Question

guided notes: healthcare facilities, alabama trauma centers & medical history
part 1: healthcare facilities

1. definition: a healthcare facility is a place that provides _.
2. major types of healthcare facilities

(fill in the missing details during lecture)

• hospitals - provide care for _, _, and emergency conditions.
• types of hospitals:
• general
• specialty (examples: _, _)
• government (examples: _, _)
• long - term care facilities - provide services for individuals who need care for _.
• medical offices - offer services such as _ and _.
• dental offices - care for _.
• clinics - examples: urgent care, specialty, outpatient.
• home health care - care provided in a patients _.
• hospice - care for people who are _ or have a life expectancy of _.
• mental health facilities - provide services for _.

Explanation:

1. Healthcare facilities provide medical care. Hospitals handle acute, chronic and emergency conditions. Specialty hospitals can be cancer - or heart - focused. Government hospitals include VA hospitals and military hospitals. Long - term care is for those with long - term needs. Medical offices do check - ups and minor procedures. Dental offices care for teeth. Home health care is at the patient's home. Hospice is for the terminally ill. Mental health facilities serve those with mental health issues.

Answer:

1. medical care
2. acute conditions; chronic conditions; cancer hospital; heart hospital; VA hospital; military hospital; long - term needs; check - ups; minor procedures; teeth; home; terminally ill; less than six months; mental health issues