Take a break from job searching with this crossword, appearing in the Fall 2012 issue of PracticeLink Magazine.
Across
1 It’s been streamlined under new CMS and DHHS revised regulations
8 Atomic number 38
9 Abbreviation for one delivery method for electronic health systems
12 Metallic element used in lasers
13 _____ levels: factors to check in due diligence on an IT vendor
14 Main idea
16 From head __ toe
17 Audi-visual, for short
18 Make sense
19 Acronym for the Act relating to health information technology
22 ____ item on a spreadsheet
23 Polite form of address to the boss
25 Act which laid down rules for pension plans
27 Common item in patient waiting rooms
28 Makes money (3 words)
31 Harden in place, as of a bone
32 Small ball, medically
35 Many physicians and practices are moving to implement these electronic systems, abbr.
37 Musical note
40 So far
42 52, in Roman numbers
43 Check alma mater connections here for leads in areas you want to work (2 words)
45 DHSS plans to establish ____ health plan identifiers of a standard length and format for each health plan
46 Brain enclosures
48 Ear part
49 Practice of sterilizing
Down
1 Career summaries
2 Web based communications, useful in job searches
3 Room that was the basis for a TV show
4 Word processing feature
5 Another category of staff memberships for non-physicians, _____ memberships, proposed by CMS
6 Innovative
7 _____ative medicine
8 CAT, for one
10 Datum on a patient’s form
11 ___ card, for short
15 By way of, informally
16 To the point
18 Slang for intestines
20 Not relaxed
21 Bluetooth profile enabling headphones and headsets to be used with bluetooth devices
24 Tech related
26 Accounts receivable
29 Reminders that may be a vital part of a job search (2 words)
30 It often clinches a job offer even when a practice is not actively recruiting
32 Health club facility
33 French the
34 Out of the ordinary
36 Evaluations often offered by websites on physicians and their practices
38 Ventilate
39 Raises, rates for example
41 Unit of radioactive activity
44 Surgeon’s assistant
45 Prestigious California University
47 Language of 43 across