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Allied Health 1 Chapter 1 Notes
Health Care Environment
5 Basic Functions
- Provide care for ill and/or injured people
- Prevent disease
- Promote individual and community health
- Provide facilities for education of health workers
- promote research in science of medicine and nursing
Health Care Reimbursement
Health Insurance
- Important so that hospitals get paid when they care for people
Medicaid Medicare
State Funded Federally Funded
For low imcome people For ages 65 and older; handicapped people
DRGs
Diagnostic Related Groups
- Grouped together by Diagnosis; i. ... disease; (examples: cancer patients w/ cancer patients; kidney disease patients w/ kidney disease patients)
- Used to save money and complication
Manged Care
"Payment Agreements"
(There is different health care teams from one hospital to another)
Models of HealthCare Teams
1) Functional Nursing
-One nurse is responsible (is assigned)
2) Team Nursing
- Many people (One person handles Blood Pressure, Another handles temperature, and so on)
3) Primary Nursing
- One nurse is responsible (Not assigned)
4) Partners in Practice
-Two people work as a team on the same patient
Age Specific Care
Know what people like
- (Example: Kids get stickers from the dentist)
Relationships
Working as a team is easier than working aloneAllied Health 1 Chapter 1 Notes
Health Care Environment
5 Basic Functions
- Provide care for ill and/or injured people
- Prevent disease
- Promote individual and community health
- Provide facilities for education of health workers
- promote research in science of medicine and nursing
Health Care Reimbursement
Health Insurance
- Important so that hospitals get paid when they care for people
Medicaid Medicare
State Funded Federally Funded
For low imcome people For ages 65 and older; handicapped people
DRGs
Diagnostic Related Groups
- Grouped together by Diagnosis; i.
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