| Industry | Explanation of the career | Examples in the industry | Role of personnel in the Health Care industry |
| Manufacturing (Equipment/Supplies) | Manufacturing processes in the healthcare sector involve developing consumer products to a greater extent than helping people facing healthcare problems. The industry is large enough, and legal measures have been established to patent the products developed by professionals. There is a lot of emphasis for businesses to enter the market to develop products required in the industry. |
| Personnel in the health care sector enter this industry to seek satisfaction of needs in healthcare organizations. This involves dealing with many products. They are involved to a lesser extent in patient care and the management of such institutions. |
| Pharmaceutical/Drug | These are curing substances that contain chemicals of very high degree purity. They are prepared to attain the highest possible standard of purity while at the same time maintaining a low cost. This is to ensure that they are easily available and efficient in curing. If an error occurs, the repercussions are extreme, cases of toxins result in body instability or even death. It is important that all the processes are standardized and managed to ensure that only the best attainable quality of drugs is circulated in the market (Kar, 2008). |
| -Health care specialists administer these drugs by matching the patients’ sickness with the right drugs. –They deal directly with the patients while observing the healing process. They may change these drugs in case of side effects or slowed progress (Kar, 2008). |
| Health Information Systems | These are components and procedures that aid in storing, analyzing and processing data into information. This information is used to upgrade health care processes as well as decision-making in the different levels of the health care system (Beaver, 2003). It requires that systems are well distributed in medical facilities and that a high level of confidentiality is involved. The security system should be effective and monitored well (Majurski, 2004). | Automated billing and accounting systems, administrative for registration and patient information storage, systems for acquiring and storing images for the case of scans and x-rays, Security systems to protect data, hardware such as laptops and desktop computers(Beaver, 2003). | To support and supervise health care procedures to ensure that they comply with the health care requirements and guidelines. Handling past records of patients to ensure progressive and efficient healthcare. Revisit existing data to come up with better approaches and research to improve the quality of life. This personnel do not directly deal with the patients but provide information that helps others to serve the patients better (Majurski, 2004). |
| Long-Term Care/Gerontology | Health care for older adults which involves nursing care for patients who will require continued care for the better part of their remaining days. It involves special care like rehabilitation, counselling, psychotherapy sessions and care for the aged mostly during the day when they are likely to be alone. It is designed to make the ageing process manageable by assisting the aged physically and supporting them emotionally. It involves knowledge about the social life, general nursing, psychology as well as medicine because the aged suffer a lot of complications (Hogstel, 2001). | Centres for mental health, Nursing homes, residential for the aged, General health facilities (Hogstel, 2001). | The personnel involved in this care are mostly counsellors and nurses who offer full time services which in most cases include personal hygiene and health care. Volunteers are also known to be involved in this care in their efforts to serve the communities. The aged tend to be psychologically disturbed, the fear of death and such issues calls for psychotherapy sessions, psychiatrists are therefore required in this kind of care. The personnel deal directly with the patient while spending a lot of time with them. In some cases personalized service is required in which one health care assistant is assigned to a particular patient (Hogstel, 2001). |
References
Beaver, K. (2003). Healthcare information systems. Boca Raton, FL: Auerbach Publications.
Hogstel, M. O. (2001). Gerontology: Nursing care of the older adult. Albany, N.Y: Delmar Thomson Learning.
Kar, A. (2008). Pharmaceutical drug analysis: Methodology-theory-instrumentation, pharmaceutical assays, cognate assays. New Delhi: New Age International.
Majurski, B. (2004). Health Care Information Systems. Web.