Chapter 3: Careers in Healthcare

What % of the American workforce are in Healthcare?

13%

What is driving the growth of the health care industry?

Advancements in medicine and care

Where are most health care jobs located?

Hospitals

Define Demographic.

Statistical study of human population

What is the Affordable Care Act?

Aimed to provide health coverage to all American and prevent health care cost

What does the ACA emphasize?

prevention and primary care

What are the examples of chronic diseases?

cancer

What are examples of acute disease?

short term disease(cold)

What is the role of physicians?

evaluate, diagnose, treat patients

How are physicians licensed?

MD or DO

What is Allopathic medicine?

A system of medical practice that emphasizes diagnosis and treating through conventional methods

What is Osteopathic medicine?

Holistic and comprehensive approach and utilized musculoskeletal manipulation.

What does NBME stand for?

National Board of Medical Examiners

What does NBOME stand for?

National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners

How are internships and residencies?

2-6 years

What do MD’s focus on?

allopathic, disease-focused, counteractive treatment

What do DO’s focus on?

musculoskeletal focus, holistic, prevention, diet/environment

Who are more likely to be generalists?

DO’s

What are examples of generalists?

Family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics

How do referrals work?

PCP to Specialist back to PCP

What does PCP mean?

Primary Care Provider

What do hospitalists focus on?

inpatient medicine, hospital-based care

What are the roles of hospitalists?

manage care during hospitalization, improve cost-efficiency and length of stay

How are hospitalists trained?

from internal medicine, family practice, pr pediatrics

What is gatekeeping?

Primary care controls access to specialty care

What does longitudinal mean?

involving the repeated observation over time

What does episodic mean?

occur at irregular intervals

What do primary doctors focus on?

long term care coordination

What do specialists focus on?

focused, short-term, intense care

What does comorbidity mean?

Exists simultaneously with another illness/condition

What are the different work settings for physicians?

Hospitals, Public sector

What does public sector mean?

government agencies, public health clinics, schools, prisons

What are ambulatory visits?

Family practice

How are physicians maldistributed?

They cluster in metro/suburban areas

What does maldistribution mean?

Undesirable inequality

Where do most doctors cluster?

Metro/suburban areas

Why does the US have more specialists than primary care providers?

tech advancements, higher reimbursement, prestige and work-life balance

WHat are the consequences of having more specialists than primary care providers?

Higher costs, invasive services, less efficient care without primary screening, and underserved populations most affected

What does reimbursement mean?

to pay someone back

What are underserved populations?

poeple who don’t get that much help

WHat are orthodontics

The doctors that put ur braces on

What is periodontics?

Disease of gum or teeth

What are prosthodontics?

Replace missing or chipped teeth

What are endodontics?

disease of dental pulp

What does pathology mean?

The way the teeth are shaped