IRTH Prelims (incomplete)

Healthcare Facilities

Places that provide healthcare

Healthcare Settings

Not limited to acute-care hospitals; includes long-term care facilities and emergency medical services

Hospital

Patient treatment with specialized staff and equipment

General Hospital

Provides a range of services for patients of various age groups and conditions

Specialized Hospital

Admits primarily patients with a specific disease or affecting one system

District First Level Referral Hospital

Responsible for a district or defined geographical area with a defined population

Primary Health Care Centre

First point of contact with a healthcare professional

Clinic

Primarily focused on outpatient care; can be public or private

Clinical Roles

Face-to-face contact with patients for diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing care; requires certification/licensing

Non-Clinical Roles

Do not provide any type of medical treatment or testing

Mental Health Facility

Facility providing treatment for persons with mental illness

Day Treatment

Most common type of mental health facility; offers day programs for treatment

Separate Inpatient Units

Second most common type; admits and confines patients

Psychiatric Hospitals

Staffed like general hospitals but for mental illness

Long-Term Residential Facilities

Residential settings ranging from apartments to farm-group homes for long-term psychiatric care

Clinical Residential Treatment Programs

Programs to help residents build self-esteem, relationships, and life skills

Group Residential Communities

Group homes is major therapeutic tool to community support. helps people with psychiatric disorders

Farm-Based and Work-Based Residential Programs

Residents participate in daily work as part of recovery

Apartment-Based Community

Residents live independently in apartments with available support

Hospice Care

Focuses on Palliation and comfort and quality of life for terminally ill patients

Routine Home Care

Basic level of hospice care at home or nursing facility

Continuous Home Care

Licensed nurse provides extended care at home during a medical crisis

General Inpatient Care

Short stay in inpatient hospice facility for severe symptoms

Respite Care

Occasional basis. Short-term break for the unpaid caregiver

Outpatient Care

Hospital services without overnight stay

Ambulatory Care

Medical services provided on an outpatient basis without hospital admission

Home Healthcare

Wide range of services given in patient's home for illness or injury

Personal Care/Companionship

Non-medical help with daily activities like bathing, dressing, hobbies, supervision

Private Duty Nursing Care

Long-term, hourly skilled nursing at home for chronic illness, injury, or disability

Intermitted Skilled Care

Short-term physician-directed care at home to recover from illness or injury

Telemedicine

using technology to deliver care in a distance

Palliative Care

10 days

Curative Care

52 days

Store and forward

(Asynchronous telemedicine) forward and share patient medical data at diff location

Remote patient monitoring

tracking patients vital signs and health data from distance. makes easy to watch warning signs and patients in health risk (telemonitoring)

Real time telehealth

(Synchronous telemedicine) requires live interaction between health professional and patient or using audio and video communication