Importance Of Health Care System Flashcards
Importance of health care system:
It facilitate documentation of data, diagnosis, plans, client response and evaluation
It evaluates the efficiency and effectiveness of care
It gives directions guidance and planning to health care
It provide for continuity of care and to reduce in omissions
It individualized client participation in care
It promotes creativity and flexibility in healthcare practices
Health care facilities:
Primary health care facilities
Secondary health care facilities
Tertiary healthcare facilities
Examples of primary level of health care facilities
Rural health units
Subcenters
Chest clinics
Malaria eradication units
Schistosomiasis control units operated by the DOH
Are the smaller non-departmentalized hospitals including emergency and regional hospitals
Secondary level of healthcare facilities
Services offered to patients with symptomatic stages of disease which require moderately specialized knowledge and technical resources for adequate treatment
Secondary level of health care facilities
The highly technological and sophisticated services offered by medical centers and large hospitals
Tertiary level of health care facilities
These are the specialized national hospitals
Tertiary level health care facilities
Services rendered at this level are for clients afflicted with diseases which seriously threaten their health and which require highly technical and specialized knowledge facilities and personal to treat effectively
Tertiary level health care facilities
What are the different health care services
OPD
Casualty
Radiology department
Pathology
Physiotherapy
ICU
BLOOD BANK
OPERATION THEATER
Who are the healthcare providers
Doctors
Physician assistants
Nurses
Pharmacists
Dentist
Technologist and technicians
Therapist and rehabilitation specialists
Emotional social and spiritual support providers
Administrative and support staff
Community health workers and patient navigators
The scheduled appointment find the medical record Make a reminder call Read the patient and verify insurance information
Administrative staff
The record the patient’s sweet and vital signs escort the patient to an exam room and record the reason for the visit
Nurse or medical assistant
Examines and talks with a patient to develop a diagnosis and plan of care
Doctor
Physicians assistant or nurse practitioner
Build the patience insurance for the office visit and either the test or the medication
Medical billing experts
The world health report in 2006 reported the shortage of almost_ million doctors midwives nurses and support workers
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