Weekly Vocabulary Exercise: Health Care Structures and Divisions
Complete the worksheet according to the following guidelines:
In the space provided, write each term’s definition as used in health care. You must define the term in your words; do not simply copy the definition from a textbook.
In the space provided after each term’s definition, provide a sentence that illustrates the importance of the skill, concept, procedure, organization, or tool to which the term refers. In your explanation, you may wish to consider the following:
How has it influenced health care?
Why is it important to understand the appropriate application of the term or concept?
Save the completed worksheet as a Microsoft® Word document with your name in the file name.
Submit the file to your facilitator.
Note. You must define 30 basic health care terms related to health care structures and divisions in this worksheet. Therefore, also in the terms already provided for you below, finish the additional spaces on the worksheet with terms from your reading or discussion you were not previously familiar with and had to research.
Submitted by Porsche Piggie Term
Definition in your words
Use the term in a sentence as it applies to the health care industry.
Hospital
A hospital is a place where a person can go to get medical treatment and health diagnoses
Hospitals and Healthcare facilities are a key factor that influence healthcare because this is where healthcare providers can utilize their skills to help individuals with their diseases, injuries or illnesses. By providing a treatment solution.
Ambulatory care facility
Ambulatory Care is care where you don't have to get hospitalized. It's a facility where you mostly receive medical care or services on an outpatient basis. Ambulatory care can range from a simple routine to a complex procedure.
Ambulatory care facilities have influenced healthcare because it is the most frequent contact people have with the