module 4: healthcare trends Flashcards
level of healthcare: preventing disease (vaccination, education, seatbelt)
primary
level of healthcare: screening, stopping the progression of disease
secondary
level of healthcare: treatments, dx and disease present
tertiary
explain the following roles of government in healthcare
- direct services
- finance organizations
- collect/analyze data
- create healthcare policies
- direct services: health insurance, military, state employees, prison systems
- finance organizations: programs, research, education, social security, medicare/medicaid
- collect/analyze data: “health USA” by USDHHS to collect morbidity/mortality rates, census, pregnancy rates, surveys
- create healthcare policies: how HC is spend, delivered, protecting the public
organziation; aims for “health for all”; responsible for World Health Report
- Day-to-day info about disease
- List of causes of diseases/injury/death
- Monitoring rxns to drugs, vaccines
- Support for national programs, training health workers
Strengthen delivery of health services
world health organization
the official health agency at the national level
US department of health/human services (USDHHS)
the organization responsible for employee safety from bodily injury/fluids, and infectious disease
occupational safety + health administration (OSHA)
responsible for improving quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of healthcare (based on research)
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
organization; national focus for dev and applying disease prevention and control, environmental health, and health promotion and education activities designed to improve the health of the ppl of US
Centers of Disease Control (CDC)
organization; responsible for biomedical research; focus on nursing research, promotes growth and quality of research and client care
National Institue of Health (NIH)
organization; responsible for regulating air and water
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
organization; responsible for disaster preparedness and process
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
what are federally qualified health centers
safety net providers that provide services furnished in an outpatient clinic
- community health centers
- migrant health centers
- healthcare for the homeless
- housing/primary care centers
what organization keeps #s of vital statistics
National Center for Health Statistics
purpose of biostatistics
Used as predictors for health care delivery
