Types of Cares
Provide care at home for patients that need health services but no hospitalization.
What is home health care?
Artificial parts made for the body.
What is prosthetics?
What is nursing homes?
Protects the health of ALL Americans by providing vital human services.
What is the U.S Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS)?
Services document and processes information
What is informational?
Different types of medical practices are combined for patient to receive immediate care.
What is ambulatory care?
Deals with the problems and diseases of old age people.
What is geriatric?
Found in educational institutions, providing emergency care in case of accidents or sudden illnesses.
What is a school health service?
World's leading agency for conducting and supporting medical research.
What is the national institue of health (NIH)?
Create a relaxing, healing, and supportive enviornment for patients.
What is support?
Generally geriatic care, optomizes the functional status of client.
What is convalescent care?
Fields of study or professional work.
What is specialties?
Promotes wellness and diagnosis of illness
What is physician and dental facilities?
Concerned with world health problems, investigates and publishes information.
What is world health organization (WHO)?
Provide care over time.
What is therapeutic?
Medical services offered with use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies.
What is tele health care?
The gradual recovery of health and strength after illness.
What is convalescence?
Located in large companies/facilities. Provide health services for staff and employees.
What is industrial health care centers?
Assures the safety of foods, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, biological products, and medical devices.
What is the food and drug administration (FDA)?
Services used to identify a particular condition or disease.
What is diagnsotic?
Provide end of life care to patients expected to live six months or less. Provides comfort and controls pain for patient.
What is hospices?
Substances given to make disease organisms harmless to the patient. (Could be given orally or injection)
What is immunizations?
Provide outpatient care for clients requiring therapy due to loss of function in mobility or activities of daily living.
What is rehabilitation centers?
Monitors and works to prevent disease outbreaks by implementing strategies and maintaining health statistics.
What is Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)?
How many types of specialized departments is there?
What is 4?