M5 Health Care Service Flashcards
What is the VITAL ELEMENT OF GOOD SERVICE DELIVERY?
- good service delivery is a vital element of any health system
What is HEALTH CARE AND SERVICES?
- promotion and maintenance of health is the responsibility of the government
What are the KEY CHARACTERISTICS OF QUALITY HEALTH CARE SERVICES?
- Comprehensiveness
- Accessibility
- Coverage
- Continuity
- Quality
- Person-centered
- Coordination
- Accountability and Efficiency
What is COMPREHENSIVENESS?
- a comprehensive range of health services is provided, APPROPRIATENESS TO THE NEEDS OF THE TARGET POPULATION, including preventative, curative, palliative, and rehabilitative services and health promotion activities.
- provide a service to understand the diagnosis and possible treatments of a disease in a patient.
What is ACCESSIBILITY?
- services are directly and PERMANENTLY ACCESSIBLE WITH NO UNDUE BARRIERS OF COST, LANGUAGE, CULTURE, OR GEOGRAPHY. Health services are CLOSE TO THE PEOPLE, with a routine point of entry to the service network at the primary care level (not at the specialist or hospital level).
What is COVERAGE?
- service delivery is designed so that all people in a defined TARGET POPULATION ARE COVERED, i.e., the sick and the healthy, all income groups, and all social groups.
- HMO, PhilHealth, Green Card
What is CONTINUITY?
- service delivery is organized to provide an individual with CONTINUITY OF CARE across the network of services, health conditions, levels of care, and over the life cycle.
What is QUALITY?
- health services are of high quality, i.e., they are EFFECTIVE, SAFE, CENTERED ON THE PATIENT’S NEEDS, AND GIVEN IN A TIMELY FASHION.
What is PERSON-CENTERED?
- services are organized around the person, not the disease or the financing. Users PERCEIVE HEALTH SERVICES TO BE RESPONSIVE AND ACCEPTABLE TO THEM. There is participation from the target population in service delivery design and assessment. People are partners in their own health care.
What is COORDINATION?
- local area health service networks are ACTIVELY COORDINATED, ACROSS TYPES OF PROVIDERS, TYPE OF CARE, LEVELS OF SERVICE DELIVERY, AND FOR BOTH ROUTINE AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. The patient’s primary care provider facilitates the route through the needed services and works in collaboration with other levels and types of providers. Coordination also takes place with other sectors (e.g., social services) and partners (e.g., community organizations).
What is ACCOUNTABILITY AND EFFICACY?
- health services are well managed so as TO ACHIEVE the CORE ELEMENTS described above with minimum wastage of resources. Managers are allocated the necessary authority TO ACHIEVE PLANNED OBJECTIVES AND HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR OVERALL PERFORMANCE AND RESULTS. Assessment includes appropriate mechanisms for the participation of the target population and civil society.
What is midwifery?
- the oldest component of health care. the assistance of delivery whether performed by a relative or by a village matriarch is a feature of practically every culture.
What INCLUDES IN A CHILD CARE?
- Health education
- Growth monitoring
- Nutritional evaluation
- Immunization
- Oral rehydration
- Treatment of simple disease
What are the ROLES OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN A MATERNAL CARE?
- Prenatal care
- Screening in infancy, childhood adolescence
- Encouragement of breastfeeding
- Immunization
- Prevention of childhood diseases
What is the CURRENT MATERNAL CHILD CARE PRACTICE?
- Recognition and treatment of diarrheal disease
- Identification of risk factors in both pregnancy and childhood
- Improved nutritional programs with appropriate food supplementation
- Better delivery techniques
- More sophisticated referral options
WHY DO WOMEN NOT GET THE CARE THEY NEED?
o Poverty
o Distance to facilities
o Lack of information
o Inadequate and poor-quality services
o Cultural beliefs and practices
What are the COMMON LABORATORY TESTS FOR PREGNANT WOMEN? (done by Medical Technologist)
- Complete Blood Count (CBC)
- Blood type with Rh Typing
- VDRL/RPR
- Hepatitis B
- HIV
- OGTT
- Urinalysis
What are the COMMON LABORATORY TEST FOR NEWBORN?
- Newborn Screening (NBS)
- Expanded Newborn Screening (ENBS)
What is NEWBORN SCREENING? (NBS)
- congenital hypothyroidism (CH), congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), phenylketonuria (PKU), glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency, galactosemia (GAL), and maple syrup urine disease (MSUD)
- done by Medical Technologist through heel puncture (heel prick)
What is EXPANDED NEWBORN SCREENING? (ENBS)
- the expanded screening will INCLUDE 22 MORE DISORDERS such as hemoglobinopathies and additional metabolic disorders, namely, organic acid, fatty acid oxidation, and amino acid disorders. The latter are included in the standard care across the globe.
What are the DISORDER SCREENED DURING POST NATAL CARE?
- CH (Congenital Hypothyroidism)
- CAH (Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia)
- GAL (Galactosemia)
- PKU (Phenylketonuria)
- G6PD
What are the EFFECTS SCREENED AND THE EFFECTS WHEN TREATED? (CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM)
- severe mental retardation; normal
What are the EFFECTS SCREENED AND THE EFFECTS WHEN TREATED? (CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA)
- death; alive and normal
What are the EFFECTS SCREENED AND THE EFFECTS WHEN TREATED? (GALACTOSEMIA)
- deaths of cataracts; alive and normal
What are the EFFECTS SCREENED AND THE EFFECTS WHEN TREATED? (PHENYLKETONURIA)
- severe mental retardation; normal
What are the EFFECTS SCREENED AND THE EFFECTS WHEN TREATED? (G6PD)
- severe anemia, kernicterus; normal
VACCINES SHOULD BE GIVEN:
- Before the child is in danger from the disease
- After the child has lost the immunity gained from the mother
- Any time after the recommended age
What is the IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE OF BCG (BACILLE CALMETTE - GUERIN)
- 0.5 (1ml after 1 year of age); at birth or any time after
What is the IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE OF POLIOMYELITIS?
- 2 gtts per dose; at birth and at 6, 10, and 14 weeks
What is the IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE OF DPT (DIPHTHERIA - TETANUS)?
- .5ml; 2, 4, 6 and 15 to 18 months; booster 4 - 6 yrs
What is the IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE OF MEASLES?
- .5ml; at 9 months or soon after
What is PERTUSSIS?
- rust causes tetanus; the sign experienced is lockjaw.
What is the TETANUS IMMUNIZATION FOR WOMEN?
note: all measures 0.5 ml
dose 1: at first or as early as possible pregnancy
dose 2: at least 4 weeks after 1
dose 3: 6-12 months after dose 2 or during subsequent pregnancy
dose 4: 1-3 years after dose 3 or during subsequent pregnancy
dose 5: 1-5 years after dose 4 or during subsequent pregnancy
What is the 1ST ELEMENT OF ESSENTIAL HEALTH CARE?
- education on PREVAILING HEALTH PROBLEMS AND the METHODS OF PREVENTING and controlling them
What is the 2ND ELEMENT OF ESSENTIAL HEALTH CARE?
- PROMOTION of adequate FOOD SUPPLY and PROPER NUTRITION
What is the 3RD ELEMENT OF ESSENTIAL HEALTH CARE?
- BASIC SANITATION and an adequate supply of safe water
What is the 4TH ELEMENT OF ESSENTIAL HEALTH CARE?
- MATERNAL AND CHILD CARE including FAMILY PLANNING
What is the 5TH ELEMENT OF ESSENTIAL HEALTH CARE?
- IMMUNIZATION against infectious diseases
What is the 6TH ELEMENT OF ESSENTIAL HEALTH CARE?
- PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF locally ENDEMIC diseases
What is the 7TH ELEMENT OF ESSENTIAL HEALTH CARE?
- appropriate TREATMENT of common disease
What is the 8TH ELEMENT OF ESSENTIAL HEALTH CARE?
- PROVISION OF ESSENTIAL DRUGS
What is the MAIN GOAL OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE?
- to IMPROVE THE STATE OF HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE for all people attained through self-reliance
What are the 4 PROLONGED GOALS OF PHC?
- Social and Development
- Health and Development
- Health Development and Poverty
- Contribution of primary health care to the development