Week 8 - OT in Pediatric Hospital Settings Flashcards
1
Q
- serve local communities and entire life span (birth through geriatrics)
- peds and adult populations
- may have NICU, or other specialized units
A
general hospitals
2
Q
- treating patients with more acute life-threatening injuries or disorders
- regional (pts. can be coming from different communities)
- life-saving/life sustaining/prevention of unnecessary complications procedures
A
trauma center
3
Q
- specialty hospitals (inpatient and outpatient services)
- infants, children, adolescents
- wide range of diagnoses and sometimes rarely seen conditions
- OTs may have limited knowledge of Tx protocols or outcomes
A
children’s hospitals
4
Q
- ordered directly from a medical service or unit
- eval and interventions for immediate needs
- assistance in planning transition to other service settings or discharge to home.
A
acute care services
5
Q
- special facilities with bedrooms and bathrooms for independence training with lifts, mobility devices, and other DME.
- spaces for individual and group intervention, socialization, and group engagements.
A
peds rehab services
6
Q
- regularly scheduled specialty clinics that address children and families ongoing needs
- individual child services in community-based satellite clinics or school-based programs.
A
outpatient services
7
Q
name 3 common methods of reimbursement for services.
A
- private insurance carriers
- medicaid or special programs within a state
- medicare
