Chapter 1

Health Care Provider

A. Answer the following questions orally!

1. What do you know about Health Care Provider?

2. Mention some institutions dealing with health care?
3. Who are the professionals responsible to people health assistance?

B. Vocabulary Building

Vocabulary Meaning Vocabulary Meaning

Care ................................... Overall ...................................
Provide ................................... Practitioner ...................................
Prevent ................................... Include ...................................
Cure ................................... Specialist ...................................
Promote ................................... Assistant ...................................
Rehabilitate ................................... Therapist ...................................
Ally ................................... Clinical ...................................

Knowledgeable ................................... Officer ...................................

Medicine ................................... Technician ...................................

Nursing ................................... Worker ...................................

Care center ................................... Human ...................................

 Vocabulary Meaning Vocabulary Meaning
Delivery point ................................... Resource ...................................
Primary Typically ................................... Academic ...................................

Regulate ................................... Training ...................................

Authorities ................................... Advance ...................................

Appropriate ................................... practice ...................................

Purpose ................................... Register ...................................

Assurance Form ................................... Research ...................................

Treatment ................................... Variety ...................................

C. Reading Section
Read the following passage!

Health Care

A health care provider is an individual or an institution that provides

preventive, curative, promotional or rehabilitative health care services in a

systematic way to individuals, families or communities. An individual health

care provider (also known as a health worker) may be a health care

professional, an allied health professional, a community health worker, or

another person trained and knowledgeable in medicine, nursing or other allied

health professions, or public/community health. Institutions (also known as

health facilities) include hospitals, clinics, primary care centers and other

service delivery points. The practice of health professionals and operation of

health care institutions is typically regulated by national or state/provincial

authorities through appropriate regulatory bodies for purposes of quality

assurance. Together, they form part of an overall health care system.

 Health care practitioners include physicians (including general
practitioners and specialists), dentists, physician assistants, nurses
(including advanced practice registered nurses), midwives, pharmacists,
dietitians, therapists, psychologists, chiropractors, clinical officers,
physical therapists, respiratory therapists, occupational therapists,
audiologists, speech pathologists, optometrists, emergency medical
technicians, paramedics, medical laboratory technicians, medical
prosthetic technicians, radiographers, social workers, and a wide variety
of other human resources trained to provide some type of health care
service. They often work in hospitals, health care centers and other
service delivery points, but also in academic training, research and
administration. Some provide care and treatment services for patients in
private homes. Many countries have a large number of community health
workers who work outside of formal health care institutions. Managers of
health care services, medical records and health information technicians,
and other assistive personnel and support workers are also considered
a vital part of health care teams.

D. Answer the following questions!

1. What do health care providers provide?

2. How are health care providers classified?

3. What are considered as health facilities?

4. What are considered as health workers?

5. Who regulate the practice and operation of health care providers?