TRIGGER 1 - FACI GUIDE - INTRO.docx

**INTRODUCTION TO RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY WITH HEALTHCARE** **FACILITATOR'S GUIDE** TRIGGER 1 **HEALTHCARE SETTINGS** Classification of hospital shall be based on **Administrative Order No. 2012--0012**, dated July 18, 2012, \"Rules and Regulations Governing the New Classification of Hospitals and...

**INTRODUCTION TO RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY WITH HEALTHCARE** **FACILITATOR'S GUIDE** TRIGGER 1 **HEALTHCARE SETTINGS** Classification of hospital shall be based on **Administrative Order No. 2012--0012**, dated July 18, 2012, \"Rules and Regulations Governing the New Classification of Hospitals and Other Health Facilities in the Philippines\" They shall be classified according to the following: **According to Ownership** **Government** The hospital is created by law. - **Private** - **According to Scope of Services** **General Hospital** - - It shall be equipped with the service capabilities needed to support board certified/ eligible medical specialists and other licensed physicians rendering services in, but not limited to the following: - - - - **Specialty** - A specialized hospital may be devoted to the treatment of the following: - - - **EXAMPLES** Particular disease Particular organ Particular group of patients ----------------------------------- ------------------------- -------------------------------------- National Orthopedic Hospital Lung Center Philippine Children's Medical Center National Center for Mental Health Philippine Heart Center National Children's Hospital **According to functional capacity** **Level 1 General Hospital** A level 1 General Hospital shall have as minimum: 1\. A staff of qualified, medical, allied medical and administrative personnel headed by a physician duly licensed by the PRC\ 2. Bed space for its authorized bed capacity, in accordance with DOH Guidelines in the Planning and Design of Hospitals\ 3. An operating room with standard equipment and provisions for sterilization of equipment and supplies in accordance with: - - 4\. A post-operative Recovery Room 5\. Maternity Facilities consisting of Ward(s), Room(s), a Delivery Room, exclusively for maternity patients and newborns 6\. Isolation facilities with proper procedures for the care and control of infection and communicable diseases as well as for the prevention of cross infection 7\. A separate dental section/ clinic 8\. Provision for blood donation 9\. A DOH-licensed secondary clinical laboratory with the services of a consulting pathologist 10\. A DOH licensed Level 1 imaging facility with the services of a consulting radiologist 11\. A DOH licensed pharmacy **Level 2 General Hospital** As minimum, all of Level 1 capacity, including but not limited to: 1\. An organized staff of qualified and competent personnel with Chief of Hospital/Medical Director and appropriate board certified Clinical Department Heads 2\. Departmentalized and equipped with the service capabilities needed to support board certified/ eligible medical specialties and other licensed physicians rendering services in the specialties of Medicine, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Surgery, their subspecialties, and other ancillary services 3\. Provision for general ICU for critically ill patients 4\. Provision for NICU 5\. Provision for HRPU 6\. Provision for Respiratory Therapy Services 7\. A DOH licensed tertiary clinical laboratory 8\. A DOH licensed level 2 imaging facility with **mobile X-ray** inside the institution and with capability for **contrast examinations** **Level 3 General Hospital** As minimum, all of Level 2, including but not limited to: - - - - - - **Specialty Hospitals** As described above **Trauma Hospitals** The trauma capability of hospitals shall be assessed in accordance with the guidelines formulated by the Philippine College of Surgeons - - **MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES** - - - **LONG-TERM-CARE FACILITIES** - -