1. Unit C Health Team Relations
Health Care Systems
Unit C
Health Team Relations

2. Introduction Many different health care systems deliver health care
Health care is one of the largest and fastest growing industries in the United States
Employs over 10 million workers in over 200 careers
Two billion dollar per day business

3. Hospitals Vary in size and type of service provided
Hospital patients can stay overnight

4. General hospitals treat wide range of conditions and age groups
Provide diagnostic, medical, surgical, and emergency services

5. Speciality Hospitals
Care for certain conditions or age group- specialize in one thing
Examples: burn, oncology (cancer), pediatric (Duke University Children’s Hospital), psychiatric, orthopedic, rehabilitation hospitals (help get back to normal after an accident)

6. Government Hospitals
Operated by federal, state, and local government agencies-supported by taxes
World-wide facilities for government service personnel and their dependents
Veteran’s Administration hospitals

7. University or College Medical Centers
Treat patients, do research and provide education
Can be funded by private or government sources

8. Long Term Care Facilities (LTC or LTCF)
Provide care for elderly, individuals with chronic or long-term illness
usually called residents instead of patients

9. Long-term care facilities Nursing homes or geriatric homes
Provide basic physical and emotional care
Usually for individuals who cannot care for themselves
Help individuals with activities or daily living (ADLs), provide a safe and secure environment, and promote opportunities for social interactions

10. Extended care or skilled care facilities
Provide skilled nursing and rehabilitative care to prepare resident for return to home (serves as “bridge” between hospital and home)

11. Independent or assisted living facilities:
Individuals purchase or rent unit and can receive services such as meals, housekeeping, laundry, transportation, social events, and basic medical care

12. Medical Offices Doctor’s office
May be privately owned by one doctor or large complexes with many doctors

13. Medical Offices Services Diagnosis Treatment Examinations
Basic laboratory tests
Minor Surgery

14. Medical Offices Specialties- certain age groups or conditions
Examples include: Pediatrics (babies & children), Cardiology (conditions of the heart), and Obstetrics (care of the pregnant female)

15. Dental Offices
Private offices to dental clinics employing several dentists
Dental clinics now found in major retail/department stores
Can provide general or specialized dental care

16. Clinics Satellite Clinics or Satellite Centers
Found in many types of health care
Can be a group of medical/dental doctors who share a facility and other personnel

17. Surgical clinics/surgicenters
Perform minor surgeries
Frequently called “one-day” centers
Patients are sent home after surgery

18. Urgent/Emergency care clinics
Provide first aid or emergency care to ill or injured patients

19. Rehabilitation clinics
Rehab or therapy centers
Physical, occupational, speech, or other similar therapies

20. Specialty Clinics Provide care for specific diseases
Examples: Diabetes or Oncology (cancer) clinics

21. Health Department Clinics
Offer clinics such as…
Pediatric care
Respiratory diseases
Immunizations

22. Optical Centers
Provide vision examinations for those having trouble reading, blurred vision
Prescribe eye glasses or contact lenses
Check for the presence of eye diseases

23. Emergency Care Services
Provide special care for accidents or sudden illness
Emergency Room (ER) operated by hospitals
Emergency care clinics-
Example-Urgent Care, Med-Zone

24. Emergency Care Services
Ambulance services: private and governmental, transport patients
Rescue squads: frequently operated by fire departments, usually first on the scene
Helicopter or airplanes: rapidly transport patients

25. Laboratories
Can be part of other facility or operated as separate health care service
Medical laboratories: perform diagnostic tests such as blood & urine tests
Dental laboratories: prepare dentures and other devices

26. Home Health Care Provide care in patient’s home Examples of care…
Nursing care: medications, treatments
Personal care: bathing dressing, and so forth
Therapy: physical, occupational, speech, respiratory
Homemaking: food preparation, cleaning, washing, and so forth

27. Hospice
Provide care for terminally ill persons with life expectancy of six months or less
Care provided in person’s home or hospice facility
Their goal is to allow the person to die with dignity and in comfort
Provides psychological, social, spiritual, and financial counseling for both patient and family

28. Mental Health Facilities
Deal with mental diseases
and disorders
Examples…
Guidance and counseling centers
Psychiatric clinics and hospitals
Chemical abuse treatment centers for alcohol/drug abuse
Physical abuse treatment centers (child or spouse abuse)

29. Genetic Counseling Centers
Perform prenatal (before birth) screening tests
Checking for genetic abnormalities and birth defects
Explaining the results of the tests
Identifying medical options when a birth defect is present
Helping individuals cope with the psychological issues caused by a genetic disorder

30. Rehabilitation Centers
Provide care directed at helping patient with physical or mental disabilities obtain maximum self-care and function
Can include hospitals, clinics, and/or private centers
Services can include physical, occupational, recreational, speech, and hearing therapies

31. Health Maintenance Organizations
Preventive health care
Examinations
Basic medical services
Health Education
Hospitalization
Rehabilitation services
Prevention!

32. Industrial Health Care Centers
Located in large industries or companies
Provide care for employees of the industry-if someone gets hurt while on the job, they go to the industrial health care center for treatment
Services: basic exams, teach accident prevention/safety, provide emergency care

33. School Health Service
Found in schools and colleges and provide the following services…
Emergency care for accidents and sudden illness
Tests to check for health conditions: speech, vision, hearing, and so forth
Promote health education
Maintain safe and sanitary school environment
Counseling