means of preventing conditions such as hypertension before they develop.

Outpatient monitoring of organ system functioning, overall wellbeing, and therapy response; common in patients with chronic conditions.

Medical tests used to find indicators for potential diseases and flag them before they develop into a severe or chronic condition.

Non-medical factors that affect health care and access to care; separated by Healthy People 2030 into five domains: economic stability, education access and quality, health care access and quality, neighborhood and built environment, and social and community context.