Title: Identify major healthcare delivery systems.
Course: Health and Medical Sciences Exploratory (18 weeks) (14001-18) > Section: Gaining an Overview of the Healthcare Industry

Identification should include delivery systems such as hospitals, emergency medical care and ambulances, school nurse offices, physician offices, pharmacies, urgent-care centers, home health care, long-term care, hospice and palliative care, behavioral health care, community health centers, and others.

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?