Transcript Healthcare Agencies Study Guide

Hospitals
1. General Hospital:
How long do people stay here?
What type of services are provided in this facility?
2. Specialty Hospital:
What type of patient does this facility care for?
How long do patients stay?
Name a Specialty Hospital and tell how it is special.
3. Convalescent Care:
Who generally is admitted to these facilities?
What other type of patients (beside elderly) may need to be admitted to this type of facility?
Name two types of convalescent care facilities:
4. Ambulatory Care / Clinics
What are these facilities?
What is the benefit for the patient?
5. Physician and Dental Facilities
What type of care is given in these facilities?
Name some procedures that might be done in these facilities.
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Rehabilitation Centers
What type of people are treated at these facilities and what do they hope to gain from the treatment?
What type of therapies are done here?
Define hydrotherapy.
What are prosthetics and who would get them?
What are the two ways that patients can attend these facilities?
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Health Maintenance Organizations (HMO’s)
What do HMO’s stress and what is their focus?
What type of health services are provided?
Home Health Care Agencies
What is home health care?
What age of person do they care for?
What services are available with home health care?
Senior Day Care
What type of care is provided at Senior Day Care Centers?
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Senior Day Care (continued)
What type of services are provided here?
What about medications and PT?
World Health Organization (WHO)
Who sponsors this organization?
When was it founded?
What is the focus for the WHO?
Hospice Care
How do patients qualify for care by this agency?
What is their philosophy?
How are the patients treated?
How are families cared for by hospice?
How is Hospice funded?
What if the patient does not have enough money for care?
Government Agencies
Which branches of the government provide health services?
How are these health services funded?
Veterans Administration Hospital
Who supports these hospitals?
Which patients do they care for?
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Government Agencies (continued)
US Public Health Department
How is this department funded?
What are the 6 responsibilities of the US Public Health Department?
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The Public Health Department
Who do they serve?
Name 4 services that the public health department provides for the community:
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What types of records does the public health department keep?
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What other services are provided by the health department?
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