HLTHAGE 3N03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Primary Healthcare, Medical Equipment, Family Medicine
22 Nov 2018
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Delivery: primary healthcare services, first point of contact, coordinates overall care, gatekeeper to specialists. Supplementary services: prescription drugs, medical equipment, dental care. Inform: public health initiatives, getting info out to the public. Smoking, immunization and the healthy kid"s community challenge: protect. Family physician is first point of contact: referral, private healthcare system, cost, public healthcare system, wait list (some) challenges with current mental healthcare system, access, unique to mental healthcare system. If you"re not willing to tell your family physician about your issues, unlikely you will get into the mental healthcare system: communication, confidentiality issues, can be problematic with comorbidities. Lack of personal contact: mental health care providers don"t come into contact with family physician. Early initiation of treatment: ongoing monitoring, crisis intervention, relapse prevention, mental health education, plan can lead to: Improved patient outcomes: more efficient use of resources, optimal use of the skills.
