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.
There are two methods of fetal heart rate monitoring in labor. Auscultation is a method of periodically listening to the fetal. heartbeat. Electronic fetal monitoring is a procedure in which instruments are used to continuously record the heartbeat.