artemkoverchik/large_taxonomies_dataset huggingface dataset:
Geriatric Care Certified Respiratory Therapist (taxonomy code 2278G0305X)
Group: Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers
Classification: Respiratory Therapist, Certified
Specialization: Geriatric Care
Definition: Care of older patients who have age and/or disease related decremental pulmonary changes.  Diagnosis and treatment is very important for this group since chronic lung disease is the major cause of morbidity and mortality among them.  Furthermore, as this segment of the population increases, life expectancy is being extended.
Home Health Certified Respiratory Therapist (taxonomy code 2278H0200X)
Group: Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers
Classification: Respiratory Therapist, Certified
Specialization: Home Health
Definition: Home care fosters individual responsibility for self-management of chronic respiratory conditions.  It includes individualized assessment based plans of care service developed to promote safe, proper, and sustained use of prescribed respiratory therapy medications, equipment, and techniques in the home.
Neonatal/Pediatric Certified Respiratory Therapist (taxonomy code 2278P3900X)
Group: Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers
Classification: Respiratory Therapist, Certified
Specialization: Neonatal/Pediatrics
Definition: The care and treatment of premature infants, newborns and children.  This includes management of mechanical ventilation, assessment, diagnostics and generalized respiratory treatments.
Palliative/Hospice Certified Respiratory Therapist (taxonomy code 2278P3800X)
Group: Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers
Classification: Respiratory Therapist, Certified
Specialization: Palliative/Hospice
Definition: A coordinated plan of care to help dying patients and their families handle the burden of terminal care.  Effective secretion management and relief of dyspnea are paramount in caring for patients with end-stage pulmonary disease.
Patient Transport Certified Respiratory Therapist (taxonomy code 2278P4000X)
Group: Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers
Classification: Respiratory Therapist, Certified
Specialization: Patient Transport
Definition: Transport respiratory therapist provide patient assessment, initiation of treatment modalities and continued monitoring of patient status of the critically ill and injured patients with special attention to advanced airway and ventilator management.  The transport respiratory therapist knowledge and experience with complex neonatal, pediatric and adult patient care issues provides them with an expertise to assist with any patient care issue in a variety of transport modes.
Pulmonary Diagnostics Certified Respiratory Therapist (taxonomy code 2278P1004X)
Group: Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers
Classification: Respiratory Therapist, Certified
Specialization: Pulmonary Diagnostics
Definition: Included in the area of pulmonary diagnostics are the following; collection and analysis of physiological specimens, interpretation of physiological data, administration of tests of the cardiopulmonary system, and the conduct of both neurophysiological and sleep disorders studies.
Pulmonary Function Technologist Certified Respiratory Therapist (taxonomy code 2278P1006X)
Group: Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers
Classification: Respiratory Therapist, Certified
Specialization: Pulmonary Function Technologist
Definition: An individual who is trained and qualified to perform pulmonary diagnostic tests.  In the course of conducting these tests, the Pulmonary Function Technologist is able to setup, calibrate, maintain, and ensure the quality assurance of the pulmonary function testing equipment.  In the laboratory, clinical or patient care setting the technologist instructs patients, elicits cooperation, performs procedures, monitors patient response, and evaluates patient performance.  Tests results are calculated, compared with predicted normal ranges, and evaluated for reliability.  The technologist collects clinical history data and evaluates the clinical implications of the test results.
Pulmonary Rehabilitation Certified Respiratory Therapist (taxonomy code 2278P1005X)
Group: Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers
Classification: Respiratory Therapist, Certified
Specialization: Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Definition: The respiratory therapist can assist the chronic pulmonary patient in returning to an optimal role in society by providing an effective program.  It includes bronchopulmonary drainage, exercise therapy, and patient education.
SNF/Subacute Care Certified Respiratory Therapist (taxonomy code 2278S1500X)
Group: Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers
Classification: Respiratory Therapist, Certified
Specialization: SNF/Subacute Care
Definition: Care of residents in a long-term care environment.  Respiratory modalities delivered include those similar in the general care and critical care areas but provided to less critical patients.
Registered Respiratory Therapist (taxonomy code 227900000X)
Group: Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers
Classification: Respiratory Therapist, Registered
Definition: A Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) is an advanced therapist who has passed standardized written and clinical simulation examinations administered by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC).  In addition, to the certified therapist (CRT) entry level skills, RRTs have advanced education and training in patient assessment, in the development and modification of patient care plans, and in assuring the appropriate utilization of respiratory care resources.  An RRT is a graduate of an associate or baccalaureate degree producing educational programs approved by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) and where applicable, is licensed by the state and is practicing within the scope of that license.
Critical Care Registered Respiratory Therapist (taxonomy code 2279C0205X)
Group: Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers
Classification: Respiratory Therapist, Registered
Specialization: Critical Care
Definition: Respiratory emergencies are commonplace in the treatment of critical care patients.  Included in the assessment measurements conducted by the respiratory therapist in the critical care settings are arterial blood gas puncture and analysis, intrarterial monitoring, bedside measurements of lung mechanics, hemodynamic monitoring, and inspired and expired gas measurements.  This is coupled with the initiation and management of mechanical ventilation patients.
Educational Registered Respiratory Therapist (taxonomy code 2279E1000X)
Group: Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers
Classification: Respiratory Therapist, Registered
Specialization: Educational
Definition: The focus of patient and family education activities is to promote knowledge of disease process, medical therapy, and self help.  Respiratory therapists are uniquely qualified to provide this service in regard to cardiopulmonary diseases and injury.
Emergency Care Registered Respiratory Therapist (taxonomy code 2279E0002X)
Group: Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers
Classification: Respiratory Therapist, Registered
Specialization: Emergency Care
Definition: The immediate availability of diagnostic and therapeutic cardiopulmonary services in the assessment and management of trauma victims, patients requiring airway management and others requiring emergency care.
General Care Registered Respiratory Therapist (taxonomy code 2279G1100X)
Group: Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers
Classification: Respiratory Therapist, Registered
Specialization: General Care
Definition: This level of care includes diagnostics testing, therapeutics, monitoring, rehabilitation of patients with disorders of the cardiopulmonary system, as well as, education of the patient and family in regard to those disorders.
Geriatric Care Registered Respiratory Therapist (taxonomy code 2279G0305X)
Group: Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers
Classification: Respiratory Therapist, Registered
Specialization: Geriatric Care
Definition: Care of older patients who have age and/or disease related decremental pulmonary changes.  Diagnosis and treatment is very important for this group since chronic lung disease is the major cause of morbidity and mortality among them.  Furthermore, as this segment of the population increases, life expectancy is being extended.
Home Health Registered Respiratory Therapist (taxonomy code 2279H0200X)
Group: Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers
Classification: Respiratory Therapist, Registered
Specialization: Home Health
Definition: Home care fosters individual responsibility for self-management of chronic respiratory conditions.  It includes individualized assessment based plans of care service developed to promote safe, proper, and sustained use of prescribed respiratory therapy medications, equipment, and techniques in the home.
Neonatal/Pediatric Registered Respiratory Therapist (taxonomy code 2279P3900X)
Group: Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers
Classification: Respiratory Therapist, Registered
Specialization: Neonatal/Pediatrics
Definition: The care and treatment of premature infants, newborns and children.  This includes management of mechanical ventilation, assessment, diagnostics and generalized respiratory treatments.
Palliative/Hospice Registered Respiratory Therapist (taxonomy code 2279P3800X)
Group: Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers
Classification: Respiratory Therapist, Registered
Specialization: Palliative/Hospice
Definition: A coordinated plan of care to help dying patients and their families handle the burden of terminal care.  Effective secretion management and relief of dyspnea are paramount in caring for patients with end-stage pulmonary disease.
Patient Transport Registered Respiratory Therapist (taxonomy code 2279P4000X)
Group: Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers
Classification: Respiratory Therapist, Registered
Specialization: Patient Transport
Definition: Transport respiratory therapist provide patient assessment, initiation of treatment modalities and continued monitoring of patient status of the critically ill and injured patients with special attention to advanced airway and ventilator management.  The transport respiratory therapist knowledge and experience with complex neonatal, pediatric and adult patient care issues provides them with an expertise to assist with any patient care issue in a variety of transport modes.
Pulmonary Diagnostics Registered Respiratory Therapist (taxonomy code 2279P1004X)
Group: Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers
Classification: Respiratory Therapist, Registered
Specialization: Pulmonary Diagnostics
Definition: Included in the area of pulmonary diagnostics are the following; collection and analysis of physiological specimens, interpretation of physiological data, administration of tests of the cardiopulmonary system, and the conduct of both neurophysiological and sleep disorders studies.
Pulmonary Function Technologist Registered Respiratory Therapist (taxonomy code 2279P1006X)
Group: Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers
Classification: Respiratory Therapist, Registered
Specialization: Pulmonary Function Technologist
Definition: An individual who is trained and qualified to perform pulmonary diagnostic tests.  In the course of conducting these tests, the Pulmonary Function Technologist is able to setup, calibrate, maintain, and ensure the quality assurance of the pulmonary function testing equipment.  In the laboratory, clinical or patient care setting the technologist instructs patients, elicits cooperation, performs procedures, monitors patient response, and evaluates patient performance.  Tests results are calculated, compared with predicted normal ranges, and evaluated for reliability.  The technologist collects clinical history data and evaluates the clinical implications of the test results.
Pulmonary Rehabilitation Registered Respiratory Therapist (taxonomy code 2279P1005X)
Group: Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers
Classification: Respiratory Therapist, Registered
Specialization: Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Definition: The respiratory therapist can assist the chronic pulmonary patient in returning to an optimal role in society by providing an effective program.  It includes bronchopulmonary drainage, exercise therapy, and patient education.
SNF/Subacute Care Registered Respiratory Therapist (taxonomy code 2279S1500X)
Group: Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers
Classification: Respiratory Therapist, Registered
Specialization: SNF/Subacute Care
Definition: Care of residents in a long-term care environment.  Respiratory modalities delivered include those similar in the general care and critical care areas but provided to less critical patients.
Respiratory/Developmental/Rehabilitative Specialist/Technologist (taxonomy code 225500000X)
Group: Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers
Classification: Specialist/Technologist
Definition: General classification identifying individuals who are trained on a specific piece of equipment or technical procedure.
Athletic Trainer (taxonomy code 2255A2300X)
Group: Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers
Classification: Specialist/Technologist
Specialization: Athletic Trainer
Definition: Athletic trainers are allied health care professionals who work in consultation with or under the direction of physicians, and specialize in the prevention, assessment, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries and illnesses.  Currently, the entry-level employment requirements are a bachelor's degree with a major in athletic training from an accredited university or college. A majority of athletic trainers hold advanced degrees.  National board certification is generally required as a condition of state licensure and employment. Most states regulate athletic trainers, and they practice within the scope of that license or regulation.  Clinical practice includes emergency care, rehabilitation, reconditioning, therapeutic exercise, wellness programs, exercise physiology, kinesiology, biomechanics, nutrition, psychology and health care administration.
Blind Rehabilitation Specialist/Technologist (taxonomy code 2255R0406X)
Group: Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers
Classification: Specialist/Technologist
Specialization: Rehabilitation, Blind
Definition: Definition to come...
Audiologist (taxonomy code 231H00000X)
Group: Speech, Language and Hearing Service Providers
Classification: Audiologist
Definition: (1) A specialist in evaluation, habilitation and rehabilitation of those whose communication disorders center in whole or in part in hearing function. Audiologists are autonomous professionals who identify, assess, and manage disorders of the auditory, balance and other neural systems. Audiologists provide audiological (aural) rehabilitation to children and adults across the entire age span. Audiologists select, fit and dispense amplification systems such as hearing aids and related devices. (2) An audiologist is a person qualified by a master's degree in audiology, licensed by the state, where applicable, and practicing within the scope of that license. Audiologists evaluate and treat patients with impaired hearing. They plan, direct and conduct rehabilitative programs with audiotry substitutional devises (hearing aids) and other therapy.
Assistive Technology Practitioner Audiologist (taxonomy code 231HA2400X)
Group: Speech, Language and Hearing Service Providers
Classification: Audiologist
Specialization: Assistive Technology Practitioner
Definition: Definition to come...
Assistive Technology Supplier Audiologist (taxonomy code 231HA2500X)
Group: Speech, Language and Hearing Service Providers
Classification: Audiologist
Specialization: Assistive Technology Supplier
Definition: Definition to come...
Audiologist-Hearing Aid Fitter (taxonomy code 237600000X)
Group: Speech, Language and Hearing Service Providers
Classification: Audiologist-Hearing Aid Fitter
Definition: An audiologist/hearing aid fitter is the professional who specializes in evaluating and treating people with hearing loss, conducts a wide variety of tests to determine the exact nature of an individual's hearing problem, presents a variety of treatment options to patients, dispenses and fits hearing aids, administers tests of balance to evaluate dizziness and provides hearing rehabilitation training. This classification should be used where individuals are licensed as "audiologist-hearing aid fitters" as opposed to states that license individuals as "audiologists".
Hearing Instrument Specialist (taxonomy code 237700000X)
Group: Speech, Language and Hearing Service Providers
Classification: Hearing Instrument Specialist
Definition: Individuals who test hearing for the selection, adaptation, fitting, adjusting, servicing, and sale of hearing aids. Hearing Instrument Specialist is a designation provided individuals who qualify by the National Hearing Aid Society
Speech/Language/Hearing Specialist/Technologist (taxonomy code 235500000X)
Group: Speech, Language and Hearing Service Providers
Classification: Specialist/Technologist
Definition: General classification identifying individuals who are trained on a specific piece of equipment or technical procedure.
Audiology Assistant (taxonomy code 2355A2700X)
Group: Speech, Language and Hearing Service Providers
Classification: Specialist/Technologist
Specialization: Audiology Assistant
Definition: Definition to come...
Speech-Language Assistant (taxonomy code 2355S0801X)
Group: Speech, Language and Hearing Service Providers
Classification: Specialist/Technologist
Specialization: Speech-Language Assistant
Definition: Definition to come...
Speech-Language Pathologist (taxonomy code 235Z00000X)
Group: Speech, Language and Hearing Service Providers
Classification: Speech-Language Pathologist
Definition: The speech-language pathologist is the professional who engages in clinical services, prevention, advocacy, education, administration, and research in the areas of communication and swallowing across the life span from infancy through geriatrics. Speech-language pathologists address typical and atypical impairments and disorders related to communication and swallowing in the areas of speech sound production, resonance, voice, fluency, language (comprehension and expression), cognition, and feeding and swallowing.
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program (taxonomy code 390200000X)
Group: Student, Health Care
Classification: Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program
Definition: An individual who is enrolled in an organized health care education/training program leading to a degree, certification, registration, and/or licensure to provide health care.
Perfusionist (taxonomy code 242T00000X)
Group: Technologists, Technicians & Other Technical Service Providers
Classification: Perfusionist
Definition: A perfusionist operates extracorporeal circulation and autotransfusion equipment during any medical situation where it is necessary to support or temporarily replace the patient's circulatory or respiratory function. The perfusionist is knowledgeable concerning the variety of equipment available to perform extracorporeal circulation functions and is responsible, in consultation with the physician, for selecting the appropriate equipment and techniques to be used.
Radiologic Technologist (taxonomy code 247100000X)
Group: Technologists, Technicians & Other Technical Service Providers
Classification: Radiologic Technologist
Definition: A medical imaging or radiation therapy professional who is appropriately educated and trained to perform medical imaging procedures using ionizing and nonionizing radiation.
Bone Densitometry Radiologic Technologist (taxonomy code 2471B0102X)
Group: Technologists, Technicians & Other Technical Service Providers
Classification: Radiologic Technologist
Specialization: Bone Densitometry
Definition: A radiologic technologist who specializes in bone densitometry and is appropriately educated and trained, consistent with nationally recognized standards, state statute, and facility policy, in performance of bone density imaging, exam techniques, equipment protocols, radiation safety, and patient care.
Cardiac-Interventional Technology Radiologic Technologist (taxonomy code 2471C1106X)
Group: Technologists, Technicians & Other Technical Service Providers
Classification: Radiologic Technologist
Specialization: Cardiac-Interventional Technology
Definition: A radiologic technologist who specializes in cardiac interventional and is appropriately educated and trained, consistent with nationally recognized standards, state statute, and facility policy, in cardiac interventional technology imaging, exam techniques, equipment protocols, radiation safety, and patient care.
Cardiovascular-Interventional Technology Radiologic Technologist (taxonomy code 2471C1101X)
Group: Technologists, Technicians & Other Technical Service Providers
Classification: Radiologic Technologist
Specialization: Cardiovascular-Interventional Technology
Definition: A radiologic technologist who specializes in cardiovascular interventional technology.
Computed Tomography Radiologic Technologist (taxonomy code 2471C3401X)
Group: Technologists, Technicians & Other Technical Service Providers
Classification: Radiologic Technologist
Specialization: Computed Tomography
Definition: A radiologic technologist who specializes in computed tomography (CT) and is appropriately educated and trained, consistent with nationally recognized standards, state statute, and facility policy in performance of CT imaging, exam techniques, equipment protocols, radiation safety, and patient care.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Radiologic Technologist (taxonomy code 2471M1202X)
Group: Technologists, Technicians & Other Technical Service Providers
Classification: Radiologic Technologist
Specialization: Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Definition: A radiologic technologist who specializes in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and is appropriately educated and trained, consistent with nationally recognized standards, state statute, and facility policy in performance of MRIs, exam techniques, equipment protocols, radiation safety, and patient care.
Mammography Radiologic Technologist (taxonomy code 2471M2300X)
Group: Technologists, Technicians & Other Technical Service Providers
Classification: Radiologic Technologist
Specialization: Mammography
Definition: A radiologic technologist who specializes in mammography and is appropriately educated and trained, consistent with nationally recognized standards, state statute, and facility policy in performance of mammogram imaging, exam techniques, equipment protocols, radiation safety, and patient care.
Nuclear Medicine Technology Radiologic Technologist (taxonomy code 2471N0900X)
Group: Technologists, Technicians & Other Technical Service Providers
Classification: Radiologic Technologist
Specialization: Nuclear Medicine Technology
Definition: A radiologic technologist who specializes in nuclear medicine technology and is appropriately educated and trained, consistent with nationally recognized standards, state statute, and facility policy in performance of nuclear medicine imaging, administration of radiopharmaceuticals to patients, exam techniques, equipment protocols, radiation safety, and patient care.