Health Care Facilities
Explore a comprehensive guide to various health care facilities, including hospitals, long-term care facilities, medical offices, and clinics. Learn about the types of hospitals, such as general, specialty, government, and university hospitals. Discover the functions of long-term care facilities like nursing homes, extended care facilities, and assisted living facilities. Delve into the services offered in medical offices, including dental and orthodontic care, cosmetic surgery, and general surgeries. Understand the roles of different clinics, such as surgical, urgent care, rehabilitation, specialty, outpatient, and health department clinics.
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Health Care Facilities Health Science I
Types of Health Care Facilities- Hospitals One of the major types of health care facilities They vary in size and types of services provided.
Types of Hospitals General Hospitals: treat a wide range of conditions and age groups. Usually provide diagnostic, medical, surgical, and emergency care. Specialty Hospitals: provide care for special conditions and age groups. Burn hospitals, oncology (cancer) hospitals, or pediatric (children s) hospitals. Government Hospitals: operated by federal, state, and local government and provide care for government service personnel and their dependents. University or College Medical Center: provides hospital services for research and education.
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Long Term Care Facilities Provide assistance and care for elderly patients, usually called residents. Nursing Homes: also known as residential care facilities and are designed to care to individuals that can no longer care for themselves. Extended Care Facilities: provide skilled nursing care and rehabilitative care to patients before they return home. Assisted Living Facilities: provide services like meals, housekeeping, transportation, ect.. to individuals who can care for themselves.
Medical Offices Medical Offices provide many different types of medical services to all ages. Dental Offices provide general dental services to all age groups or specialized care to certain age groups. Orthodontists corrective braces for teeth Cosmetic Surgeons elective procedures to improve appearance General Surgeons Perform different types of surgeries
Clinics Also called satellite clinics and are health care facilities found within many types of health care organizations. Surgical clinics Urgent care clinics Rehabilitation clinics Specialty clinics Outpatient clinics Health department clinics Medical center clinics
Home Health Agencies that are designed to provide care in a patient s home. These services are frequently used by the elderly or disabled.
Mental Health Facilities Treat patients with mental health disorders and diseases. Examples: Psychiatric clinics or hospitals Chemical abuse treatment centers (dealing with drug and alcohol abuse) Physical abuse treatment centers (dealing with child abuse, spousal abuse, or geriatric (elderly) abuse.
