Responsibilities in health care system

RESPONSIBILITIES IN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

HANNA T. PRIYANKAMATERNITY & CHILDREN’S HOSPITALNAJRAN

OBJECTIVES

After completing the session the learners will be able to identify their responsibilities towards the patient and the community.

Able to differentiate the patients responsibilities towards the health care system.

INTRODUCTION

In olden days the primary purpose of a health care system was to provide care to the ill and injured. However, with increasing awareness health care systems are changing, as are the roles of health care providers in these areas. Health care providers has the many responsibilities towards community and clients. Apart from us our clients has some responsibilities towards the health care system also.

HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

Definition :A health care system is the totality of services offered by all health disciplines.

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS

Health care provider is an individual or an institution that provides preventive, curative, promotional or rehabilitative health care services in a systematic way to individuals, families or communities.

Terminology

Preventative care:A pattern of nursing and medical care that focuses on disease prevention and health maintenance. It includes early diagnosis of disease, counseling, and other necessary intervention to avert a health problem. Screening tests, health education, and immunization programs are common examples of preventive care.

Curative care: Curative care is the kind of health care traditionally oriented towards seeking a cure for an existent disease or medical condition.

Rehabilitative care: Rehabilitative care is a treatment or treatments designed to facilitate the process of recovery from injury, illness, or disease to as normal a condition as possible.

Types of health care services

Health promotion & illness Prevention ( Primary Prevention)

Diagnosis & treatment ( Secondary Prevention )

Rehabilitation & health restoration ( Tertiary Prevention )

HEALTH PROMOTION & ILLNESS PREVENTION Health promotion activities include

adequate & proper nutrition, weight control & exercise and stress reduction.

Illness prevention program emphasis on immunization, identifying risk factors of illness.

It also include environmental programs that can reduce the illness or disability.

Early detection of disease is also a part of health promotion.

Responsibilities of government, health care providers and the community in primary prevention

Governmental agencies role or responsibility:

Governmental agencies support the system through providing resources.

Resources may be funds, place, time, manpower, supplies etc.,

Health care agencies are collaborating with international agencies to conduct and organize these programs.

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PROMOTION AND ILLNESS PREVENTION

Health care providers role or responsibility:

Conduct the health programs with the available resources such as immunization, health teaching, school health, environmental sanitation etc.,

Health teaching is the main responsibility as primary care giver.

Home visits.

Follow up of teaching. Encourage the community or people

to maintain the highest level of wellness they can achieve.

Maintain a record or data who has participated in these programs

For early detection of diseases routine screening is performed.

Simple measures like blood pressure checking, blood examinations etc.,

Voluntary HIV testing & counseling is an other example of some of the services.

Community responsibility towards employees:

Participate in the health care programs organized by the health care providers or agencies

Follow the instruction given by the health care providers.

Provide reliable data about their family and their health status.

DIAGNOSIS & TREATMENT

Hospitals and physician’s offices have been the major agencies offering these complex services.

Governmental agencies responsibility:Try to build diagnostic centers which is easily access by the community.Supply with adequate machines and equipmentsRecruit specialized and trained personnel's for the job

Employees responsibility: Give adequate guidance regarding these

services and method of each diagnostic procedures.

Introduce them with the availability of diagnostic centers and clinics.

Psychological support and let them ventilate their feelings.

Keep the data confidentially..

Community Responsibility: Access these free services provided

by the governmental agencies. Follow the instructions given by the

health care providers. Provide reliable and accurate data to

the agencies.

REHABILITATION, HEALTH RESTORATION & PALLIATIVE CARE

Rehabilitation is a process of restoring ill or injured people to optimum and functional levels of wellness.

The goal of rehabilitation is to help people to move to their previous level of health or to the highest level they are capable of given their current health status.

Governmental agencies responsibility: Provide with rehabilitative centers easily

accessible for the people. Provide free service as much as possible. Supply adequate equipments needed to

meet the palliative care for the clients. Employees Responsibilities: Introduce them with the nearest

rehabilitative centers.

Educate them regarding the importance of rehabilitation.

Keep a record of these people. Community responsibility: Follow the instructions and contact

your primary health care providers in need.

Religiously follow the appointments.

Apart from these responsibilities clients and health care providers has many more responsibilities:

Health care providers: Respect each client irrespective of

their cast, color, creed , social status, etc.,

Make them aware about their responsibilities as well.

Address them with your proper name Give proper and correct information

regarding their diagnosis, treatment. To give care options when other

facilities are available. Give privacy and confidentiality. Show respect and consideration. Consider them as unique individual.

Clients responsibilities towards the health care system:Provide complete and accurate information including your health status present or past, habits, other matters Keep on times for appointmentsClear your queries when you are in a doubt. Home environmental condition.Family and social status

CONCLUSION As WHO states “Health is a state of

complete physical, mental and social well being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity". To keep this motto up our health care providers are approaching the community in a systematic way in order to prevent or cure health problems and promote good health in humans.

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