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Health Care Systems
Medical Technology I
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Hospitals | One of the major types of health care facilities. They vary in size and types of services offered. |
| Private or proprietary | Operated for profit |
| Speciality hospitals | Care only for those with special conditions or age groups |
| Government | Operated by federal, state, and local governments |
| Long term care facility | Provide assistance and care for elderly patients, usually called residents |
| Nursing home or geriatic home | Provide basic physical and emotional care to individuals who can no longer care for themselves |
| ADLs | Activities of daily living |
| Extended care facilities | Provide skilled nursing care and rehabilitative care to prepare patients or residents for return to the home environment or other long term care facility |
| Medical offices | Vary from offices that are privately owned by one doctor to large complexes that operate as corporations and employ many doctors and other health care workers |
| Dental offices | Vary in size from offices that are privately owned by one or more dentists to dental clinics that wmply a number of dentist |
| Clinics | Health care facilities found in many types of health care |
| Optical centers | Provide vision examinations, prescribe eyeglasses or contact lenses, and check for the presence of eye disease |
| Emergency care services | Provide special care for victims of accidents or sudden illness |
| Laboratories | Perform special diagnostic tests such as blood and urine test |
| Home health care | Agencies designed to provide care in a patient's home |
| Hospice | Provide care for terminally ill person's with life expectancies of 6 months or less |
| Mental health | Treat patients with mental disorders and diseases |
| Genetic counseling centers | Perform prenatal (before birth) screening tests, check for genetic abnormalities and birth defects, explain the results of the tests, identify medical options, and help individuals cope |
| Rehabilitation facilities | Provide care to help patients with physical or mental disabilities obtain maximum self-care and function |
| Health maintainence organizations (HMO) | Provide total health care directed toward preventative health care |
| Industrial health care | Provide health care for employees of the industry or business |
| School health services | Provide emergency care for victims of accidents and sudden illness and perform test to check for health conditions |
| World Health Organization (WHO) | International agency sponsored by the United Nations that compiles statistics and information on disease, publishes health information, and addresses serious health problems throughtout the world |
| US Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS) | National agency that deals with the health problems in the US |
| National Institute of Health (NIH) | Involved in reserch on disease in the US |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | Concerned with causes, spread, and control of diseases in populations |
| Food and Drug Administration (FDA) | Responsible for regulating food and drug products sold to the public |
| Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) | Researches the quality of health care delivery and identify the standards of treatment that should be provided in health care facilities |
| Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) | Establishes and enforces standards that protect workers from job-related injuries and illnesses |
| Health Departments | Provide preventative care to the community |
| Voluntary or non profit agencies | Supported by donations |
| Health Insurance | Prepaid, partial payments to a company for future medical care |
| Deductible | amount that must be paid by the patient for medical services before the pollicy begins to pay |
| Co-insurance | Requires that specific percentages of expenses are shared by the patient and the insurance company |
| Co-payment | A specific amount of money a patient pays for a particular service |
| HMO | A monthly fee or premium is paid for membership, and the fee stays the same regardless of the amount of health care used |
| Preferred provider organization (PPO) | An indusrty that provides insurance to their employees have a contract with specific health care providers |
| Medicare | Federal government program that provides health care for almost all individuals over the age of 65 or any person with a disability |
| Medicaid | Medical assistance programs operated by the state the pays for the health care of individuals with low incomes, children who qualify for public assistance, and individuals who are physically disabled or blind |
| Workers compensation | Health insurance plan providing treatment for workers injured on the job |
| TRICARE | Provides care for active duty service members and their families, survivors of military personnel, and retired members of the Armed Forces |
| Managed care | All helth care provided to patient must have a purpose |
| Organizational structure | Encompesses a line of authority or chain of command |
| Cost containment | Trying to control the rising cost of health care and achieving the maximum benefit for every dollar spent |
| Diagnostic related groups (DRGs) | a limit is placed on the cost of care and the agency providing the care receives this set amount |
| Outpatient services | Patients receive care without being admitted to hospitals or other care facilities |
| Telemedicine | Involves the use of video, audio, and computer systems to provide medical and/or health care services |
| Wellness | A state of being in optimum health with a balanced relationship between physical, mental and social health |
| Holistic health care | Care that promotes physical, emotional, social, intellectual, and spiritual well-being by treating the whole body, mind, and spirit |
| Biomedical or Western health care | Based on evaluating the physical signs and symptoms of a patient to determine the cause of disease and treating the cause |
| Holistic Health Care | Uses many methods of diagnosis and treatment in addition to traditional Western medical practice |
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