PSYCH 4800 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Nonverbal Communication, Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant
6 Mar 2018
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What is a health care provider: physicians md, others do, dds, dmd (diagnose disease/prescribe treatment, psychiatrist vs. clinical psychologist, counseling psychologist, master of social work, others nurse practitioner, ap nurse, physician assistant. Patient consumerism: presented with choices, cooperating/participating in development/enactment of treatment plan, having considerable expertise about their health problems. How it works: managed care employer pays an agreed-on monthly rate (can then use services at no additional cost, have own staff, from which enrollees must seek treatment. Preferred-provider organization (ppo: network of doctors offer plan members discounted rate, enrollees must choose from practitioners when seeking. Point-of-service plan (pos: administered by insurance companies or hmos, let members go to drs/hospitals out of network for a treatment. Traditional indemnity plan: patients select their own drs/hospitals/pay on a fee-for- price. Involving them in decisions regarding care: consideration of psychosocial issues. Inattentiveness physicians interrupt patients after 18-22 sec.
