Health Care Approaches Overview

Hospice Care

• Focuses on care, comfort, and quality of life for people approaching end of life.
• Patients understand their illness is not responding to medical intervention.
• Offered in home or facility settings (nursing homes, hospitals, etc.).
• Team-based approach including nurses, doctors, social workers, spiritual advisors, and volunteers.

Outpatient/Ambulatory Care

• Healthcare facility providing outpatient services to patients not needing hospitalization.
• Examples include primary care physician offices, urgent care clinics, ambulatory surgery centers, and hospital outpatient departments.
• Services include checkups, vaccinations, treatment of minor illnesses/injuries, surgeries (e.g., cataract, knee arthroscopy), and specialized care (cancer treatment, physical therapy).

Preventive Care

• Aims to detect or prevent serious illnesses/medical issues early.
• Includes annual checkups, immunizations (flu shots), screenings, and tests.

Home Health Care

• Provides care in the home to people with cognitive/physical disabilities.
• Helps complete daily living activities.
• Also provided to hospice patients.

Telemedicine Care

• Practice of delivering care remotely.
• Provider and patient are not physically present but communicate electronically.
• Facilitated by use of electronic information and communication technologies.

Hospital Organization

• Philosophy: Explanation of beliefs that guide mission and purpose achievement.
• Mission Statement: Defines the organization's basic purpose and reason for being. Paints a picture of the company and its work.
• Vision Statement: Describes the future direction and aspirations of the organization. Reveals the company’s goals in the long term.
• Vision-Mission Relationship: Vision describes future, mission describes actions needed; both must support each other.
• Administrative Services
  • Governing Board: Hospital's governing body; sets long-term goals, policies, and handles strategic planning.
  • Hospital Administration/Medical Center Chief: Guides operations, provides high-quality services. Formulates policies, plans, programs, aligned with health facility goals.

This quiz covers various approaches to health care, including hospice care, outpatient care, preventive care, and home health care. Each section provides vital information regarding the types of services offered and the focus of these health care methods. Answer questions to test your understanding of these essential health care practices.