Essays on Healthcare System

Introduction. 2

Strategic Plan3 Program Description.5 Leadership Challenges..6 Ethical Implications..7

Engaging communities and building constituencies.7

Budgeting, financing, and human resources.8 Performance management & Health Informatics..9

Appendix 1 SWOT Analysis10

Appendix 2 SMART Objectives..11 Appendix 3 Budget..13 References15 Introduction In the past decade, chronic lifestyle diseases such as type 2 diabetes, heart/cardiovascular disease and stroke have increased exponentially in the state of Minnesota. Sedentary lifestyle and poor diet has led to an increase in obesity which in turn has led to an increase in heart disease and stroke. Most adults in Minnesota have poor lifestyle which has increased their risk to heart disease and stroke. As per the Minnesota department of health, ...

The affordable Care Act 2015 formerly christened as Obamacare is one of the major reforms in the health sector. Obamacare seeks to expand and improve health care access to a majority of Americans by curbing costs of healthcare through taxes and regulation. The primary focus of this policy was to provide more Americans with access to health insurance, improved quality of health insurance and health care, reduce healthcare expenditure in the country and more importantly regulate the insurance industry. However, the policy has received support and opposition in equal measure. Proponents of the policy call it a monumental legislation ...

Cost-containing strategies used by the U.S.A The rising cost of healthcare continues to claim a large portion of the United States of America's budget leading to the introduction of cost-containing strategies. One of the costs-containing strategies used by the U.S. health sector is the price option strategy. The price option aims at controlling the amount of money paid to the provider. For example, the introduction of Medicaid and Medicare programs that control the cost of delivering care by reducing the number of allowances paid to providers. Second, the U.S. health sector utilizes the quantity option strategy to contain high ...

The Canadian healthcare and social assistance sector falls under the NAICS classification. The sector entails a publicly funded healthcare system. The sector is guided by the provisions of the Canada Health Act of 1984 (Belchetz). The sector, relative to its peers in most other countries including the U.S and Mexico, is unique. Its uniqueness arises from the fact that despite being predominantly publicly funded, most of the healthcare services at the point of sale are provided for by private practitioners. The Canadian healthcare and social assistance sector has been billed in many quarters as a model to be followed ...

As a representative of my department, it would be my initial duty to oversee those who could possibly lose access to healthcare, or not seek it when concerning the repeal of ACA. With the increase of potential debt, aggressive collection tactics, and full exposure to all health costs, individuals with serious illnesses once covered by various ACA provisions will be left with nothing. In particular, individuals with preexisting conditions will often be uninsured entirely, and will often be individuals in need of care the most often. They may also qualify as a group in need of the highest quality ...

Introduction

Leadership is a necessity in any social setup and is more specialized when it comes to the medical setup. This is because it involves various parties, ranging from doctors, nurses, patients, staff and other people within the system. However, nursing leadership stands out as specialized because of the need to have a sense of direction. Leadership in nursing involves the issue of influencing and making people follow instruction as well as adhere to authority and set up social control systems. In this paper, there will be a detailed discussion about nursing leadership, personal perceptions on the values and beliefs ...

Health History

Introduction Health history assessment is a vital part of the nursing process. This process establishes the foundation through which nurses can diagnose and create a care plan for their patients. That said, incorrect health assessments may result in misdiagnosis, hence wrongful care plan development. For this task, I interviewed Anna, L. (not her real name). The following discussion encompasses a review and reflection of this interview.

Demographic Data

Anna is a 26-year-old single female of Japanese descent. She recently moved to the US to pursue her degree at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her hobbies include traveling, photography, blogging, dancing, ...

Introduction

Innovation is an important part of continuous improvement. The current case outlines the effect of innovation in the healthcare system in India. More precisely, it highlights the application of the low cost high volume at the Aravind hospital to increase access to care for the millions of people who cannot afford ophthalmic care. Some of the concepts discussed in the case include the focus on the rural communities and the effect on performance, the business model adopted by Aravind, whether it is optimal for acquiring capital investments, and whether it maximizes social impact. The case also discusses the social ...

In the past 3 decades, there has been a significant increase in nurse shortage with the numbers expected to fall even more by the end of 2020. Most researchers, healthcare managers, and nurse leaders assume that the issue has been resolved but the truth is it is far more disastrous. Nursing shortage has many negative implications within the healthcare system. Registered nurses have a high demand in the market place, wherein the current RN workforce of over 2.7 ˘million is expect to grow above 3.5 million by 2022 (AACN 2014). Due to the increasing number of elderly patients, acute ...

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Implementation of Information Technology in Healthcare Systems

Problem Description Today, the flow of information and integration of technology is a major concern to many firms and organizations, especially when it comes to healthcare system . A lot of countries, globally, are trying to deliver healthcare services in a more efficient, safe, and affordable way. However, in emerging markets, the lack of Information Technology (IT) infrastructures serves as hindrance to the growth and development of the healthcare industry. The use ...

On March 23, 2010, Congress endorsed The Affordable Care Act [ACA], otherwise dubbed The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act [PPACA], into legislation as a measure to reform the nation’s healthcare system (Hill 445). The new health care statute encompassed improvements to “appropriate, reasonable, or essential” health benefits and measures to regulate health costs through rules and regulations for the health care industry and insurance companies (Hill 445-446). The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, which includes Fiscal Responsibility Acts and Student Aid, also went into the amendment of the PPACA. Hence, the “ObamaCare” is the ...

Essential V of The Essentials of baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice addresses the issue of health Policy, Finance, and Regulatory Environments. The Essential states that health care policies influence nursing practice either directly or indirectly and also the functioning and nature of the healthcare system. The essential further explains that healthcare policies such as regulatory and financial policies affects healthcare issues including affordability, access, quality, safety and social justice at organizational, local, national and global levels (Davis & Kimble, 2011).Therefore, a baccalaureate-nursing graduate should have a clear understanding of the larger context of healthcare which includes how healthcare ...

Information and Communication Teachnology

ABSTRACT As telemedicine is used throughout the rural parts of Africa, there are many professionals and patients who find the entire process very beneficial because there is an allowance for a decrease in transmission of highly contagious diseases such as MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus). If there are clinics that are found in locations surrounding rural Africa, there are strong concerns that patients will be able to transmit their diseases to other people who are otherwise healthy. With the use of telemedicine, the patients and the health care providers can see each other through a confined space and there is ...

Sicko is a documentary film that focuses the healthcare problem and insurance related frauds happening in the U.S. The documentary was released in 2007. During this time, 15 million Americans in the U.S did not have insurance. It was heart moving to see Fill having to choose among his two fingers, as he could not afford to have both the finger, even when healthcare has the ability to restore both the fingers. As Fill did not have the money to get both his finger attached following the accident, he let go of one. This documentary is an eye opener ...

Introduction

Vermont, Minnesota and Colorado have introduced transformative healthcare payment and delivery system reforms. The three regions have introduced deliberate measures to coordinate the healthcare insurance providers and health facilities to improve disease prevention and management. The reforms in the regions have the aims to lower the basic costs and enhance the desired healthcare results. The healthcare models in Colorado and Minnesota have introduced transformative, accountability and transparent approaches for the patients under the Medicaid program. On the other hand, Vermont has introduced the multi-payer programs with the objective of a consolidated healthcare financial system. This article focuses on the ...

Colonization and infection

The population of elderly adults has been on a rise within the US, and this has been attributed to the improved healthcare system and especially on increased access to care for these populations. Within this perspective, life expectancy has increased and today the healthcare system is dominated by consumers within this category of elderly citizens (Koyano et al., 2014). Their risks of illness in this population is attributed to the aging mechanisms of tear and wear which therefore means that their systems and organs and particularly the defense mechanism tends to lose its agility with age. The one of ...

Recent changes to the healthcare system have called for a variety of transformations, spanning across the different aspects of health care practice. In the recent past, the nursing profession has been sidelined from major decisions regarding health care, leading to a limitation to the extent to which nurses can stimulate changes in healthcare. The Affordable Care Act is the second largest overhaul of the healthcare system in the United States since Medicare and Medicaid. The increasing need to align health needs of the American citizens with the transformations brought about by the implementation of the Act has led to ...

The graduates of Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) are equipped with the knowledge and skills in research and in nursing practice. The development of the specialized nursing program as compared to other nursing programs began when the need for the highest level of leadership and practice was acknowledged in the field of nursing. The two different components that comprise the DNP program include: (1) development of foundational competencies proven to be important factors in the development of competencies and qualities of DNP graduates; and (2) development of competencies which are specialized enough to help in the shaping and learning ...

Ineffectiveness of Incentive Pay Programs

Today, most companies are employing incentive pay programs to promote the motivation and productivity of their workers. The move is cultivated by the pervasive assumption that a promise of an award encourages employees to increase their output and productivity. However, this is not usually the case. Incentive pay programs manipulate employees even more than seniority and merit pay programs. The programs tend to stimulate temporal compliance, especially in certain workplaces (Martocchio, 2013). The crux of the problem is connected to the unsuitable psychological assumptions among employees. In fact, research has shown that this is the major factor that undermines ...

Introduction

Nurses play an integral, challenging, and complex role in the healthcare system. Nurses are considered as the backbone of the complex and diverse system that comprises patients and a multidisciplinary team of experts. Nurses are educated and trained to cater to a large group of patients and often seek continuing education and upgrade their skills and knowledge. It is only through clinical exposure that nurses learn and implement new strategies and techniques. Nurses are known to transform the healthcare system by acting as mediators between the patient population and the medical team (physicians and other allied healthcare members). Through ...

Healthcare can best be defined as the maintaining as well as the improving of one’s health through various aspects such as treatment, vaccination and so on. The deliverance of health care is mostly done by professionals of health in all fields. The access to health care services has been observed to vary across various countries, regions, ethnicities, social groups in society as well as individuals (Healthy People 2011). However, the main factors influencing access to health services have been reported to be the social as well as economic conditions of a particular place. The access to quality healthcare ...

Should U.S. Provide Free Healthcare Coverage For All? Should U.S. Provide Free Healthcare Coverage For All? The healthcare system is an important factor in the success of any country. It is an engine for innovation, as it disseminates life-enhancing treatments for the citizens to have better health. The healthcare system can provide enormous benefits to its citizens. With continuous consumption of healthcare services by individuals comes a growing demand for healthcare services that provide happiness and satisfaction to people. For this, patient satisfaction has been labeled as “a complimentary measure of healthcare quality” (Browne et al., 2010, p.921). In ...

Imaginary Clinic

The clinic is a general practice clinic. It provides person-centred, progressive as well as comprehensive whole-person health care to persons and families in their society. It encompasses the foundations of an efficient health care system (“Capterra” par.1).

Branches of the Clinic

The clinic is a stand-alone clinic. However, satellite offices will be opened in different towns within a year in an attempt to reach more people (“Capterra” par.1). The clinic has four physicians and 7 physician extenders. That is, four nurse practitioners and three physician assistants. More physicians and physician extenders will be recruited as time goes. The new physicians will be sent ...

Implementation of Information Technology in Healthcare Systems – Research Proposal

Abstract The objective of this paper is to present a proposed study about the implementation of Information Technology in Healthcare Systems. Specifically, the authors focused on the use of Management Information Systems (MIS). The research proposal focuses on obtaining evidences and insights about the potential use of information technology in the management of healthcare organizations. For the research approach and design, the proposed paper is to be a qualitative exploratory study. For this proposal, it has been found, based on the discussions about problem description, justification of the problem, and the preliminary review of related literatures, that there is ...

Policy Analysis: Issue of Health Disparities in Alaska Natives and American Indians

Health disparities among Alaska Natives and American Indians (AI/ANs) have been reported since the initial contact that occurred nearly 500 years in the past. Moreover, the disparities are common in every age and across a wide spectrum of various disease categories (Sarche & Spicer, 2008). Accordingly, AI/ANs endure persistent health disparities that include health status decline, barriers to essential health services, and high uninsured rates. The group also experiences a lower status of health in comparison to other Americans (Frizzell, 2016). The disproportionate burden of disease and reduced life expectancy in AI/ANs can be attributed to cultural differences, discrimination in ...

For this assignment, I have selected HIV/AIDS as the health issue and the country I have selected is Sub-Saharan Africa. 39% of the adults in Sub-Saharan Africa are on retroviral therapy. Swaziland in Sub-Sharan Africa, is the country that has the highest prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the whole of Africa and also the world. The prevalence of HIV/AIDS is 27.4% (AVERT, 2017). The total population in the country in 2015 was 1,287,000. In addition to HIV/AIDS, the country is also troubled by other major health issues like Malaria, Tuberculosis, Malnutrition, Alcoholism and Tobacco Use. The population growth ...

How does the reliability of health care services affect the quality of care you receive?

Reliability is a crucial aspect when delivering quality services. It can be defined as the ability of a system, device or process to achieve its prescribed function without failing. Notably, to achieve reliability, the system has to operate correctly in a particular environment. In the healthcare system, patients want to experience quality services that are reliable. Healthcare systems that fail to provide reliable services for a prolonged period contribute to numerous medical errors that result in 98,000 annual deaths in the U.S. (Cutler, 2014). It is important to note that although a healthcare system can achieve reliability without ...

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Abstract

The healthcare providers are focused to enhance the healthcare status in the country by means of remaining responsive towards the healthcare need of the nation. The public healthcare organizations address the healthcare need the residents at the national level by offering the effective healthcare services. The current paper has conducted the situational analysis by means of conducting PESTEL and SWOT analysis to assess the external and internal environment and it has been observed that Hamad Medical Corporation has the potential and resource to extend its healthcare services to address the wellbeing of the nation in a broader ...

Investing In Saudi Arabia Market

Investing in Saudi Arabia market Introduction The Saudi Arabia economy has for long been driven by the performance of the oil market. The entire economy has also been primarily managed by the government leaving little room for the private sector. The existence of many government bureaucracies has also in the past hindered the development of the private sector. The strict Islamic culture has also been a challenge for the operation of the business from the open economies. The period 2003 to 2013 marked one of the largest oil booms in the history of the country. The oil prices in ...

The homeless population is a vulnerable group often forgotten by the healthcare community for many reasons. In many cases, they simply do not have access to healthcare, while in others they do not seek it out. The lack of resources within the homeless community has led to a buildup of health issues that affect the homeless. While Hwang and Burns (2016) touch on many different issues impact the homeless population in their article, one of the primary problems facing this group is mental illness and the lack of resources to help them. In some cases, it is believes mental ...

Article Summary

Insigniam: Ten Disruptive Forces in Healthcare The article articulates the factors that are perceived as disruptive in the healthcare sector. Part of the discussion includes transition to value-based reimbursement, which turned hospital systems into a healthcare system by providing pre-emptive care. In addition, the system is currently shifting volumes and lower reimbursement in order to reduce cost while maximizing the utilization of all systems. Another important areas of concern in healthcare are when the system moves from caring for the sick to focus on primary care. This issue is related to the prevailing increase in government regulation where agencies ...

Introduction

Health policy can be defined as a plan or decision combined with actions to achieve specific healthcare goals by implementing key strategies within the society (WHO, 2016). As per the World Health Organization (WHO), an explicit health policy is known to be associated with several success factors such as development of a vision for the future and establishment of key targets for the short and long-term. Health policies enable organizations, institutes, societies, and groups to define outline, propose new goals, and inculcate different roles across various healthcare sectors (Záliš, et al. 2016). Healthcare policies are known to unite ...

1. State the purpose of the study and identify the problem. The paper “Tragedy into Policy: A Quantitative Study of Nurses’ Attitudes Toward Patient Advocacy Activities” by Lisa M. Black, presents research that was done on the attitudes of healthcare workers in Nevada regarding patient safety. The need to provide protection to patients in such settings is important as they are often profoundly affected by the prevailing beliefs and values that their caretakers have towards them. These cultural norms present an underlying problem when considering the results of poor patient care in a medical environment. The author’s intent ...

The American healthcare industry is possibly one of its kind in the world as it comprises of a whopping 3 million members as part of its nursing profession, and this makes it the largest workforce segment of the nation. The nursing professionals are in forefront as they interact directly with the patients and thus play a very pivotal role in the successful realization of the objectives of the Affordable Care Act 2010. This legislation is phenomenal in the American healthcare as it possibly represents the most comprehensive health care renovation since the introduction of the Medicare and Medicaid programs ...

Introduction

In the recent past, medical errors have been on a sharp increase whereby cases of medical negligence reported daily in our healthcare system have been on the rise. As a key pillar in the economy, there is need to address various challenges and health care errors for the well-being of our society. In addition, healthcare is growing at a rapid rate as more complex and new developments in technologies emerge that allows care healthcare professions to work remotely. This new technology and medical advancement is a new fertile ground for more errors that are likely to occur. Though many ...

The core values St. Leo’s represents is applicable to the debate surrounding the ACA. St. Leo represents and firmly believes in community and integrity. The ACA is reportedly designed to provide for the welfare of the community, meaning Americans at large. The issue surrounding the ACA is that many say the provisions lack integrity due to various different reasons. Regardless of these issues, integrity is often defined as doing the right thing, even when no one is watching. World leaders and policy makers have a responsibility to maintain integrity to benefit the communities in which they live, whether ...

Introduction

The two types of healthcare system in the United States are Medicare and Medicaid. These two are however very different. Nevertheless, a person can qualify and also receive coverage for both healthcare systems. However, one needs to meet different requirements so as to be eligible for each program. Being qualified for one program does not mean that one is qualified for the other.

Medicare

The Medicare healthcare system was created with the purpose of dealing with the high medical costs which are faced by the elderly citizens in comparison with the rest of the population. It focuses on the elderly ...

Introduction

The healthcare system in Australia is termed as one of the most successful in the world when it comes to the delivery of good healthcare. Additionally, the health outcomes, as well as the control of costs by the system, are remarkably effective as stated by Hall (2015). Such achievements have however been achieved through the interaction of the public and private financial backing, public and private provision of services, and the sharing of key duties between the federal as well as the state governments (Hall, 2015). In the US, no single system of health insurance covers the nation. Health ...

Impact of the RWJ IOM report in New York State

The role that nurses play in ensuring that the needs of patients have been satisfactorily addressed cannot be understated. These are the individuals ensure that only the best in terms of care, medically, spiritually; mentally ands physically has been achieved. It is important that workable strategies be put in place to assist in achieving these outcomes on patients. A key element that has to be taken into consideration is by ensuring that customized form of care is created to address the needs of each specific patient. To oversee such an objective, nurses play a significant role in improving the ...

Introduction: Australia is made of 6 state and 2 territories. It has one the best performing healthcare system in the world. At present, Australian healthcare system is a mix of public and private health care providers. The public health care system is funded by the government. Australia has a three tier government: the federal or commonwealth government, the state/territory government, and the local government. The health care system in Australia is complex. Given below is an overview of the system and its functions. 1. The structure of Australian Health Care System: The system of health care delivery is fragmented ...

Levels in Which Government Cannot Participate

There are different types of government's participation in healthcare systems on a global scale. They will be discussed and explained in the following paper. In the less developed countries, there is a possibility of a minimal role played in the regulation of health care by the government. For instance, in Ukraine the government several times failed to provide an efficient healthcare system and this resulted in a decreasing life expectancy (Fan, 2015). Sometimes the state regulates its citizen’s safety and health through licensing healthcare providers and regulating medicine. A prominent example of such policy is Safe Work Australia ...

Section I: How is this currently impacting nursing practice?

Currently, the impact of 2010 IMO Report is being experienced in various implementations under the nursing practice. The education and training have been improved due to the introduction of innovative means. This target to ensure the level of nursing training education achieves the required skills for nursing practice. This education and training program are essential in ensuring all the registered nurses are qualified to undertake their mandate professionally (Goeschel, 2011). The nursing education system incorporates the current innovation in technology and application of latest medical instruments. This connects to the need for high qualified nurses to use this medical ...

1.0 Without putting the figures you cited into a spreadsheet, it is quick to appreciate the fact that the medical costs of obesity is clearly higher than the cost of implementing the research project. The net obesity cost (NOC)-to-project implementation cost (PIC) ratio of 10.2 [$1,429 / $140] is convincingly high. A patient’s annual savings from obesity cost can virtually finance this project implementation estimate. However, it is unclear to us if the cost of implementing the proposed exercise prescription protocol (EPP) or the actual implementation of EPP by the patient, using the necessary equipment and ...

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was incorporated in the year 2010 in order to transform the healthcare services in such manner that it enhances the healthcare outcomes in the country. It is also focused on reducing the cost of healthcare while ensuring that the healthcare services are made available by means of effective availability and distribution. The quality of healthcare system has been objectified to be increased under the prevalence of ACA, whereas the rate of uninsured citizens is also emphasized so that the effective distribution of the healthcare services can be implied (Gable, 2011). The population in the ...

Australia and the USA have different health care systems whose aim is to promote good health of the citizens in the respective countries. Each of the countries has elaborate public and private health care systems managed by the governments, private health insurance companies, individuals, and other organizations. This essay aims at comparing the health care systems in the two countries with an objective to achieve an informed stance on the issue. The Australian health structure is composed of both the private and public players. The system has an explicit financing control to enhance regulation of the essential service. Further, ...

Introduction

The health care provision differs worldwide. Most industrialized countries offer universal health care except for the United States. A great challenge arises in health provision because of the costs needed and the different cultural, social, economic, and political situations. The alarming state of U.S. health care has triggered business leaders, policymakers, as well as health experts to seek for methods to restructure a system that was in an incomparable crisis. As can be recalled, in 1994, the government participated in a huge conflict over the restructuring of the healthcare system. The U.S. health care is very costly. Hence, the ...

Health Care: Unit 5 Live Chat

Innovation is introduction of new and improved concepts and ideas that are subjected to research, treatment and diagnosis improvement. The healthcare innovation focuses in achieving high quality, safety efficiency and reduced cost in health care administration . The information technology is the main driver to ensuring healthcare innovation is achieved. Different healthcare prevention innovations are essential in achieving a healthy life. These innovative approaches are essential in ensuring improvement in health care. These prevention innovations include behavioral and lifestyle, healthcare system and public and community.

Healthcare Innovation

Strategic innovation Product innovation; this introduces the essence of goods and services innovation whereby health ...

Essay

Introduction Health care policy deserves thorough examination in terms of its implementation and practice discourse. In order to find the ways to avoid disastrous health outcomes for all the people, one should speak of proper delivery of health services, which is possible in case the system approach is applied. If to consider leadership from the point of view of the system approach, leadership in healthcare should be analyzed in its connection with the providing of the best possible nursing practices, continuous improvement of applied techniques and policies, which should serve to ensure the safety of patients’ health. It also ...

Reflection Paper

Introduction The documentary, “Sick around the World” by Jon Palfreman centers on the health care systems of five capitalist democracies and compares them with the U.S health care system. In particular, the film analyses the way the United Kingdom, German, Switzerland, Japan, and Taiwan provide health care and draws a comparison with the way the United States provides the same. There are remarkable differences in the health care systems of all the six countries. The present paper reflects on the differences between these countries with regard to the insurance, services, technology, and consumer satisfaction and comments on whether the ...

An electronic health record (EHR) is termed as a patient’s medical or paper chart in a digital and secure format. EHRs are an innovative and unique form of technology in the healthcare system wherein authorized users can access patient-centric information in real-time. EHRs are known to contain conventional clinical information of the patients. It includes medical history, current treatment and management interventions, current medical status and other personal information. However, EHR should not be restricted to clinical or patient-centric information but also vital information that could be of use at the healthcare provider’s office. In the nursing ...

Currently, the United States health care system is struggling with an acute shortage of health practitioners especially nurses who are the major and significant primary health providers and close allies of the patients on their journey to full recovery and enhancement of their well-being. Thus, there is a need to boost and support the effort that will increase the number of health care practitioners in the country. On the other hand, just like the rest of the world, United States is also an aging society and the general population keeps increasing. Notably, during the 21st century, persons of the ...

Abstract

There are several heart illnesses which cause a large number of deaths from stroke, coronary artery disease, aortic and peripheral illnesses. The treatment of the illnesses requires a huge amount of funds and time. Therefore, there is the need to improvise or innovate new ways to prevent or detect it on earlier. The sophisticated mechanism needs to be put in place to analyze medical data to give signs of the illness through the application of analytic algorithms to provide definite signs. Technology is evolving bringing about significant changes in the medical industry, especially in electronic health records. It has ...

Introduction

Just prior to the July 26th Movement or Revolution in 1959 by forces under Fidel Castro. Since 1965, the country has been governed by the Communist Party of Cuba. Culturally, the country is part of Latin America. The country has several cultural influences, namely, the ancient aboriginal culture of the indigenous Taino and Ciboney, Spanish influences as the country was colonized by Spain, the inflows of African American slaves and a close relationship with the Soviets during the Cold War era (Skidmore and Smith, 2005). At present, the country is one of the few remaining socialist nations in the ...

Introduction

Overweight and Obesity In the past 3 decades, obesity has been considered as one of the major health issues associated with high morbidity and mortality rates. Many developed and industrialized nations have observed similar trends; however, the rate of obesity in the United States is considered to be the highest in the world (Choquet, H., & Meyre, D. 2011) Obesity is known to grow in an exponential rate within the United States. Based on a recent survey, 1 out of every 3 individuals in America are either overweight or obese. The data also revealed that the US was the only ...

Introduction

United health care provides a platform for improving the health care system and addressing the United States citizens’ health needs. The system of united health has different features such as health insurances. The united health care covers individual and family health needs. Others are dental and visions, Medicare and Medicaid coverage. The united health care strategic plan approach in achieving the need for patients is improving on the medical services. This is undertaken through having high-qualified nurses, improving on the medical networking through offering health insurance and ensuring patients’ satisfaction. The study seeks to elaborate on the united healthcare ...

Impact of Helathcare Sytem on Roman Cuture

Impact of Helathcare Sytem on Roman Cuture

The actual substance of Roman cultural religion depends on their rituals instead of individual beliefs and is collective, not personal. The rituals entail festivals, offerings usually wine, food and animal sacrifices. These rituals in the ancient times were regularly conducted and in a correct way of retaining the favor of the gods to the state, individual or household (Hingley, 2005). With this custom, our healthcare system can be of challenge to the Roman families or patient due to conflicting beliefs; this include but not limited to; While the US healthcare system is ...

What do you believe is the greatest achievement that the health care industry has made from both the patient and provider perspectives? Why? In the past decade, there has been significant improvement in the maternal and infant health with respect to the healthcare industry. The rate of neural tube defects and infants born with heritable or metabolic disorders have reduced owing to new diagnostic and treatment modalities. In the early 1990’s, the US government led to the implementation of folic acid fortification in all cereal grains that were termed as enriched. This movement led to the reduction of ...

The healthcare sector in the U.S has significantly reviewed and modified its technical, policy and structural capabilities to help improve quality of outcomes and patient safety. There has been so much focus on the need to ensure that the healthcare system achieves the optimal value for money though eliminating the cases of illnesses, infections and injuries that have previously occurred within the settings. Despite these measures, the cases of hospital acquired Illnesses and infections have been rife. This has been associated with poor outcomes namely, high mortality rates, high morbidity rates and more glaringly the erosion of the public ...

Question 1

Although the affordable care act has been notably successful in its objective to increase the number of insured Americans, the act has increased the government’s role the country’s healthcare system. The now overly centralized healthcare system, while allowing for faster decision making, has significantly reduced the role of health consumers and other key players in the sector. Through the act, the federal government has at times appeared to have too much control in how healthcare financing is designed as well as its delivery to consumers.

Question 2

While the affordable care act has significant increased the proportion of healthcare ...

Influence of Cost on the U.S Healthcare System

Influence of Cost on the U.S Healthcare System

Introduction

In the United States, the health care system is incorporated by private sector, public sector and non-profit organizations. It has been inferred that the United States has incorporated the highest spending on healthcare per capita with the 17.2 percent of its GDP in the year 2011, which is also the highest in the world. It eventually indicates the inclination of the United States towards enhancing the wellbeing of its citizens by means of providing the effective means of healthcare services (Grol et al., 2013). The current paper enlightens the effect on ...