Chapter 2: Settings Where Healthcare is Delivered
Brandon Censon MPH, CPH, RRT-NPS, CPFT, CPT
Summary
In this chapter, we explored the various settings where healthcare can be provided to a patient. Varying from settings that care for patients for an extended period of time, to those where patients are only there for a brief period of time to receive the specific care or therapy.
Connecting back to Landau who was introduced to you at the beginning of the chapter. After exploring the various places where healthcare is delivered, they felt as though a career in a setting where the relationship was not long-term would be the most appropriate place for them. Landau is now investigating a little more into careers that are located in an outpatient therapy facility.
Review Questions
- When patients are being seen at an emergency department, patients are __________________ based on the severity of injury or illness.
- What is the key difference between an urgent care facility and an emergency care facility?
- True or False: Assisted living facilities often care for patients who have acute conditions that require an extended amount of time to care for and treat their conditions.
- What type of facility generally provides same-day surgical care – this also includes preventative and diagnostic procedures?
- Outpatient Rehabilitation Centers
- Dental Offices
- Ambulatory Surgery Centers
- Homecare
- What healthcare setting would you prefer to work in and why? Explain your answer by identifying the care provided and how that connects with your experiences or values.
- There are many factors that can play a role in what kind of healthcare setting an individual prefers or is required to use to get appropriate care. Please select one healthcare setting you resonated with and explain how it caters to a specific population of patients.
- Which of the following settings are examples of long term care facilities:
- Nursing Facilities
- Hospitals
- Assisted Living Facilities
- Rehabilitation Facilities
- Inpatient Behavioral Health
- Physicians Clinics
- _______________ is a therapy professional can be found working in a rehabilitation facility?
- True or False: State and Local Health Departments are funded through state and federal funds.
- What are the two categories that mental health illness can be placed into?