Healthcare Environment and Radiologic Technology Essentials

Comprehensive vocabulary flashcards covering healthcare environments, hospital classifications, and the history and scope of radiologic technology.

Health

A state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing (WHO 2020).

Healthcare

Rendering help to people who is suffering illness and maintaining to optimal state of health.

Health care Environment

A healthcare facility or place consisting of organizations where healthcare professionals provide adequate care to return and maintain the health status of patients.

RA 7160

The Local Government Code of 1991, an Act by the Philippine government that "devolved" basic services such as health, agriculture, and social welfare to local government units.

Hospital (Etymology)

Derived from the Latin word "hospitalis" and the French word "hospes," meaning "a host or a guest."

Community Hospitals

The most common type of general hospital.

Clinics

A medical facility smaller than a hospital, generally providing outpatient care only.

Primary Care (Philippine Category)

A non-departmentalized hospital that provides clinical care.

Secondary Care (Philippine Category)

A departmentalized hospital that provides clinical care.

Tertiary Care (Philippine Category)

Teaching and training hospitals that provide clinical care.

Infirmary

A health facility that provides emergency treatment.

Out-Patient Department (OPD)

The connecting link between the hospital and the community.

Ancillary Services

Support departments including the X-Ray Unit, Pharmacy, Dental Health, Nursing, Laboratory, and Anesthesia Unit.

Paramedical Department

Trains and employs healthcare workers who provide clinical, diagnostic, and therapeutic services, such as Medical Laboratory Technology, Radiology, and Physiotherapy.

Ambulatory Surgical Centers

Also called outpatient surgical facilities, these allow patients to receive certain surgical procedures outside a hospital environment.

Dialysis Centers

Facilities where patients with kidney disease receive treatments that filter and clean the blood artificially.

Telehealth

The use of electronic communication technology to facilitate long-distance health care and health education.

Inpatient

A patient who stays in the hospital for 24 hours.

Outpatient

A patient who spends 8 hours or most of the day in the hospital and returns home after medical treatment.

Ambulatory

A patient who visits their doctor from time to time, such as for a one-hour appointment.

Radiologic Technology

A healthcare profession that applies principles of radiation, imaging science, and patient care to produce medical images for diagnosis and treatment.

Crookes tube

A large, partially evacuated glass tube used in the 19th century to investigate cathode rays; the forerunner of modern X-ray tubes.

November 8, 1895

The date Wilhelm Roentgen discovered X-rays while experimenting with a Crookes tube.

Barium platinocyanide

A fluorescent material that glowed when stimulated by the unknown rays discovered by Wilhelm Roentgen.

Fluorescence

The glow emitted by certain materials when exposed to radiation.

Coolidge tube

A hot-cathode X-ray tube developed by William D. Coolidge in 1913 that allowed independent control of $kVp$ and $mA$.

Diagnostic Radiography

The use of X-rays to produce images of bones, joints, and internal organs.

Computed Tomography (CT)

Imaging that produces detailed cross-sectional images to evaluate trauma, tumors, and internal organs.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Uses magnetic fields and radiofrequency waves to create detailed images of soft tissues without ionizing radiation.

Nuclear Medicine

The use of small amounts of radioactive materials to evaluate organ function and diagnose diseases.

ASRT Practice Standards

Authoritative statements established by the profession for judging the quality of practice, service, and education in radiography.

Michael Idvorsky Pupin

Produced the first known radiograph in the U.S. in early 1896 and invented fluorescent intensifying screens.

Thomas Alva Edison

Pioneered practical fluoroscopy and discovered calcium tungstate as a more efficient material for fluoroscopic screens.

Marie Curie

Purified radium metal and developed mobile X-ray vehicles ("Petites Curies") to assist wounded soldiers during World War I.

Clarence Madison Dally

Assistant to Thomas Edison and the first recognized radiation casualty in the United States.