Principles of Management, Leadership, and Entrepreneurship in Radiologic Technology

Vocabulary flashcards covering the principles of hospital management, classification, functions, and services based on the lecture notes.

Hospital

An integral part of the social and medical organization that provides population-wide complete health care (curative and preventive), serves as a center for training health workers, and conducts social research.

Origin of the word Hospital

An Italian word derived from hospitality, meaning to be a guest.

Hospital Symbolism: The Staff

Represents the patient.

Hospital Symbolism: The Serpent

Represents caring off.

Intangibility

A characteristic of health services meaning they cannot be tested or examined before consumption, often compensated by physical evidence like place, people, communication, and price.

Variability

A characteristic where health service performance varies depending on provider skills and customer service because the care is highly judgmental and individualized.

Promotion of Health

A hospital function that promotes well-being through adequate nourishment, exercise, rest, personal cleanliness, screening, and education.

Primary Prevention

An assistance to ensure against specific infections through vaccination, use of specific supplements, and protection against work hazards and accidents.

Rehabilitation (WHO Definition)

The combination and coordinated use of medical, social, education, and vocational measures for training or retraining the individual to the highest possible level of functional ability.

Health Education

Providing information to people to change their behavior in a positive direction; considered the most important way of preventing diseases and promoting health.

Teaching-cum-research Hospital

A hospital where teaching is the primary objective and healthcare is secondary, typically attached to a medical, nursing, or pharmacy college.

General Hospital

A hospital meant to provide a wide range of various types of healthcare but with limited capacity.

Special Hospitals

Hospitals that concentrate on a particular organ of the body or a particular disease, such as maternity, pediatrics, or oncology.

Small Hospital

A hospital with a bed capacity of up to $100$ beds.

Medium-sized Hospital

A hospital with a bed capacity of more than $100$ to $300$ beds.

Large Hospital

A hospital with a bed capacity of more than $300$ beds.

Government Hospital

Public hospitals owned, managed, and funded by the government providing free medical care to the community.

Semi-Government Hospital

Autonomous bodies that are usually government-owned but controlled by corporate hospitals.

Level I Hospital

The most basic bracket in the Philippines; they do not require intensive care units and cater to patients needing minor care and monitoring.

Level II Hospital

Contains all elements of Level I plus additional facilities like an ICU for critically ill patients and specialist doctors.

Level III Hospital

Contains all elements of Level II plus specialty interventions like physical rehabilitation or dialysis and accredited residency training programs.

Out-Patient Department (OPD)

A part of the hospital providing care for patients who are not registered as inpatients and do not stay overnight.

Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

A unit where critically ill patients are admitted and monitored for heart rate and blood pressure, often utilizing ventilators.

Operating Theatre

A facility where surgical operations are carried out in an aseptic environment, requiring integration with the blood bank.

Supportive Services

Services that assist hospital operations, including sterilization, pharmaceutical services, laboratories, clinical pathology, and the radiology department.

Auxiliary Services

Supportive functions such as registration, medical record-keeping, mortuary arrangement, dietary services, housekeeping, and security.