Finals | Healthcare Environment Flashcards
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What does radiation protection involve?
A. Protection to the staff
1. Cardinal rules of radiation protection
2. Protective barriers
3. Protective equipment
B. Protection to the patient
C. ALARA
ALARA meaning
(radiation exposure
should be kept) As Low as Reasonably Achievable
A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
Health
The activity of providing medical services
Healthcare
Includes services provided by a country or an organization for treating the physically and mentally ill
Healthcare
Healthcare vs Health care
- Healthcare: the system of providing services
- Health care: Services provided by medical personnel
It is an environment that is conductive to healing.
Healthcare environment
A priority in the patient’s care
A safe and therapeutic environment
Different healthcare environments/settings
- Hospitals
- Clinics
- Mental health facilities
- Long-term residential facilities
- Hospice
- Outpatient/ ambulatory
- Preventive care
- Home health care
- Telemedicine
HHH CLOT PM
Other term for oupatient
ambulatory
Other terms for telemedicine
E-health; Telehealth
The (1) considers an establishment to be a hospital if it is permanently staffed by at least (2), can offer (3), and can provide active (4) care.
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- one physician
- inpatient accommodation
- medical and nursing
How many beds should a hospital have for it to be considered as one?
6 beds
Classifications of Hospitals
A. According to Ownership
1. Government
2. Private
B. According to Scope of Services
1. General
2Specialty
C. According to Functional Capacity
1. General
2. Specialty
3. Trauma Capability
Hospital owned, established, established and created by law
Government
Under government hospitals (according to ownership), facility may be on the (1) or (2)
- national government
- local government units (LGUs)
National government units
- Department of Health (DOH)
- Department of National Defense (DND)
- Philippine National Police (PNP)
- Department of Justice (DOJ)
- State Universities and Colleges (SUCs),
- Government Owned or Controlled Corporations (GOCC)
Example of a hospital owned by a State Universities and Colleges (SUCs)
Philippine General Hospital (owned by UP)
Example of a hospital owned by the LGUs
Itogon District Hospital;
Atok District Hospital
A hospital that is owned, established, and operated with funds through the donation, principal investment, or other means by any individual, non-government corporation, association, or organization.
Private
Examples of a private hospital
- Saint Louis University Sacred Heart Medical Center
- Notre Dame De Chartres
Hospitals that provide services for all kinds of illnesses, diseases, injuries, or deformities.
General
Shall provide medical and surgical care to the sick and injured, as well as maternity, newborn, and childcare
General
General hospitals shall be equipped with the service capabilities needed to support board certified/ eligible medical specialists and other physicians rendering services in, but not limited to:
A. Clinical services
B. Emergency services
C. Outpatient services
D. Ancillary and Support Services