Go straight to the text The care word map Words for an online care conversation Browse the word map Find your bearings Care word map The word map Telehealth Tirzepatide A care conversation Specialist Licence Assessment Prescription The medicine words Approval Compounding Shortage Trial evidence Unwanted effects Misleading offers Payment and questions Self-pay Coverage Prior approval Care questions The word map # A place for each unfamiliar word. A name on an offer can refer to a kind of visit, a medicine, or a payment rule. These definitions help tell them apart. Jump to a section Words about getting care Words about the medicine Words about paying and deciding ## Words about getting care Telehealth Care shared by screen, phone, or messages instead of a room visit. Specialist Someone presented as having special knowledge of a kind of care. Ask what training and experience support that description. Prescription A medicine order written or given by someone licensed to prescribe. Licence A state record of a clinician’s permission to practise. Assessment The part of a visit where you discuss your health and the reason for care. ## Words about the medicine Tirzepatide The ingredient in the medicines Mounjaro and Zepbound. Approval A product and its intended use have passed review by the Food and Drug Administration, known as the FDA. Compounding Making or mixing a medicine for a patient’s needs, rather than handing over a drug company’s finished product. Shortage Too little medicine to meet demand across the country. The FDA keeps a national shortage list; a pharmacy running out locally is a different matter. Trial A study that asks what happened in a defined group. Unwanted effects Problems reported during treatment, from stomach upset to more serious harms. Misleading offer An offer whose claims need a closer check. ## Words about paying and deciding Self-pay Payment for medicine outside an insurance claim. Coverage What a health plan may pay for under its own rules. Prior approval The payment decision a health plan makes before covering a medicine. Care questions Notes that keep your aims and unanswered questions together. Read what telehealth involves This care-word guide offers reading, runs no clinic, and sells no medicine. Find a word Carry a question Back to this word