Foundation Standard 3: Healthcare Delivery Systems

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Foundation Standard 3 Healthcare Delivery Systems

• Understand the healthcare delivery system
• Public
• Private
• Government
• Non-profit

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Healthcare Industry

• Largest and fastest growing industry in the US
• Employs over 13 million workers

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Hospitals Classified by how they are funded

• Private or proprietary operated for a profit
  example Humana, Tenet
• Religious run and funded by a religious
  organization example,
• St. Josephs Hospital

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Hospitals Classified by how they are funded

• Non-profit or voluntary money earned is used to
  improve services example, Northside
• Government supported by tax money examples,
  Grady and Veterans Administration

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Hospitals

• General hospitals treat a wide range of
  conditions
• Specialty Hospitals- treat certain conditions or
  patients such as burns, cancer, children

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Hospitals

• Teaching Hospitals students learning healthcare
  professions, such as nursing students and medical
  students
• Associated with a college or university
• May be privately funded, or may be government
  funded

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Long Term Care

• Provide care for the elderly, people with
  physical and mental disabilities, and individuals
  with chronic illnesses.

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Medical or Dental Offices

• Can be privately owned practices to large
  complexes operating as corporations and employing
  many doctors/dentists.
• Can provide general or specialized care

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Clinics-

• Can refer to medical offices, surgical clinics,
  emergency care clinics, rehabilitation clinics,
  health departments

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Optical Centers

• Can be individually owned by an ophthalmologist
  or optometrist, or part of a large chain of
  stores
• Provide vision exams, eyeglasses, contact lenses
  and check for any eye diseases.

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Emergency Care Services

• Provide special care for accidents or sudden
  illness.
• Examples E.R., ambulances, helicopters, rescue
  squads

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Hospice

• Provide care for terminally ill patients with
  life expectancy of six months or less
• Care can be given at home or in a hospice
  facility
• Allows the person to die with dignity and in
  comfort
• Provides psychological, social, spiritual, and
  financial counseling for patients and families.

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Mental Health Facilities

• Deal with mental diseases
• Examples counseling, chemical abuse treatment
  centers, psychiatric hospitals.

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Government - International Level

• World Health Organization (WHO) - sponsored by
  the United Nations.
• Compiles statistics and information on diseases.
• Investigates and deals with serious health
  problems throughout the world.

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Government National Level

• Department of Health and Human Services known
  as the umbrella agency for all other
  governmental healthcare agencies

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Government National Level

• National Institutes of Health (NIH) - research
  diseases and disorders
• Center for Diseases Control (CDC) -
• causes, spread and control of diseases in
  population
• Food and Drug Administration (FDA)- regulates
  food and drug products sold to the public

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Government State Local Level

• Health Departments provide immunizations,
  inspect for sanitation, diagnosis and treatment
  of STDs, family planning clinics, prenatal
  services

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Non-profit Agencies

• American Cancer Society
• America Heart Association
• American Red Cross
• March of Dimes

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Non-profit agencies

• Funding for non-profit agencies
• Donations
• Membership fees
• Fundraisers
• Grants
• NOT TAX MONEY