Health Care SystemsHealth Care Systems

FacilitiesFacilities

Health Care FacilitiesHealth Care Facilities

• Long Term Care facilitiesLong Term Care facilities• Emergency Care facilitiesEmergency Care facilities• Mental Health facilitiesMental Health facilities• Industrial Health centersIndustrial Health centers• ClinicsClinics• LaboratoriesLaboratories• Home Health agenciesHome Health agencies• Rehabilitation facilitiesRehabilitation facilities

HospitalsHospitals• Facilities where Facilities where

patients are patients are hospitalized a short hospitalized a short time (few days to a time (few days to a few weeks) few weeks)

• Provide a wide range Provide a wide range of diagnostic, of diagnostic, medical, surgical, and medical, surgical, and emergency services emergency services

• 4 types4 types• Private, Non-profit, Private, Non-profit,

religious, governmentreligious, government

Specialty HospitalsSpecialty Hospitals

• Provide care for specific Provide care for specific illnesses, such as chronic illnesses, such as chronic diseases, tuberculosis, and diseases, tuberculosis, and psychiatric problems psychiatric problems

• St. Judes Hospital for St. Judes Hospital for ChildrenChildren• known for its cancer known for its cancer

treatments and treatments of treatments and treatments of burnsburns

Convalescent CareConvalescent Care

• These facilities generally care These facilities generally care for elderly people needing for elderly people needing nursing services and personal nursing services and personal care. care.

• Also care for physically ill or Also care for physically ill or injured people who require injured people who require and extended convalescence and extended convalescence for recovery. for recovery.

• ExamplesExamples• nursing homes and long-term nursing homes and long-term

care facilities. care facilities.

Ambulatory Care ClinicsAmbulatory Care Clinics

• Facilities where Facilities where several physicians several physicians with different with different specialties combine specialties combine their practices their practices

• Allows the patient to Allows the patient to have immediate care have immediate care for many different for many different illnesses illnesses

Medical and Dental Medical and Dental FacilitiesFacilities• Provide care that promotes Provide care that promotes

wellness and diagnosis of wellness and diagnosis of illness illness

• Simple surgery, bone Simple surgery, bone setting, counseling, and setting, counseling, and administrations of drugs administrations of drugs also take place here also take place here

Rehabilitation CentersRehabilitation Centers

• People who have been disabled by People who have been disabled by sickness or injury can recover sickness or injury can recover many of their original abilities and many of their original abilities and relearn activities of daily living by relearn activities of daily living by seeking these services seeking these services

• Patients may stay in these facilities Patients may stay in these facilities or be treated on an outpatient or be treated on an outpatient basis basis

Health Maintenance Health Maintenance Organizations - HMOsOrganizations - HMOs

• Stress wellness (preventive health Stress wellness (preventive health care) Focus on keeping a person care) Focus on keeping a person healthyhealthy

• They provide health services that They provide health services that include hospitalizations, basic include hospitalizations, basic medical services,medical services, immunizations immunizations

Home Health Care Home Health Care AgenciesAgencies

• Provide care in the home for Provide care in the home for patients/clients who need health services patients/clients who need health services but not hospitalization but not hospitalization

• Services include nursing, physical Services include nursing, physical therapy, personal care (bathing, dressing, therapy, personal care (bathing, dressing, etc.), and homemaking (cleaning, food etc.), and homemaking (cleaning, food shopping and preparation)shopping and preparation)

• Home health care workers provide care Home health care workers provide care for all ages from infants to the elderly for all ages from infants to the elderly

Senior Day CareSenior Day Care

• Provides care for those elderly people Provides care for those elderly people who are able to live at home with their who are able to live at home with their families but need care when the family families but need care when the family is away is away

• Provides a place where the elderly can Provides a place where the elderly can be cared for during the day be cared for during the day

• Provides activities, rehabilitation, and Provides activities, rehabilitation, and contract with other people contract with other people

Hospice CareHospice Care• Organization helps care for terminally ill Organization helps care for terminally ill

patientspatients • Patients are kept comfortable and free from painPatients are kept comfortable and free from pain

• Philosophy is to help the terminally ill Philosophy is to help the terminally ill patient/client live each day to the fullest - patient/client live each day to the fullest - usually at homeusually at home

• Families are counseled and helped to accept Families are counseled and helped to accept of the impending death of a loved one. After of the impending death of a loved one. After the death, the family has continuing support the death, the family has continuing support for at least a yearfor at least a year

• These facilities usually need to sponsor These facilities usually need to sponsor fundraising activities to help with expenses. fundraising activities to help with expenses. No one is turned away due to financial reasonsNo one is turned away due to financial reasons

Government AgenciesGovernment Agencies

• VA HospitalsVA Hospitals• Provide care for veterans who served in the Provide care for veterans who served in the

armed forcesarmed forces

• Public Health DepartmentPublic Health Department• Provides services to local communitiesProvides services to local communities• Keeps records including immunization Keeps records including immunization

records, health inspection, birth records, and records, health inspection, birth records, and death statistics death statistics

• Provides maternal and child health services Provides maternal and child health services

Government AgenciesGovernment Agencies

• WHOWHO• CDCCDC• DHHSDHHS• FDAFDA• NIHNIH• OSHAOSHA

Non-Profit AgenciesNon-Profit Agencies• Receive support from donations, gifts, Receive support from donations, gifts,

membership fees, fund raisers, and membership fees, fund raisers, and endowments endowments

• Not supported by the government and are Not supported by the government and are staffed by volunteersstaffed by volunteers

• Raise money for medical research and for Raise money for medical research and for the education of the public concerning the education of the public concerning various health problems various health problems

• American Cancer SocietyAmerican Cancer Society• March of DimesMarch of Dimes• American Red CrossAmerican Red Cross• American Heart AssociationAmerican Heart Association• American Diabetes AssociationAmerican Diabetes Association