CHP 2 Flashcards
Treat a wide range of conditions and age groups.
General Hospitals
examples of general hospitals
Methodist north, BaptistTtipton
Provides care for SPECIAL conditions or populations.
Specialty Hospitals
Examples of specialty Hospitals
LeBonheur Children’s Hospital, Memphis mental Hospital, VA
operated by federal, state, and local GOVERNMENT agencies.
Government Hospitals —Med, Regional one
provide hospital services along with research and EDUCATION
UTHSC, Methodist –University or college Medical Centers
One of the Major types of health care facilites some are small servings local and rural communites . Some are large and complex offering a wide range of diagnostic treatment and services such as research education.
hospitals
Provide assistance and care for elderly patients that’s usually called residents they also provide care for individuals with disabilities handicaps long term illness or chronic conditions.
Long-Term Care Facilities
EX: Spring Gate Nursing Rehabilitation or Covington Care.
Offices that are privately owned by one doctor or offices with many doctors. They provide MEDICAL services such as diagnosis, treatment, examination, lab testing.
Medical Offices
EX: May Medical Group, Speight Family Medical, Raleigh Group.
Provide dental care.
Dental Offices
EX: Turner Dental Office, Brink and white Dental, Bartlett Pediatric Dental Group.
Health care facilities that have additional or several offices or locations.
Clinics or satellite Centers
Perform minor surgical procedures
Surgical Clinics
EX: LeBonheur surgical center
Provide quick medical care
Urgent care clinics
EX:RED MED, Fast Pace
Provide care for SPECIFIC DISEASES
Specialty Clinics
EX:West Cancer Clinic
Provide care for OUTPATIENTS
Outpatients Clinics
EX: Baptist Tipton outpatient clinic, LeBonheur Outpatient Clinic
A government clinic that offers health care services to the UNINSURED
Health Department Clinic
EX: Shots, see a doctor
provide vision care
Optical Centers
EX: West Tenn. Eye,McMillian Eye Care.
perform test using blood and urine
Laboratories
EX: MED LAB, LAB CORP
provide care in the patients HOME
Home Health Care
EX: Heart 2 Heart
provide care for the terminally ill patients who usually have life expectancy of 6 months or less
Hospice
EX: Cross Roads, Baptist Trinity
treat patients with mental disorders
Menta Health Facilities
EX:Dynamix
Provide care in schools and colleges
School Health Services
Ex: LeBonheur
Publishes health info and investigates and addresses serious health problems throughout the WORLD.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HEALTH AGENCIES: World Health Organization (WHO)
Agency that deals with the health problems in the United States
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HEALTH AGENCIES: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS)
Involved in RESEARCH ON DISEASE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HEALTH AGENCIES: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Concerned with causes, spread and control of diseases in populations.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HEALTH AGENCIES: Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Regulating food and drug products sold to the public
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HEALTH AGENCIES: Food and drug Administration (FDA)
establishes and enforces standards that protect workers from job related injuries and illness
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HEALTH AGENCIES: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
provide SPECIFIC SERVICES NEEDED BY THE STATE OR LOCAL COMMUNITY.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HEALTH AGENCIES: Health Department EX: GIve immunizations and keep records of the information for communicable disease control, provide clinics for the uninsured, preventative care for babies, dispense birth control pills, treat STD’s
