Title: Identify major healthcare delivery systems.
Course: Health and Medical Sciences Exploratory (36 weeks) (14001-36) > Section: Gaining an Overview of the Healthcare Industry

Identification should include delivery systems such as

- hospitals
- emergency medical care and ambulances
- school nurse offices
- medical offices
- pharmacies
- urgent care centers
- home health care
- long-term care
- hospice and palliative care
- behavioral health care
- local health districts
- community health centers
- mobile health
- telehealth.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What are the similarities and differences among urgent-care centers, hospital emergency rooms, and physicians’ offices?
- Why has the interest in home health care increased in recent years? How is this interest evident?
- Can an emergency medical technology (EMT) team administer medicine? Why, or why not?
- What is public health?
- Where could one go in the local community to receive care?