Outpatient Services & Community Care
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What is ambulatory care?
Outpatient services encompassing wellness, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation.
What is respite care?
Established in the 1970s to provide systematic temporary relief or a break for caregivers
What is the relationship between hospice care and palliative care?
Hospice care provides comfort for patients with life-threatening illnesses and their families; all hospice care provides palliative care, but not all palliative care is hospice care
What are Community Health Centers (CHCs)?
The largest providers of primary and preventive care (medical, dental, behavioral) in the country, located in high-need areas, governed by community boards, and funded via federal HRSA grants regardless of ability to pay.
What is telemedicine?
The use of electronic information and telecommunication technologies to support long-distance clinical healthcare, education, public health, and administration.