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The National Association of Free Clinics (NAFC):

Is it necessary?

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Established in 2001 to support 1,200 free clinics in nearly all states within the United States.

Yes, it is necessary.

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Social Security Act of 1965

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created the medicare and medicaid programs

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Where did hospitals emerge it?

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Almshouses

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What is responsible for Medicare, Medicaid, biomedical research, food and drug safety, disease control and prevention, Indian Health and mental health service?

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HHS, its not a Public hospital

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hospitals employ…

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39% off health care workers

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Health care industry:

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complex system of diagnostics, therapeutic and medical equipement

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What makes up the health care industry:

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Hospitals, clinics, government and volunteer agencies, pharmaceutical and medical equipment, manufacturers, and private insurance companies provide these services.

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Four broad categories of healthcare:

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Health Promotion
Disease prevention (smiking cessation)
Diagnosis and treatment of illness
rehab

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Medicare:

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Medicare: individual healthcare for the elderly

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Public health emphasis:

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Prevention

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Medical Care focuses:

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Treatment of Disease

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Public health at the city and state level now includes such functions as:

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Licensing and accrediting health professionals and health facilities, setting standards for automobile safety devices and supervising the quality of medical payment programs such as Medicaid

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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance system (BRFSS)

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States conduct annual telephone surveys of residents as part of the BRFSS to evaluate behaviors that increase risk for chronic disease, including diet, physical victory, smoking, and drug and alcohol use.

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A popular misconception about free clinics:

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The free clinics are no longer necessary after the implementation of the ACA.

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Preventative health care…

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Plays an important role in achieving health care for all through recently expanded, federally funded primary care clinics, and public health clinics funded by city and state governments.

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There are _______ community, non-profit hospitals than private

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More

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What is the key resource and center of the U.S. healthcare system.

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Hospitals

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A _____ ______ is owned and operated by groups such as churches, businesses, corporations and physicians.

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Private hospitals

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What helps clients reduce the risk of illness, maintain optimal function, and follow healthy lifestyles?

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Disease prevention services

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__________ __________ _________ offer a wide variety of assistance and activities. Educational efforts aimed at involving consumers in their Own care include attention to and recognition of risk factors, environmental changes to reduce the threat of illness, occupational safety measures, and public health education programs and legislation.

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Disease prevention services

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___________ ___________ __________ has been the most used of the healthcare services, most often provided in the hospital or ambulatory care setting and involves laboratory tests and x-rays and other tech to make a diagnosis; examples of treatment are surgery, physical and speech therapy, and medications.

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Diagnosis and treatment of illness

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__________ __________ involve the restoration of a person to normal or near normal function after a physical or mental illness, including chemical addiction

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Rehab Services

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____________ ___________ are usually nonprofit and are often owned and operated by religious organization

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Voluntary hospitals

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__________ ___________ are independent non-profit corporations consisting of local citizens interested in providing hospital care for their community.

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Community Hospitals

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_________ __________ or for-profit hospitals that are operated for the financial benefit of the persons, partnerships or corporations that own them

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Propriety Hospitals

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________ ________ is defined as either more than one hospital managed by one organization or a single hospital that includes other health care organizations

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Hospital system

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____________ is a group of hospitals, physicians, and other providers that work together to coordinate and deliver a broad spectrum of services within a town or geographic region.

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Network

28
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Centers for disease Control and prevention (CDC) protects…

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The public health of the nation by providing leadership and direction in the prevention and control of diseases and other preventable conditions, and responding to public health emergencies.

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Agency for healthcare research and quality (AHRQ) supports….

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research designed to improve quality and patient safety, reduce healthcare costs and medical errors and broadened access to essential services

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Centers for Medicare and Medical services (CMS) combines….

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Oversight of the Medicare program, the feudal portion of the medicaid program and state children’s health insurance program, the health insurance marketplace and related quality assurance activities

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Food and drug administration (FDA)

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Ensures food is safe and medical devices are safe, traumatic brain injury physical and mental disabilities: Require rehab

32
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Communities that are medically underserved:

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are federally funded primary care health centers

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The transformation of nursing into a profession by required training:

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Major force in developing hospitals

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Hospitals are categorized by:

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Length of stay, function, financial support, ownership

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Mental health hospitals primary purpose:

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Protect the public

36
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Patient bill of rights:

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the responsibilities of hospital and staff toward patients

37
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AHA replaced bill of rights with:

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Patient care partnership

38
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The consumer rights:

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Preventative therapeutic diagnostic

39
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the NIH supports and conducts biomedical research

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.

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Medicare

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GOVT funded for elderly population

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Medicaid

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GOVT funded for low income

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Public health emphasis:

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prevention

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Medical care emphasis on:

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disease

44
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Public health includes

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licensing and accrediting health professionals, setting standards of automobile safety, supervising the quality of medical payments

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ACA

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increased number of people that have access to affordable care

46
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Ambulatory care:

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most common private/group practice

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