Treatment of chronic illnesses and disability

Delivered by clinicians in general practice Typically provided in community hospitals, outpatient testing centers, and specialists’ office’s Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI ) Community health center Johns Hopkins University Hospital (Baltimore, Maryland ) Focuses upon the treatment of chronic illnesses and disability An example of the increasing demands placed on the medical care system and the increasing importance of physical medicine Provided at the scene of an accident, en route to the hospital, or at the hospital emergency department Providers can include physicians, nurse practitioners , nurses, and emergency medical technicians