Which term describes the procedures, equipment, and processes by which medical care is delivered?

• A. Health Outcomes
• B. Health Exchange
• C. Medical Technology
• D. Affordable Care Act

Answer: (C)

This item tests how we describe the way care is delivered, including the tools and methods doctors use. Medical technology encompasses the devices, equipment, and procedures that enable medical care to be performed—things like imaging machines, surgical instruments, monitoring devices, and the techniques that go along with them. It focuses on the actual delivery of care through the tech and procedures that make diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring possible.

Health outcomes describe the results of care, not how care is delivered. Health exchange refers to platforms for buying and exchanging health insurance, and the Affordable Care Act is a policy framework. So, the term that best fits the description of the procedures, equipment, and processes by which medical care is delivered is medical technology.