Intro to Rad Tech (PDF)

INTRO TO RAD TECH The General Hospital De Ocampo, Fiona Faye P. - May be academic health facilities or Health Care Environment...

INTRO TO RAD TECH The General Hospital De Ocampo, Fiona Faye P. - May be academic health facilities or Health Care Environment community-based entities. They are general - Specialized clinics and outpatient in the sense that they admit all types of centers have seemed to help ease the medical and surgical cases. burden on hospitals, and more long-term facilities are rising to accommodate Specialized health and medical care facilities patients who need months or years of - Specialize in one type of illness or one assisted healing. type of patient can generally be found in the 14 TYPES OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES developed world. 1.) Ambulatory surgical centers – modern health 9.) Imaging and radiology centers – These care facilities focused on providing same-day facilities, much like their hospitals counterparts surgical care, including diagnostic and preventive offer diagnostic imaging services to patients. procedures. - Radiology is a branch of medicine that uses 2.) Birth centers – Health care facility for imaging technology to diagnose and treat disease. childbirth where care is provided in the midwifery and wellness model. -Radiology may be divided into two diff areas, diagnostic radiology and interventional radiology. 3.) Blood banks – Allow donors to donate blood Doctors who specialize in radiology are called and platelets while also storing and sorting blood radiologists. into components that can be used most effectively by patients. MOST COMMON TYPES OD DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY EXAMS: 4.) Clinic and medical offices - “a facility for diagnosis and treatment of outpatients”. These Computed tomography (CT) healthcare facilities can be physician’s private Fluoroscopy, upper GI & barium enema practice, a group practice setting or a corporately Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) owned clinic that may be connected to a larger Mammography healthcare system or hospital. Nuclear medicine, tests as a bone scan, 5.) Diabetes education centers – Typically offer thyroid scan and thallium cardiac stress test classes, education, support groups, and a variety of X-rays resources to help patients manage their diabetes and Positron emission tomography (PET) live as complication-free as possible. Ultrasound 6.) Dialysis center – Dialysis is process that filter 10.) Mental health and addiction and cleans blood artificially treatment centers – grouping for many different 7.) Hospice home – It represents a package of types of facilities. Sometimes it exists as a general insurance benefits that deals with an end-of-life institution for any mental health issue. trajectory. Hospice is also a designation for specific healthcare facilities that specialize in end-of-life 11.) Nursing home – offer a living situation care. for patients whose medical needs aren't severe enough for hospitalization but are too serious to 8.) Hospitals - “catch-all” healthcare facility. manage at home. Intensive care units deal with emergencies and the most serious illness and injuries. 12.) Orthopedic and other rehabilitation centers - deal with muscles and bones. It deals with everything from athletic injuries to therapy patients Physical environment includes the geography, with disabilities. climate, natural resources and structural entities like schools and home. 13.) Urgent care – Exist for on-demand healthcare needs that aren't severe enough for the Biological environment includes the various flora emergency room. Common choice when children and fauna, bacteria and other microorganisms. get sick. Sociocultural environment reflects the culture, 14.) Telehealth – Use of electronic values and demographic characteristics of the communication technology to facilitate long- people. distance health care and health education. Service system helps to meet the basic needs as well as health and welfare needs. HEALTH CARE Physical health – A person who Rural community is a natural phenomenon. It is a experiences physical health, bodily functions are product of natural free will of the people with working at peak performance. extreme similarity in their objectives and ambitions of living. Mental health – refers to a person’s emotional, social, and psychological wellbeing. It Urban communities are the opposite of rural also depends on the ability to enjoy life bounce communities. Their lifestyles are highly impersonal back after difficult experiences achieve balance with each other along high degree of complexity adapt to diversity feel safe and secure. and heterogeneity in their living style and identities. Health education is a social science that draws Historical factors are a product of their past: from the biological, environmental, psychological, current development activities take place against a physical and medical sciences to promote health historical backdrop. and prevent disease. Social factors are numerous issues related to the Community is a group of people sharing common social structure of the community that affect its geographic boundaries or common values and cohesion and kinds of interests. interests. Economic factors described several social factors Community health is a field of health practice that can affect whether members of a community encompassing and coordinating at the local level are more willing or less willing to work together to with overlapping aspects of public health. solve their resource management concerns. People are the most important resource as they are Cultural factors affect the incentives people face the essence for its existence. in protecting and exploiting their tree and forest resources. Goals and needs are determined by people. These are the thins and resources people wanted to maintain a peaceful and healthful living, THE COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT: