Healthcare Institutions Flashcards
A patient who receives two days of intensive treatment in the cardiac intensive care unit for an acute myocardial infarction is ___.
An inpatient
A patient who receives treatment in a hospital ER for a scalp laceration and is then sent home is ___
An outpatient
A patient is referred to the hospital by her family physician to have preoperative laboratory work 5 days prior to her admission for a planned surgery. The patient is ___
An outpatient receiving ancillary services
Define acute care.
Urgent medical treatment for patients with sever, rapid onset medical conditions.
What is an inpatient facility?
A place that is licensed to allow patients to receive room, board, and continuous general nursing service for overnight stays.
____ or physician’s orders is required for patients to be placed in an inpatient facility
Admission
What is non-acute care and three examples of it.
Care for patients with long term medical conditions to go to hospitals to receive treatment without being admitted, with written orders from their physician. Ex: Radiology, laboratory, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, renal dialysis, and surgery.
Outpatient faculties provide goods and services on an outpatient(____) basis.
Ambulatory
Inpatient facilities are healthcare facilities that provide diagnosis, treatment, and observation ____ a day. Also offer outpatient services
24- hours
What are ancillary healthcare services?
Goods and services provided to patients to aid in the diagnosis or treatment of an illness or injury
