Healthcare Administration Jargon

noun It refers to a period during which no new employees are hired, typically as a cost-saving measure or due to financial constraints.

• The company announced a hiring freeze due to budget constraints.
• Looks like we won't be hiring anyone new for a while because of the hiring freeze.
• No new hires allowed until further notice because of the hiring freeze.
• The hiring freeze put a hold on any new additions to the team, leaving current employees to pick up the slack.

noun a made-up word that combines 'quarantine' and 'mates', possibly referring to people who are quarantining together as roommates or friends

• The quarantimates were established to prevent the spread of the virus among the population.
• We've been keeping track of our quarantimates to make sure we're staying safe.
• My group chat is full of memes and jokes about our quarantimates.
• The concept of social distancing has become a part of our daily lives, like our own personal quarantimates.

noun A shortened form of the word 'administrator', typically used in the context of computer systems or businesses

• The admin is responsible for overseeing all administrative tasks within the organization.
• I need to check with the admin about scheduling a meeting.
• The admin is the one who keeps everything running smoothly behind the scenes.
• In this company, the admin is like the glue that holds everything together.

noun a word that functions as the name of a specific person, place, thing, or idea

verb a word that expresses an action or a state of being

adjective a word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun

adverb a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb

pronoun a word that takes the place of a noun or noun phrase

preposition a word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence

conjunction a word that connects words, phrases, or clauses

interjection a word or phrase that expresses emotion or exclamation

article a word that is used with a noun to indicate the type of reference being made by the noun

• The admstr of the company was responsible for overseeing all administrative tasks.
• I heard the admstr is really strict about punctuality.
• The new admstr is a real stickler for the rules.
• She was like the admstr of her own little kingdom, making sure everything ran smoothly.