2. Health Care Environment Flashcards
type of health care that mainly focuses on health equity producing social policy beyond the traditional healthcare system. Its main aim is to provide local care to a patient.
Primary Healthcare
this healthcare is provided by the medical specialists and other health professionals who do not have direct contact with a patient like urologists, dermatologists, cardiologists etc.
Secondary Healthcare
this type of healthcare is known as specialized consultative healthcare usually for inpatients and on referral from primary and secondary healthcare for advanced medical investigation and treatment.
Examples are plastic surgery, burn treatment, cardiac surgery, cancer management, neurosurgery, complex medical and surgical interventions etc.
Tertiary Healthcare
hospitals that do not have overnight patients are usually referred to as
Clinics
Culture and religion were linked into medicine.
Ancient Time
Temples of Saturn, and later of Asclepius, were recognized as healing centers.
Ancient Time
King Ashoka established a chain of hospitals in Hindustan
230 BC
Romans established hospitals (valetudinaria) for treatment of injured soldiers
100 BC
Roman Emperor Constantine I (Constantine the Great) established the modern concept of hospital
331 AD
The Christian tradition emphasized the close relationship of the sufferer to the members of the community
331 AD
St. Basil the Great established religious foundation in Cappadocia that included a hospital, an isolation unit for those suffering from leprosy
370 AD
St. Benedict of Nursia at Montecassino, founded a hospital where the care of the sick was placed above and before every other Christian duty
6th Century
Religion continued to be the dominant influence in the establishment of hospitals during the Middle Ages
6th Century
Pestilence and disease killed crusaders
11th Century
Hospitallers of the Order of St. John established a hospital that can cater 2000 patients in the Holy Land - later known as St. John Ambulance
1099
Arab hospitals in Baghdad and Damascus and in Cordoba in Spain admitted patients regardless of religious belief, race or social order.
12th Century
Hospital of the Holy Ghost was founded at Montpellier France – became one of the most important centers in Europe for Training Doctors
1145
The middle Ages also saw the beginnings of support for hospital-like institution by secular authorities
1145
Henry VIII stopped building hospitals in England
1540
Voluntary Hospitals were established
1540
First Hospital in North America (Hospital de Jesus Nazareno) was built in Mexico City by Hernan Cortes
1524
First Hospital in North America
Hospital de Jesus Nazareno
Roman Emperor Constantine I
Constantine the Great
Romans established hospitals
Valetudinaria
Who built the first Hospital in North America, Mexico City.
Hernan Cortes
First incorporated hospital in America was the Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia which obtained a charter from the crown.
1751
First incorporated hospital in America, Philadelphia; which obtained a charter from the crown.
Pennsylvania Hospital
established hospitals in the Philippines
Spanish Government and Missionaries
first hospital was erected by______ in Cebu on 1565 that was later transferred to Manila for the purpose of treating sick and wounded military.
Spaniards
The first hospital was erected by the Spaniards in Cebu during
1565
Early hospitals in the Philippines were established by
Franciscans
Brotherhood of the Misericordia, Brotherhood of
San Juan de Dios, and the Dominicans
Franciscans
San Lazaro hospital was established in
1578
Subject: Rules and Regulations Governing the New Classification of Hospitals and Other Health Facilities in the Institution
DOH Administrative Order No. 2012 – 0012
A hospital which is owned by a government and receives government funding. This type of hospital provides medical care free of charge, the cost of which is covered by the funding the hospital receives.
Public Hospital /
Governmental Hospital
A hospital owned by a for-profit company or a non-profit organization and privately funded through payment for medical services by patients themselves, by insurers, or by foreign embassies.
Private Hospital
is the central health care facility within its geographical region.
District Hospital
have a large capacity for intensive care and long-term care. Specialized centers for surgery, plastic surgery, obstetrics, and laboratories will also be available.
District Hospital
trauma centers, rehabilitation hospitals, children’s hospitals, geriatric hospitals, psychiatric hospitals. Specific hospitals for cardiology, oncology, orthopedics, etc. These are typically part of a large hospital or hospital network. They are often located on the hospital campus or nearby.
Specialized Hospital
combines assistance to patients with teaching to medical students and nurses and often is linked to a medical school or nursing school.
Some hospitals are affiliated with a university, college, medical school, or nursing school and offer health care to patients while teaching medical students, physicians, surgeons, and nurses.
Teaching Hospital
are unique in that they employ physician residents who are in training and work hand in hand with local medical schools. The physician residents are overseen by chief medical residents as well as department chairs of
the various medical specialties.
Teaching Hospital
generally provide outpatient care only and are smaller than a typical hospital. Are usually operated by a government health agency or a partnership of private physicians and/or surgeons.
Clinic
