The Medical Environment PDF

**THE MEDICAL ENVIRONMENT** A. The Medical Office Environment B. Types of Medical Offices/Healthcare Facilities Parts of a Medical Office C. Modern Trends in Healthcare System 1. 2. 3. The Medical Office Environment ============================== 1. Hospitals ============ A. ACCORD...

**THE MEDICAL ENVIRONMENT** A. The Medical Office Environment B. Types of Medical Offices/Healthcare Facilities Parts of a Medical Office C. Modern Trends in Healthcare System 1. 2. 3. The Medical Office Environment ============================== 1. Hospitals ============ A. ACCORDING TO OWNERSHIP ========================= 1. 2. B. ACCORDING TO SCOPE OF SERVICES ================================= 1. **General** -- a hospital that provides services for all kinds of illnesses, diseases, injuries or deformities. A general hospital shall provide medical and surgical care to the sick and injured, maternity, newborn and child care. 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: 1. Family Medicine; 2. Pediatrics; 3. Internal Medicine; 4. Obstetrics and Gynecology (Lying Inn Clinic); 5. Surgery; b. Emergency Services (past 5 pm or past the official time); c. Outpatient Services; d. Ancillary (mobile clinic) and Support Services such as, clinical laboratory', imaging facility and pharmacy. 2. Specialty -- a hospital that specializes in a particular disease or condition or in one type of patient. A specialized hospital may be devoted to treatment of any of the following: a. Treatment of a particular type of illness or for a particular condition requiring a range of b. Treatment of patients suffering from diseases of a particular organ or groups of organs. c. Treatment of patients belonging to a particular group such as children, women, elderly and others. a. Level l ========== 1. A staff of qualified medical, allied medical and administrative personnel headed by a physician duly licensed by 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 provision for sterilization of equipment and supplies in accordance with: DOH Reference Plan in the Planning and Design of an Operating Room/Theater (Annex *A);* 4. A DOH licensed pharmacy. B. Level 2 ========== \- has ICU \- is departmentalized \- has pediatric, obstetric, gynecologist, general surgery 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 specialists and other licensed physicians rendering services in the specialties of Medicine, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Surgery; their subspecialties and ancillary services; 3. Provision for general ICU for critically ill patients. 4. Provision for NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) 5. Provision for HRPU (High Risk Pregnancy Unit) 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. c. Level 3 ========== 1. Teaching and/or training hospital with accredited residency training program for physicians in the four (4) major specialties namely: Medicine, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Surgery; 2. Provision for physical medicine and rehabilitation unit; 3. Provision for ambulatory surgical clinic; 4. Provision for dialysis facility; 5. Provision for blood bank; 6. A DOH licensed tertiary clinical laboratory with standard equipment/reagents/supplies necessary for the performance of histopathology examinations; 7. A DOH licensed level 3 imaging facility with interventional radiology. EX. Makati Medical Center, Ospital ng Makati, Lung Center of the Philippines, National Children;s Hospital, Philippine Heart Center, National Kidney and Transplant Institute, St. Lukes Medical Center, National Center for Mental Health, Philippine General Hospital (Hospital connected to UP), FEU, UST THE MEDICAL OFFICE ENVIRONMENT ============================== 1. they usually don\'t require as many evening or weekend hours as hospitals. 2. may be run by hospitals as an external branch, or they may be owned and operated by a physician. 3. Government Organizations =========================== 4. Non-Profit Organizations =========================== 5. Educational Institutions =========================== 5. Military Organizations ========================= 1. Hospice Facilities ===================== 2. Nursing Homes and Long-Term Care Facilities ============================================== Parts of a Medical Office ========================= 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. C. Modern Trends in Healthcare System ===================================== 3. **Digitalization of healthcare**. In medical office a digital transformation is finally coming to fruition. New technologies, such as patient-focused Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions have helped improve patient satisfaction and the overall level of care. This data aggregation may also help organizations cut costs by identifying and treating patients' health issues. For example, real-time data analytics can give doctors a snapshot of a patient's health that can lead to early intervention instead of advanced disease treatment. 4. **Telemedicine.** It refers to the practice of caring for patients remotely when the provider and patient are not physically present with each other. Modern technology has enabled doctors to used compliant video-conferencing tools. Healthcare organizations are starting to use telemedicine to help them expand. Medical Organizations have integrated telemedicine to treat patients in its rural areas. 5. **Addiction treatment**. We can be sure that addiction treatment will continue to be a large focus in the healthcare industry. Family practitioners today are more educated on the signs and symptoms of addiction, and prescriptions for addictive drugs are slowly beginning to decline. References ==========