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Healthcare organizations provide services and treatment to reduce the impact and burden of illness, injury, and disability and to improve the health and functioning of individuals. Healthcare practitioners work with individuals in community hospitals, specialty hospitals, community health centers, physician offices, clinics, rehabilitation centers, skilled nursing and long-term care facilities, and home health and other health-related entities. Traditionally, these sites are thought of as being part of the healthcare industry, which is one of the largest industries in the United States and provides 18 million jobs. The U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (2020b) reports the healthcare and social assistance sector is expected to make up 40 percent, or 3.4 million, of the overall increase in employment from 2018 to 2028. Six of the 10 fastest-growing occupations from 2018 to 2028 are expected to be healthcare. The roughly 595,000 establishments that make up the healthcare industry vary greatly in size, staffing patterns, and organizational structures. About 76 percent of healthcare establishments are offices of physicians, dentists, or other health practitioners. Although hospitals constitute only 1 percent of all healthcare establishments, they employ 35 percent of all healthcare workers (OER, 2020). While health promotion programs might seem out of place in a treatment facility, in fact, much work is done in such facilities to reduce the negative consequences associated with disease.