What is the difference between hospitals and medical centers when they both are able to handle acute care?
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Really are about the same for acute care. If you need trauma they are much different.  They get a rating I, II, III.  Level I can take anything.  They much have a neurosurgeon on call and able to get their within 30 mins...allso many other kind of doctors. Neonatal also has different ratings. Level I is the hopital that can handle the really ill infants. A difference in some hospitals or medical center is if they are affiliated with an educational inistituion so they will have residents.  Ps NEVER go to a hospital that has residents in July....could be really bad (new one's come on board)  Hope this helps
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BOTH ARE RESPONSIBLE but the moral responsibility is higher in the nurse's part for they are the one's responsible for patient care (holistic care) care in all aspects while doctor's only focus on cure or the disease state
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Physician's assistant has much more education, responsibilities, paycheck, and independence. They work "under the direction of" a physician. The set up usually is that the doctor hires a good assistant and trains him in the way he wants certain things done, then the assistant is pretty independent and uses his judgement, and the doctor just signs his approval on the medical chart. Well, it's more involved than that, but there's the cliff notes.\n\nVersus medical assistant, much lower paying,  (although any position in a hospital has decent salaries and benefits), less responsibility, respect, independence, more menial.\n \nIf you are ready to explore the medical field, talk to the educational programs and find out what's involved. If you can possible swing it, I would highly recomment P.A.  It's just so much more, and a really great job. But both are much needed.
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Hospital\nClinic\nMedical lab
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yes i work at a hospital...go to the emergency room or urgent care...urgent care would be less expensive....the doctor may want to drain it...at least the doctor will give you medication which will help with the pain tremendously..also he may give you crutches...
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Contact the hospitals.
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The American Hospital Association can probably help you. See http://www.aha.org/aha/index.jsp
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(m)\n\nPalliative care is any form of medical care or treatment that concentrates on reducing the severity of the symptoms of a disease or slows its progress rather than providing a cure. It aims at improving quality of life, and particularly at reducing or eliminating pain.
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I work for an Insurance Company, we have a percentage of premiums set to go pay hospital costs and that is over 80%. The more the drug companys, hospitals, doctors charge the more healthcare will cost.
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The American Hospital Association (AHA) is the national organization that represents and serves all types of hospitals, health care networks, and their patients and communities. Close to 5,000 hospitals, health care systems, networks, other providers of care and 37,000 individual members come together to form the AHA.\n\nThrough our representation and advocacy activities, AHA ensures that members' perspectives and needs are heard and addressed in national health policy development, legislative and regulatory debates, and judicial matters. Our advocacy efforts include the legislative and executive branches and include the legislative and regulatory arenas.\n\nFounded in 1898, the AHA provides education for health care leaders and is a source of information on health care issues and trends.
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I'm a RN in a Large Medical Center, I would be most willing to help you.  I know we don't them Wards but Units but it really may be the type of hospital. So what ever you need help with just ask, I have no problems with helping someone with medical stuff-HotBurnNurse
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Both are in high demand.  I know that all the hospitals I'm at for rotation (I'm a physician assistant student) are needed both positions filled.  So no matter which you decide on you'll have a job.  Just as a side note - remember nurses may make a little more, but their jobs (in a hospital) are generally more demanding.  Also, a nurse is more flexible in where they work - ie hospital, clinic, nursing home, home care, etc.  A radiology tech is pretty much stuck at either a hospital or urgent care/multicenter specialty office.  So just keep that in mind too.  Either way, you (like most healthcare students) won't have a hard time finding a job.  Good luck!
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drug companies . . supplying drugs the companies ask them to\n\nthe hospital they work for . . . following administrative rules that might not be best for the patients.\n\nthe HMO .. . only performing authorized procedures and tests
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The healthcare industry is nothing but interfaced systems.  The patient care system interfaces with the lab system, the pharmacy system, and the medical record system, just to name a few.\n\nGoof Luck!
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Definition of Tertiary Care: Specialized consultative care, usually on referral from primary or secondary medical care personnel, by specialists working in a center that has personnel and facilities for special investigation and treatment. (Secondary medical care is the medical care provided by a physician who acts as a consultant at the request of the primary physician.)
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Houston, Texas has a huge medical center.
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It's called the Central State Hospital.