Health Care Trends Flashcards
Scientific Management : Early 1900’s
Grew out of industrial revolution Time & Motion Studies Worker Efficiency (productivity) Monetary motivation Process efficiency (cost of therapist vs therapy aids)
Human Relations Movement
Studies of work environment
-increase productivity -> lighting & physical condition changes? vs. social relationship?
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
Lack of empirical research that work productivity and job satisfaction were strongly correlated
Behavioral Science Movement (1950’s)
Worked to understand work performance and to study human behavior in organizations
- redesign routine jobs to allow a broarder range of roles
- be aware of informal groups and culture of an organization
Groupthink
Difficulty w/ autonomus decision making
Pareto Principle
20% of what happens in clinic produces 80% of the work.
i.e. nurture long standing relationships w/ physicians who refer to you, you can expand on that realtionship
Peter Principle
Next in line gets the job even if they may not be the most qualified
Systems Approach
looking at whole and parts : internal & external
Contingency Approach
Applying best available info to current situation
Learning Organization
Democracy style
Focuses on evolution of an orginization and values transparency, communication, and less hierarchal activity
Works best when everyone is a professional
Medical Model
Short term
Includes history, and physical, Dx, and tx to alliviate or cure an underlying medical condition
Educational Model
Services are aimed at adaptation and performance w/in the educational setting
Public Health Model
Achieve health or populations through
- prevention of disease: eating nutritious foods to prevent obesity and other related diseases
- slow progress of disease: to prevent disability and complications (secondary prevention)
- tertiary prevention used in advance levels of disease to limit disability and other complications
Social Model
Longer term maintenance and episodic restorative services (health promotion and prevention of further decline)
- clients w/ stable health conditions at risk from social isolation, reduced family support
- focus is on social barriers to prevention
OT Practice Settings Medical Model
Acute hospital (medical or psych) Acute rehab Subacute rehab Home health Nursing home Free standing out pt. or out pt. at a hospital Private physician office
OT practice Settings Public Health Model
Community Education -health insurance company -Public health agency (CDC, APHA) -Private industry Research -National institute for health
OT Practice Settings Educational Model
School system Pre school Day Care EI home health EI out pt. clinic
OT Practice Setting Community Model
Senior center Group home , I living center Retirement center Sheltered workshop Prevocational programs Community mental health center