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Health Literacy
impact affects lower socioeconomic and minority groups
leads to more medical errors, illness and disability, and loss of wages
Types of Healthcare Education
2 year
4 year
post secondary degree
on job training
masters
doctorate
community healthcare workers
- provide a link between community and health educators by implementing strategies to improve health of communities
- patient navigators
Veterinarian Technician
TWO YEAR program
associates
many work in private clinical practice, animal hospital
perform various medical test and diagnose medical conditions in animals, treat medical conditions, vaccinate, sterilize equipment , assist in surgery, research
telemedicine
Remote consultation by patients with physicians or other health professionals via telephone, closed-circuit television, or the Internet.
SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
improves access and reduces barriers to high quality programs for addiction and mental health
Patient care partnership
REPLACING the AHA’s Patients’ Bill of Rights
informs patients about what they should expect during their hospital stay with regard to their rights and responsibilities.
protect patient privacy
help with billing
patient involvement in their own care
high quality care
clean safe environment
What are some ways the public health system is funded?
Federal , state and local government
HHS
Social security act
DRG
diagnostic related group
paid set amount for each patient
medicare would not pay more than a set fee so this reduced hospital stays
Medicare B
Covers outpatient hospital stays and diabetic supplies, DME (durable medical equipment), patients on long term disabilities, X-rays, dialysis, vaccines, and respiratory nebulizers
Preventative service
Medicare C
additional coverage
“choice plan”
deductible
amount paid BEFORE insurance plan kicks in
employers save cost w/high deductible plans
Rising healthcare cost controlled by
ACA
ACA changes
bill of rights, free preventative services, closed medicare rx gap, prohibits denial for pre-existing conditions , age to 26, affordable options
provides few direct services for healthcare
federal government
How are long term care facilities funded?
Medicaid is the primary payer and the only safety net program for long term care
Assisted living: privately funded
occupational health and safety specialist
a person who protects human health by analyzing work environment and processes and designing programs to prevent disease or injury
examine lighting equipment air quality
occupational health and safety specialist DEGREE
need a bachelors in occupational health, safety, engineering or biology
licensure NOT required
work in offices factories constructions sites hospital
Federal government
Health Disparities
preventable differences in the burden of disease, injury, violence, or opportunities to achieve optimal health that are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations
RESULTS IN DIFFERENT HEALTH OUTCOMES
Clinical Decision Support System
A special subcategory of clinical information systems that is designed to help healthcare providers make knowledge-based clinical decisions
improves quality of care
Health IT
includes all components of an EHR, AS WELL AS additional information technology to support all aspects of the healthcare delivery system.
EHR
Electronic Health Record: An integration of all medical documentation into electronic format
Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE)
also known as computerized provider order entry (CPOE), a process of electronic data entry of provider instructions for treatment ORDER LABS AND MEDICATION
MOST COMMON form of dementia
alzheimers
