...Health Care Disparities: Central of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defined heal disparities as “the differences in health outcomes and their causes among group of people.” These differences are closely linked with some racial and ethnic minorities, such as social, economic, and/or environmental (CDC, 2011). Health disparities are the metrics used to measure the health equity, where health equity represents providing qualified health care services for different groups of populations regardless there race, ethnicity, sex, sexual identity, age, disability, socioeconomic status, and geographic location (Georges, Benjamin, 2015). In the U.S. health care disparities is one of the longstanding health challenges with severe influences not only...
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...Hospitals in Pakistan tend to be concentrated in urban areas. This makes it more difficult and expensive for women to have access to medical care. The hospital mentioned in the article had very few rooms, equipment, and supplies to fulfill the needs of the patients. A fetoscope was used to evaluate the fetal heart rate, but an ultrasound was also available for more extensive assessments. Regarding pain management, there were no epidurals and barely any pain control for vaginal deliveries. Items such as antibiotics, oxytocin and sanitary pads (which doubled as gauze) had to be brought in by the patients. The sanitary conditions were deplorable with pests running amok and the labor room working with no running water many times a month. Moreover, it is common for women to seek advice from sources other than healthcare professionals. A “dai” (traditional birth attendant) and a “maulvi” (religious leader) are two people who often guide and deliver the babies of pregnant women in Pakistan. The adult literacy rate in Pakistan is 54% (Farid, 2011). In the article, the lack of health knowledge and available medical care contributes to the poor health outcome of women and their...
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...improvement in healthcare. Racial disparities, primarily associated with certain population is overwhelmingly caused by lack of health insurance coverage, assess to care and the quality of care received. Social determinant also plays a major role in healthcare outcomes for individuals. In the more affluent areas of communities across the country the life expectancy increases tremendously. In the poor and low income areas, individuals are plagued with health issues and lack of the basic resources for survival. Why is this? It comes down wealth and access to resources. More resources and opportunity are in areas where there is wealth. With the implementation of the affordable care act provisions have been made to help mitigate some of the challenges seen regarding access to care. For example, Maryland has pocket of community in low income areas that do not have access to healthcare. I know this trend occurs across the country. The question is what to do to...
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...Hello Mandeep, I understand that the lengthy process of allowing entry of generic pharmaceuticals to the market negatively affects the cost-effectivity of health care, which could increase the burden on the patients’ sky-rocketing health expenses. Despite its adverse impact to healthcare affordability and accessibility, I respectfully argue that this is not the top issue for health policy at the present moment. Perhaps in the near future but not now. As I mentioned in my initial post, the current devastating effects to the wellbeing of the communities affected by climate change – related cataclysms need to be prioritized right now. There are various ways that can be done to make drugs more affordable in a much more gradual term while giving...
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...Religious Health Care HSA 300 Health Service Organization Management November 13, 2013 My name is XXX and I work for the consulting firm of Truth or Be Truth. We have been hired by the Middleville Health Care System to identify and evaluate its strategic performance and to evaluate and share issues from the response’s that have been received from several religious leaders in the area. These findings will be shared with the governing board and the CEO. Our firm has one rule, “Never offer a criticism or negative finding without suggesting how the clients’ organization can correct it.” Middleville is a community of 225,000 people. Summary statistics on Religious and its competitors, from the AHA Guide, are shown in Table 1. All of the organizations in the area are not-for-profit. Although Samaritan Hospital and Protestant Hospital have religious origins, they now view themselves as secular, not-for-profit organizations. Table 1: Middleville Health Care Systems Name | Beds | Admissions | Census | OP Visits | Births | Expenses (000) | Personnel | Religious | 575 | 13,000 | 350 | 221,000 | 2300 | $125,000 | 2000 | Samaritan | 380 | 17,000 | 260 | 175,000 | 1200 | $130,000 | 1875 | Protestant | 350 | 10,000 | 180 | 40,000 | 900 | $80,000 | 1200 | There are many important elements for improving the core functions of an organization. We will describe the five (5) most important elements that we feel will benefit Religious Health Care and will produce an effective...
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...Electronic Health Records The United State healthcare sector is constantly faced with numerous challenges; improving the quality of healthcare, maximizing the resources and controlling costs. The profile of the electronic health record is a documentation tool which was raised by the President G.W.Bush in 2004, he stated that “by computerizing health records we can avoid dangerous medical mistakes, reduce costs, and improve care”.The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) was then passed in President Barack Obama's first term in office. The electronic health record has so many benefits, the four most common benefits are increased delivery of guideline-based care, enhanced capacity to perform surveillance and monitoring for disease...
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...I have acquired an insight into the fascinating and rewarding world of the medical profession through a range of experiences in health and social care. This together with my love of science has fuelled my ambition and determination to pursue a career in healthcare, more specifically nursing. My first introduction to healthcare was a rewarding week of work experience shadowing a nurse at Spencer Court Residential Care Home in Woodstock, Oxfordshire. I gained a better appreciation for how secondary care is performed and observed how empowering the role of a nurse can be. I have also obtained a greater insight into other aspects of healthcare through work experience at my local pharmacy. Watching and learning how medications are dispensed was...
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...shows the tragic medical system in America. However, it also warns the Korean government’s motion for the new medical plan. Now, the Korean government seems to destruct the non-profit medical system and proceed to health care service provided by private entities instead of the government. It seems that it doesn’t bring negative effects,...
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...relationship between income inequality and health coverage/status is an important area to examine because socioeconomic status has an effect on peoples health and lifespan. There are two theoretical perspectives, conflict and functional, that provide explanations for income inequality and health care coverage/status. Conflict perspective is the idea that social life is shaped by groups who compete with one another over resources. This results in a power struggle over wealth and prestige in society. The conflict theorist might predict that social inequality characterizes the quality of health and the quality of healthcare; that is, people with social disadvantageous are more likely to become ill than the socially elite, and because of their disadvantageous they will receive inadequate health care. The conflict theorist might assume that in order to make more money, physicians will try to self-regulate their practice of medicine in attempts to define social problems as medical problems....
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...When people are in a situations to where they're unhealthy, they usually go to health care for helping them heal themselves from the injury or sickness they have, but they usually need an insurance to get the health care they need. But what if you can't afford the insurance, people go to universal health care because with universal health care, you don't need any insurance to get health care, and your insurance is paid for by general tax funds, which can be a life saver to some people. But when people use universal health care, they're being taxed even if they don't care about their health. Which can be unfair to those to wish not to care health care. But for those who need health care but is lacking in funds to afford the taxes, they wouldn't...
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...The Brazilian healthcare system has left many without treatment for years. This has caused more than 20% of the population to seek out private health insurance (Private health care in Brazil, 2014). This private insurance is one, which should allow the citizens to pay out of pocket to receive the benefits. These benefits are not restricted and are available to anyone as long as they are willing to pay the extra fees. These benefits can be provided from an employer or privately purchased. Brazil has two options for citizens to choose from. These options include a health plan and health insurance. A health plan offers 100% coverage to the patient and does not let the patient chose the doctor while health insurance offers does not cover 100% of cost and lets the patient chose the doctor (The Health Insurance System in Brazil, 2017). The citizens have the choice to decide if this extra insurance will be beneficial to them for the extra cost. If a citizen does not choose to obtain the additional insurance, they are still able to visit a healthcare facility using their SUS identification...
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...There are large amounts of waste in terms of spending on interventions/therapies within the US healthcare system. Only a fraction of the waste (or "abuse") is deliberate; most of the waste of our limited resources is due to the continuous use of diagnostic testing and therapies that offer no benefits (Brody, 2012). From my own experience in the employment of a hospital, I have seen (and heard about) patients asking for all available treatments, no matter how small the benefits are, as well as health care professionals acting, partly, in self-interest. And Dr. Brody's (2012) article says as much, "We now realize that futile may be administered not solely because of patients' demand but also by physicians acting out of habit or financial self-interest or on the basis of flawed evidence....
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...individual that makes them different to others. When in contact with people as a care professional, such as colleagues, service users, their families, and adults who come from a wide range of social, cultural, language and ethnic backgrounds as well as men, women and people who are able and unable. Every person should be treated with respect, treated fairly and equally without being judged on their language, different cultural traditions, whether they are middle class, working class, black, white or mixed race. The needs of the individual should be valued and respected. Equality: treating a person fairly or in a way that ensures they are not disadvantaged. In the care setting, service users need to be treated equally and fairly, this does not mean that everyone should be treated the same, but means that peoples different needs, wishes and preference are taken in to consideration when providing care. In health and social care people need...
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...The Purnell’s Model of Transcultural Health Care will help with my ability to apply the concepts of the model in my care of culturally diverse backgrounds because it will allow me to care care for my patients wholistically. Caring in the Macro and micro aspects of care . The macro aspects of care include global society, community, family the person and health. These concepts will allow me to plan and intervene in aspects to the cultural needs of my patients. Caring for more than just their bodies; and allowing them to express their needs and feel present and involved in the care they are receiving. The micro aspects of the model include twelve domains some of which include Family roles and organizations, communication, healthcare practitioners...
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...In healthcare settings, again the goal of culturally competent health care services is to provide quality of care to every patient, regardless of race, gender, religion, ethnicity, cultural background, language or literacy level (Carrasquillo, Orav, Brennan, Burstin, (1999). Cultural competence improves healthcare delivery (Brach, & Fraser, (2000). In natural settings, the doctor is thinking from a rational western viewing in treating the patient (Collins, Hughes, Doty, Ives, Edwards, & Tenney, (2002). The patient also has cultural and religious beliefs that influence communication and interaction with the healthcare system (Collins, Hughes, Doty, Ives, Edwards, & Tenney, (2002). Western healthcare views often clash with cultures of the patient. Views on abortion, euthanasia, organ transplants, and experimentation are different...
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