One of the advantages of managed care is that health insurance plans using this approach often negotiate lower rates for basic healthcare procedures with physicians, labs, and various types of healthcare facilities. What this means for the patient is the ability to obtain basic healthcare at a lower cost.
Etymology: L, auscultare, to listen. the act of listening for sounds within the body to evaluate the condition of the heart, blood vessels, lungs, pleura, intestines, or other organs or to detect the fetal heart sound.
Intermittent Auscultation is a method of. assessing the fetal heart rate and rhythm via use. of a handof a hand--held Doppler or Pinard stethoscope held Doppler or Pinard stethoscope. When IA is used to monitor a fetus during the. intrapartum period, the fetal heart rate is. determined at set intervals. Today Intermittent auscultation is often best. described in contrast to continuous electronic. fetal monitoring wherein a continuous record of. the fetal heart rate characteristics are. documented.