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Standard 3: systems

Brandon & Emily. Standard 3: systems. Types of Hospitals. Public: a hospital which is owned by a government and receives government funding

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Standard 3: systems

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  1. Brandon & Emily Standard 3: systems

  2. Types of Hospitals • Public: a hospital which is owned by a government and receives government funding • Private: a hospital owned by a profit company or a non-profit organization and privately funded through payment for medical services by patients themselves, by insurers, Governments through national health insurance schemes, or by foreign embassies. • Profit: Primary goal is to make money • Non-profit: Not making or conducted primarily to make a profit

  3. Managed • Managed care: A system of health care in which patients agree to visit only certain doctors and hospitals, and in which the cost of treatment is monitored by a managing company. • Western Medicine: The field of applied science related to the art of healing by diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness in human beings.

  4. Hospitals • Central Urgent Care Center: A category of walk-in clinic focused on the delivery of ambulatory care in a dedicated medical facility outside of a traditional emergency room • Assisted Living: Housing for elderly or disabled people that provides nursing care, housekeeping, and prepared meals as needed. • Nursing Home: A private institution providing residential accommodations with health care, esp. for elderly people.

  5. Systems • What is the CDC? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is the national public health institute of the United States. • What is MGFA? Provide funding for research and education about myasthenia gravis. • Fact: The CDC predicts that white females will live the longest. • According to the President’s Advisory Commission on Customer Protection, a consumer has to show respect for other patients and healthcare workers.

  6. Barriers & Impacts on healthcare • Technology, such as the internet, has the biggest impact on healthcare. • Language is the biggest barrier healthcare workers face. • What is malpractice? improper, illegal, or negligent professional activity or treatment, esp. by a medical practitioner, lawyer, or public official • Patients are responsible for knowing the risks of their procedure. • Doctors order so many tests to avoid malpractice.

  7. Healthcare • Medicare: Healthcare for people 65 or older. • Medicaid: Healthcare for the needy. • Worker’s Compensation: Insurance providing wage replacement and medical benefits to employees injured at work. • Premiums: An amount to be paid for an insurance policy.

  8. Systems • What is bioethics? The ethics of medical and biological research. • What is epidemiology? The branch of medicine that deals with the incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases and other factors relating to health. • Fact: If 50 out of 200 rock musicians over the age of 65 suffer from hearing loss, 25% of the rock musicians suffer loss.

  9. Disease • Morbidity: The rate of incidence of a disease. • Mortality: Rate of death. • If the mortality rate decreases and the morbidity rate increases, then more people are being diagnosed.

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