Medical Science Chapter 2

Health care is one of the largest and fastest growing, what?

Industry in the US

How many employed health care workers are there?

Over 13 million

Hospitals

They are classified depending on the income received

Specialty Hospitals

Provide care for special conditions or age groups.

University or college medical centers 

Provide hospital services along with research and education.

Long term care facilities

Provide assistance and care for elderly patients (residents).

Extended care facilities

Provide skilled nursing care and rehabilitative care to prepare patients or residents for return home or other facilities.

Extended care facilities provide services to patients who need, what?

Rehab or recovery.

Independent Living and Assisted Living

Allow individuals who can care for themselves to rent or purchase an apartment in the facility. 

Medical Offices

Corporations that employ many doctors and other health care professionals.

Dental Offices

Provide care for teeth and dental disease.

Clinics

A group of medical or dental doctors, who share a facility.

Emergency Care Services

Provide special care for victims of accidents or sudden illness.

Laboratories

Perform special diagnostic tests such as blood or urine tests.

Dental Laboratories

Prepare dentures and devices to replace teeth.

Home Health Care

Provide care in a patients home.

Hospice

Provide care for terminally ill people who are given 6 months or less to live.

What does Hospice allow for?

A person to die with dignity.

Hospice also supports who?

The family

Mental Health Facilities

Facilities that include guidance and counseling or treatment for drug and alcohol abuse.

Genetic Counseling Centers

Works with pregnancies by giving prenatal screening tests, check for genetic abnormalities and birth defects.

Rehabilitation Facilities

provide care to help patients who struggle with physical and mental health. Also to overcome drugs and alcohol.

Industrial Health Care Centers

Occupational health clinics are found in large companies or industries.

World Health Organization (WHO)

An international agency sponsored by the United Nations.

Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention (CDC)

Concerned with causes, spread, and control of diseases in populations.

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

A federal agency responsible for regulating food and drug products sold to the public.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

Establishes and enforces standards that protect workers from job related injuries and illness.

Health Departments

Provide specific services needed by the state or local community. 

People rely on health insurance to..

Cover the cost of health care.

Medicare

Government program where people over the age of 65 use it as medical insurance.

Medicaid (Maine Care)

Maine Care in Maine funded by both federal and state government.

The State Children’s Health insurance Program

Provides health care to uninsured children of working families that cannot afford. 

Workers Compensation

A health insurance plan providing treatment for workers injured on the job.

Tricare

Provides care for all active and retired duty members.

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA)

HIPPA prohibits discrimination - Provides strict guidelines for maintaining confidentiality.