Outpatient treatment - a method of renderingmedical care to the population, not involving the placement of the patient in an inpatient hospital. All therapeutic and diagnostic activities are carried out at home or when a patient comes to see a doctor at a medical institution.
Thus, medical care is organized inthe attitude of the sick, whose condition does not require round-the-clock bed rest and continuous, systematic observation of medical specialists. A patient in an outpatient mode is to the attending physician at the appointed time to monitor the status and assess its dynamics.
The medical institutions which are carrying out medical care in such mode are an ambulatory clinic and polyclinic.
What is a dispensary
Outpatient clinic is a therapeutic and prophylactican institution whose mission is to provide medical care to the population attached to it on a territorial basis, in accordance with the main medical areas, in an outpatient mode.
In the outpatient clinic, a medical history must be kept for every person who applies for medical assistance. Thus, patients are recorded.
The provision of medical care on the basis of a medical ambulance station is covered by the scope of medical insurance.
The ambulatory may exist as an independent medical institution, which is a separate legal entity, and may be part of the hospital and be one of its structural divisions.
Performance evaluationIt is carried out by analyzing the incidence among the attached population, statistics on temporary disability, the incidence of infectious diseases, and other demographic indicators. The quality of clinical examination is also taken into account.
Construction of an ambulance station, including willowsRural areas, as a rule, are produced in conjunction with a pharmacy and housing stock intended for medical workers and pharmacy employees.
Mobile Outpatient Unit
A mobile outpatient clinic is a unit operating on the basis of central district hospitals. The tasks of such a mobile ambulatory service include:
- organization and implementation of periodic medical examinations and medical examinations;
- organizing and conducting consultations with representatives of the assigned contingent;
- the implementation of medical care attached to the hospital population, including, in narrow medical specialties, doctors, members of the staff of the central regional hospital.
How ambulatory is different from the clinic
Поликлиника – это разновидность medical institution of a multidisciplinary or specialized type, intended for the implementation of medical care and diagnostic measures at the reception or at home.
In contrast to the clinic, the clinic does not havesufficient capacity and staffing to provide therapeutic and preventive work in a wide range of areas of medicine; Medical care here is carried out only for the main medical profiles:
- therapy;
- surgery;
- obstetrics and gynecology (in large outpatient clinics of rural settlements);
- dentistry;
- pediatrics.
How staffed institutions
The management of the activity of an independent dispensary is carried out by the head physician, whose functions are to develop the staffing table.
The institution consists of the following units, staffed by relevant specialists:
- Registry.
- The offices of medical specialists.
- Structures involved in diagnostics (x-ray room, laboratory, department of functional diagnostics).
- Medical departments (physiotherapy, treatment room).
- Another branch that can be deployedon the basis of an outpatient clinic is a day hospital, designed for a small number of beds. In this case, the staff includes another doctor, as well as a nurse or paramedic of a day hospital.
The organization of a dispensary implies the presence of a pharmacy. This is usually taken into account in the construction of buildings intended for the opening of an ambulatory.
