HEALTH CARE ENVIRONMENT

Question 1

HEALTH CARE ENVIRONMENT

Answer 1

Environmental health comprises those aspects
of human health.

Question 2

HEALTH CARE ENVIRONMENT

Answer 2

The theory and practice of assessing, correcting,
controlling, and preventing those factors in the
environment.

Question 3

HEALTH CARE ENVIRONMENT

Answer 3

We call our customers “patients”

Question 4

Outside customers

Answer 4

people from outside the hospital such as
patients, their families, physicians, and others within
the community.

Question 5

Inside customers

Answer 5

members of other departments (e.g., nursing
units, emergency department), co-workers, and
radiologists

Question 6

BENEFITS OF HIGH-QUALITY SERVICE

Answer 6

Radiographer can add value by making each
interaction special for the person served.

Question 7

BENEFITS OF HIGH-QUALITY SERVICE

Answer 7

Radiographers must be aware that they
cannot give away what they do not have; their
ability to deliver high quality care is directly
related to self-image, self esteem, selfconfidence, and their values relating to life
and the workplace

Question 8

Types of Health Care

Answer 8

Primary Care
Secondary or Intermediate Care
Tertiary Care

Question 9

Primary Care

Answer 9

first level of contact of individuals, the family and community
with the national health system, where primary health care is
provided.

Question 10

Secondary or Intermediate Care

Answer 10

Care is generally provided in district hospitals and community
centers which also serves as the first referral level

Question 11

Tertiary Care

Answer 11

known as a highly specialized consultative care
for special treatment and diagnosis.

Question 12

Tertiary Care

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specialized facility with
the attention of highly specialized health workers

Question 13

HEALTH CARE SETTINGS

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healthcare setting represents a broad array of
services and places where healthcare occurs,
including acute care hospitals, urgent care
centers, rehabilitation centers and more

Question 14

HEALTH CARE SETTINGS

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• Hospital
• Clinics
• Long Term/Residual Facility
• Mental Health Facility
• Hospice/End-of-Life Care
• Outpatient/Ambulatory Care
• Preventive Care
• Home Health Care
• Telemedicine

Question 15

Hospitals

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have a range of departments (e.g., surgery and
emergency care) and specialist units such as
cardiology.

Question 16

Hospitals

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offers specialized treatments and provides both
inpatient and outpatient care

Question 17

Hospitals

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provide short-term care for patients with severe health
issues resulting from injury, disease or genetic anomaly

Question 18

Hospital Organization

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organized through a board of directors and
administrative staff to carry out the hospital’s mission

Question 19

Board of Directors or Governing board

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group of people authorized by law to conduct, maintain, and
operate a hospital

Question 20

CEO or President

Answer 20

sets in place a formal reporting structure for the organization and
interacts with the staff to ensure coordination and quality of
patient care and services.

Question 21

Medical Staff

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formal organization of physicians authorized to admit and attend
to patients within a hospital

Question 22

Radiology Organization

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Organization of the radiology department begins
with an administrative director, who reports to senior
hospital administration and has direct responsibility
and authority for operation and organization.

Question 23

Larger radiology departments

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diagnostic radiography
ultrasound (US)
nuclear medicine (NM)
positron emission tomography (PET)
computed tomography (CT)
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
interventional radiology (IR)
In some health systems radiation therapy and
oncology is also a subsection of radiology

Question 24

Clinics

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smaller than hospitals and primarily focused
on the care of outpatients

Question 25

Clinics

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not equipped to keep patients overnight for
recovery, treatment, diagnosis or observation

Question 26

Mental Health Facility

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public or private facilities specialized for treatment of mental
disorders, such as major depressive disorder, schizophrenia
and bipolar disorder.

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Long Term/Residual Facility

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provides services which help meet both medical and non-medical needs of patients with chronic illness or disability who
cannot care for themselves for long periods

Question 28

Hospice/End-of-Life Care

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designed to give supportive care to patients in the
final phase of terminal illness

Question 29

Outpatient/Ambulatory Care

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any healthcare you can get without staying in the hospital

Question 30

Preventive Care

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annual check-ups, immunizations, and flu shots,
as wells as certain tests and screenings, are a few
examples of preventive care

Question 31

Home Health Care

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wide range of health care services that can be
given in your home for an illness or injury9

Question 32

Telemedicine

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the distribution of health-related services and accessibility of
health-related information and communication using the Internet
and associated technologies

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Remote Patient Monitoring or Telemonitoring

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allows patient with chronic diseases to be monitored in their homes with
mobile medical devices that collect data about blood sugar levels, blood
pressure or vital signs

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Asynchronous or Store-and-forward

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let’s providers share patient information, such as lab results, with a physician
at another location.

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Interactive Telemedicine

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allows physician and patients to communicate in real time. Such as sessions
conducted in a patient’s home or nearby medical facility and includes
telephone conversations or use of video conferencing software