Chapter 13: Helathcare(1) Flashcards
What are the 5 principles in the Canada Health act?
- Public administration
- Comprehensiveness
- Universality
- Portability
- Accessibility
These principles are the conditions provinces must abide by to receive federal transfer funds that support the national health-insurance plan
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What is activity-based funding?
Activity-based funding: provides funding on a patient-focused system, where a healthcare unit or institution gets funding based on the volume and the complexity of the patients that are treated
What are bundled payments?
Bundled Payments: a single funding amount awarded to the healthcare provider when a patient needs a set of treatments and services to recover from a specific health issue, designed to cover a fixed time recovery period
List at least 4 of your medical rights.
- Access to your own medical records and right to have those records kept private
- Right to receive treatment that is provided with a reasonable degree of care
- Right to know about potential dangers, receive competent diagnosis and treatment, and retain control and dignity in your interactions with healthcare professionals
- Right to give consent to donate an organ while alive or after death
Define health literacy.
Health literacy is “the ability to access, understand, evaluate and communicate information as a way to promote maintain and improve health in a variety of settings across the life-course”
How to describe a health-literate individual?
- Understand and carry out instructions for self-care, including administering complex daily medical regimens,
- Plan and achieve the lifestyle adjustments required for improved health,
- Make informed positive health related decisions,
- Know how and when to access health care
What is the normal body temperature and normal heartrate?
Body temperature: 37°C, on average
Pulse or heart rate: 60–80 beats per minute at rest
What is the normal respiratory rate and blood pressure?
Respiratory rate: 12–18 breaths per minute
Blood pressure: 120/80 mm Hg
What is integrative medicine?
Integrative medicine: combines selected elements of both conventional and alternative medicine in a comprehensive approach to diagnosis and treatment
What is CAM?
Complementary and alternate medicine.
