A health center is dedicated to health care.
A health center is a building intended for the health care of the population . The type of care activity and the qualifications of staff may vary depending on the center and region.
It should be noted that center , a term that comes from the Latin centrum , is a concept with multiple meanings. It may be the interior point equidistant from the limits of a surface, the place where coordinated actions converge, the areas that register intense commercial activity or the place where people gather for a certain purpose.
Health , on the other hand, is the state of complete physical, mental and social well-being. The notion transcends the absence of diseases and refers to the level of functional and metabolic efficiency of an organism.
Characteristics of a health center
Typically, the health center has the work of clinical doctors, pediatricians, nurses and administrative staff . It is also possible that other types of professionals act, such as social workers and psychologists, which allows the number of services to be expanded.
All of this without forgetting that many health centers also have an emergency service to deal with emergencies that occur. In this way, the one, made up of doctors and nurses, will not only offer assistance and care in the health facility itself but also at home level and even in any other type of place where it is necessary for him to go.
In a health center there are doctors, nurses and other workers.
Virtual assistance
The important advance of technology and, specifically, the great use that is being made of it at a health level, for the well-being of citizens, has given rise to what has been called in some corners of the world. virtual health centers .
We can say that, as their name indicates, they are spaces on the Internet in which anyone can receive information and help related to their health. In Spain , specifically in the autonomous community of Extremadura , this mentioned service is offered, which is a platform where a neighbor can from knowing which health centers are closest to making an appointment to go to the doctor, including obtaining data related to vaccination periods.
Health centers and primary care
The health center is usually a place intended for primary care . If the patient requires more complete, complex or specific care, they are referred to another type of place, such as a hospital or healthcare facility.
This means that, in some countries, health centers are known as primary care centers . The experts from these centers work, therefore, in the basic health area. These types of establishments are very common in remote regions or regions with few resources, since they constitute immediate health and social containment.
In addition to all of the above, it must also be emphasized that there are health centers that are specialized in a specific area of that branch. Thus, for example, there are mental health units that have spaces such as the administrative unit, the area for mentally handicapped people or the long-stay psychiatric unit.