PMLS 1 Lesson 2 (Quiz) Flashcards
An interrelated network in which country organizes available resources for the maintenance and improvement of the health of its citizens and communities
Health System
An organized plan of health services.
Healthcare System
In the Philippines, the__________ is the principal agency responsible for ensuring that every Filipino has access to basic public health services through the provision of quality health care and regulation of provides of health goods and services.
Department of Health (DOH)
9 Factors Affecting Health Care Demand
- Price of Healthcare Services
- Population age
- Patient’s health knowledge & beliefs
- Physiological characteristics
- Income level of the family
- Insurance coverage of the patient
- Family size
- Educational level of the patient
- Distance of Sources of Health Care
In the Philippines, the____________ under the Department of Health is responsible for insuring the safety and quality of health facilities & their services.
Health Facilities and Services Regulatory Bureau (HFSRB)
New Classification of General Hospitals
Hospitals — Level 1
Clinical Services for In-patients:
Ancillary Services:
Clinical Services for In-patients
- Consulting for Specialist in: Medicine, Pediatrics, OB-GYNE, Surgery
- Emergency Patients and Out-Patient services
- Isolation Facilities
- Surgical/ Maternity Facilities
- Dental Clinic
Ancillary Services
- Secondary Clinical laboratory
- Blood Station
- 1st Level X-ray
- Pharmacy
Hospitals — Level 2
Clinical Services for In-patients:
Ancillary Services:
Clinical Services for In-patients:
- Level 1 plus all:
- Departamentalized Clinical Services
- Respiratory Unit
- General ICU
- High Risk Pregnancy Unit
- NICU
Ancillary Services:
- Tertiary Clinical Laboratory
- Blood station
- 2nd Level X-ray with mobile Unit
Hospitals — Level 3
Clinical Services for In-patients:
Ancillary Services:
- Level 2 plus all:
- Teaching/training with accredited residency training program in the 4 major clinical services
- Physical medicine & Rehabilitation Unit
- Ambulatory Surgical Clinic
- Dialysis Clinic
Ancillary Services:
- Tertiary Laboratory with histopathology
- Blood bank
- 3rd Level X-ray
Classificatio of Other Health Facilities
A first-contact healthcare facility that offers basic services including emergency service and provision for normal deliveries. May provide in-patient beds for short stay patients or may only provide outpatient services.
Category A: Primary Care Facility
A health facility that provided long term care, including basic human services like food and shelter to patients with chronic and mental illness, patient in need of rehabilitation owing substance abuse, people requiring ongoing health and nursing care due to chronic impairments and a reduced degree of independence in activities of daily living.
Category B: Custodial Care Facility
A facility that examines the human body or specimens from the human body for the diagnosis, sometimes treatment of diseases.
Category C: Diagnostic/Therapuetic Facility
A facility with highly competent and trained staff that performes highly specialized procedures on an out patient basis.
Category D: Specialized Out-Patient Facility
Responsible for protecting the assets of the hospital by establishing the hospital’s mission and establishing its bylaws. Trustees select the administrative leader of the hospital and delegate the hospital’s daily operations and budgeting to the appointed executives.
Board of trustees/governing board
Hospitals president/Ceo
Executive Administration
