Exam 3: Health Care Settings

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Explain the term durable medical equipment, and give three examples.

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Durable medical equipment includes equipment that is used by a patient and includes canes, crutches, IV supplies, hospital beds, ostomy supplies, oxygen, prostheses, walkers, and wheelchairs.

The abbreviation CCRC means "continuing care retirement community."

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Ambulatory surgery, also called _________________________ or _________________________, is elective surgery that is performed on patients who are admitted and discharged on the same day.

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short-stay, one-day surgery
short stay, one day surgery

Rehabilitation facilities provide occupational, physical, and speech therapy to patients with orthopedic injuries, work-related injuries, and various neurological and neuromuscular conditions.

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Internal medicine physicians provide care for the entire family and focus on general medicine, obstetrics, pediatrics, and geriatrics.

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A behavioral health care day treatment program provides short-term crisis intervention and treatment.

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The agency that oversees the nation's organ transplantation system and works to decrease infant mortality and improve child health is called the

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The behavioral health _________________________ ranges from health care settings that are least restrictive, such as outpatient services, to most restrictive, such as inpatient hospitalization.

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A hospital that provides health care services to patients who have serious, sudden, or acute illnesses or injuries or need surgeries is a(n) ____ facility.

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Personal care services would include insertion of catheters and assessment and monitoring of illnesses.

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In a partial hospitalization program, patients use the facility for a substantial number of either day-time or night-time hours.

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The goal of hospice is palliative rather than curative.

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Family support services assist families in caring for patients.

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An imaging center is a freestanding facility that provides radiographic, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and positron-emission tomography (PET) services to ambulatory patients.

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The United States Public Health Agency responsible for providing services to the elderly to enable them to remain independent is called the

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Respite care is care provided by specially-trained individuals at a setting other than the patient's home to offer relief and rest to primary caregivers.

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Internal medicine physicians specialize in the care of infants and children.

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Explain how the Medicare law defines a long-term care hospital.

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Crisis services consist of a team of specially trained staff who visit patients in their homes.

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Explain the difference between the Military Health System (MHS) and the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).

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