Chapter 4 Flashcards
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When the patient or client seeks help only when unable to manage alone
crisis intervention
Promote well-being and avoid the need for medical intervention. It encourages good nutrition, exercise, vaccinations, and health screening tests.
Health maintenance or preventive health care
Promotes self-care that avoids habits such as smoking and the use of recreational drugs.
Preventive System
line drawn between optimal health and fatal illness
health-illness continuum
Under this system, insurance companies reimburse patients for the costs of their health care within the limits of the policy, and the patient is responsible for any costs not covered
fee-for-service
These organizations provide complete and comprehensive health care for the cost of the premium and a small fee called a copayment for each vist
health-maintenance organization (HMOs)
These systems allow private hospitals and physicans to provide private services while also providing care through insurance plans that operate as HMOs or PPOs.
managed care system
a system that offers care at reduced rates within an established network of providers
preferred provider organization (PPO)
Became law in 2010. Its stated purpose was to ensure that all Americans were covered by health insurance. Under this law, employers are required to provide health insurance for their full-time employees when they employ more than 50 workers
Affordable Care Act (ACA often called “obamacare”)
a federal health insurance program covers part of the medical care costs for those 65 years and older. Offers four plans part A, Part B, Part C, and Part D
Medicare
person must fall within a designated group, recongnized by the federal and state governments, to be eligible for partial or full medicaid funding. Examples include age, income, resources, disability, and U.S. citizenship
Medicaid
What are the different types of hospitals?
-private
-public (federal or local governments)
not-for-profit (religious/charitable groups)
-proprietary (health care business run for a profit)
-urgent care (help people keep out of ER) (walk -ins)
-surgery centers (outpatient surgical facilities)
outpatient centers
many patients are sent to the hospital by a doctor known as
referring physicans
on admission referring physicans may provide direction for hospital care
attending physician
specializes in trauma and emergency situations, a triage expert in disaster situations
emergency department physican
treats indviduals and families in the context of daily life
family practice physican
diagnose and treats disease of the gastrointestinal tract
gastroenterologist
specializes in problems and disease of elderly persons
geriatrician
treats problem and diseases of the female reproductive system
gynecologist
specialist, often an internist, who treats patients in a hospital setting
hospitalist
specializes in the medical care and treatment of adults
internist
specialist, often a pulmonologist, who treat patients, in the intensive care unit
intensivist
specializes in pregnancy, labor, delivery, and immediate postpartum care
obstetrician
