HEALTH SERVICE PROVIDERS

Health Service Providers- can be defined as any institutions or professionals who are accredited or licensed to practice health care under existing laws.- examples are hospitals and clinics and

health care professionals such as doctors, nurses, medical staffs, counselors, psychologists, and the likes.

Health Care Plan• is a mechanism where people prepare for

possible medical needs in the future and pay through a scheduled personal contribution or direct salary deductions.

• this composes the medical and dental coverage of individual including the amount and number of illnesses to be shouldered by the health agency or company.

Health Care Facilities• are those areas or tools being used to

deliver or practice health services. Commonly, these can be associated with hospitals, clinics, and health centers that may be public or privately owned by companies or individuals.

Types of Health Care Facilities

HOSPITAL

CLINIC

MEDICAL NURSING

RESIDENCE

DRUG STORES

MEDICAL LABORATORIES

HOSPITALS

• a major health care facility which provides preventive, diagnostic, curative, and rehabilitative treatment to patients.

• PREVENTIVEas it may serve as a health-arm of

Department of Health to release bulletins and advisories on how to avoid and manage any illnesses in the community. Hospital may also conduct seminars and fora in various barangays promoting healthy lifestyle.

• DIAGNOSTICas it has equipment to detect any forms of

illnesses and its veracity.

• CURATIVEas health professionals perform the most

sensitive to simple operations to treat the patients, they also prescribe medicines and medical management for complete healing.

• REHABILITATIVEas it takes care of the delivery and restoration

of normal functions of body parts.

Clinics or Health Care Centers• the entry point of patients for the help of health

professionals. Outpatient consultations, first aid, dental procedures, counseling, psychotherapy, immunizations can be performed in these facilities. Clinics like lying-in and dental are usually run by private practitioners while health centers are run by government.

Treatment or Medical Nursing Residence• These facilities house patients to provide short-

term or long-term treatment of their general or specific condition which hospitals may not perform such as trauma, alcoholic, or drug addiction residential treatment centers, viral affected patients and many more.

Pharmacies or Drug Stores• These are accredited establishments that sell

medicines and other medical goods or paraphernalia. These may be found in hospitals or as a separate entity being managed by a licensed pharmacist, medial technologists, staff, and technicians.

Medical Laboratory and Research• The health care facility where examination of

specimens and laboratory tests are conducted to rule out any possible illnesses. Experts make also their experiments and clinical study here to understand the emerging virus and disease outbreak in the country.

Health Care Plan • PhilHealth

a government agency that enjoins employees both in government and private to pay for their monthly contribution which will be used for their hospitalization. • Health Maintenance Organizations (HMO)

a type of health plan where individual company-employed or self-employed enroll to secure their hospitalization and other health expenses.

• Health Insurance Planthere are people who opt to buy a health

insurance plan which includes certain amount of money to be used during hospitalization. This cannot be used yet unless fully paid or if the provisions of the plan declare otherwise.