...Comparing and Contrasting the U.S. Health Care System By Evelyn D. Bang October 17, 2010 Abstract Comparing and contrasting the U.S. health care system with that of other countries is not an easy task. There is a great deal of information that is not only organized in a number of different ways but also it is used to measure extensive and deviating factors. The conclusion will often depend on what is believed and which factors are the most important to the individuals performing the comparison and contrast of the different health care systems. However, the U.S. is presently considering a number of propositions in reforming its health care system and very often Canada is referred to as a potential model. Likewise, Canada at times looks to the U.S. for methods to improve its system. As a result, the pursuit for improvement in both health care systems has led to plentiful but compatible and incompatible documentation about the relative merits of the two systems (Madore 1992, para. 1). Comparing and Contrasting the U.S. Health Care System A healthcare system can be reviewed by many standards. It can be reviewed by its effectiveness and efficiency, its fairness and receptiveness to the expectations of its population. It can be reviewed through its non-discriminatory economic contributions and suitability and lastly, it can be reviewed through its population’s overall health. Comparing and contrasting the U.S and Canadian. Health care systems Both the Unites...
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...Electronic Health Records Abstract Healthcare is growing every day and there are always new ways to improve. Electronic health record has been introduced to replace paper charts. Electronic health record is suppose to improve patient care, reduce cost, and prevent dangerous medical errors. There are many ethical considerations to consider with the electronic health record. With this technology there are pros and cons. I will address the pros and cons of electronic health record. Electronic Health Record Many hospitals and medical practices are transitioning from paper to electronic health records. Electronic health records (EHRs) have been available in one structure or another. However, the idea that patient medical records could be maintained on a personal computer is just starting to take hold in the general population. While some organizations already have electronic health records, some organizations still use paper medical records. In 2004 President George Bush mandated that organizations convert their medical records to an electronic version by 2014 (Bindell 2008). President Bush suggested that the use of electronic medical records my improve care, prevent dangerous medical errors, and reduce healthcare cost (Bindell 2008). Electronic health records may make healthcare services more efficient and safer because the provider would have the health history records including current medications and treatment diagnoses available to them when treating the patient...
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...people suffering and even dying because the cost of Health Care is too expensive. Unfortunately people skip doctor appointments and ignore ailments, just because they cannot afford it and it some cases people are paying the ultimate price. I’d like to look a little deeper into the Pros and Cons of Private and Public Healthcare and delve a little into some of the Health Care reform Bills that are in play or will be implemented in the near future. Specifically I want to look at Obamacare, as I hear it in the news, but do not know what impacts it has to the economy, good or bad. List of Figures Figure 1 6 Figure 2 6 Figure 3 7 Figure 4 7 Health Care Reform In recent years, a fair amount of attention has been geared towards Health Care. There has been a number of Economists that have voiced concern that rising health care spending could hurt the economy and lower employment. A December 2004 survey of CEOs found that employee health care costs are the greatest cost concern of America’s business leaders. (via aspe.hhs.gov). Due to the ever rising cost of healthcare, I found that approximately 53 Million people did not visit a doctor, 50 Million did not even fill a prescription and 49 million skipped recommended care altogether. Because of these high costs, people are looking for alternatives such as private health care. Private health care is a system of private corporations that provide health care. In private health care; hospitals, primary care...
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...Medical Marijuana: Take Two of These and Call Me in the Morning Medicine or Not In 1972, the US Congress placed marijuana in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act because they considered it to have "no accepted medical use." Since then, 16 of 50 US states and DC have legalized the medical use of marijuana ("Procon.org", 2012). Medical marijuana dispensaries are popping up all over the country. Cancer patients use marijuana to ease nausea and to stimulate their appetites. It also treats symptoms of AIDS, multiple sclerosis, pain, glaucoma, epilepsy, depression, and anxiety. I fully support the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. Unlike prescription medications, marijuana is a natural remedy grown from the earth’s own soil and water. These days prescription medication abuse is at an all-time high and it is time for a change in the treatment of patients. It is time for a new, less addictive, and natural medicinal approach. Pros and Cons Those who support medicinal marijuana argue that it is a safe and effective treatment. It is a natural way of treating the patient’s symptoms. Patients who use it typically do so because it eases their symptoms, is much less addictive than prescription medicines, and does not leave them in the chemical haze that some prescription medicines do. Marijuana is less harmful than alcohol and runs no risk of accidental overdose regardless of the quantity consumed. According to a 1995 review prepared for the World Health Organization...
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...The Universal Healthcare Systems.[1] Chapter 1 I think as a US citizen everyone should be entitled to healthcare, especially the ones who don’t have the financial stability to afford it. The lower class should have healthcare because they suffer, which is not ethically right. Without some form of health insurance, purchasing prescription drugs would not be possible. Many Americans, such as those with diabetes cannot survive without certain prescription medications. Now you wonder why I would say something like this well how many people you know who have medical conditions but unable to go to the doctor because they don’t have the finances to pay for a doctor's visit. The lower class is more prone to diseases and illnesses with can cause early departure. A universal healthcare system will benefit the poor citizens. Private insurance companies are a business, with a main focus to make a profit and keep business running. This makes it extremely hard for the poor to afford it. Medicine is a right all citizens should have no matter their social status. It’s unfair for a kid not to receive treatment because of his or her parent’s misfortune. Private health insurances are expensive because...
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...Medications During Pregnancy: A Prenatal Perspective During pregnancy women are concerned more of what they put in their bodies; which includes medicine as well. This article talked about different types of medication including, over-the-counter, prescriptions, vaccines, and herbal self-help medicines. Women should always consult their doctor before taking a medication, especially self-help treatments such as over-the-counter and herbals. The FDA changed the labeling on prescriptions, the new labeling was designed to benefit mothers the warnings or risk of certain medications. This article states, that just because a medication is identified as over the counter, it does not guarantee safety or efficacy in pregnancy and during lactation.” Nausea and vomiting occur in 80% of women with normal pregnancy. (Revell) Women eat ginger cookies and crackers with salt usually to settle their stomach. Some women with severe “morning sickness” is called hyperemesis gravidarum, should not be self-treated. Women suffer from depression in all parts of pregnancy and even...
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...1)a. Summarize the pros and cons of legalizing marijuana. b. Opponents of the legalization of marijuana argue that marijuana is a gateway drug, because to leads to the use (and abuse) of other, more serious drugs. Research marijuana as a gateway drug. Based on your findings, do you believe marijuana leads to the use of other drugs? Why or why not? Explain your answer. c. Offer your position on this topic: Do you think marijuana should be legalized? Why or why not? Use facts (i.e., sound research) to support your answer. Do you think marijuana is a gateway drug? Levinthal (2014) expressed the pros and cons of legalizing marijuana. When it comes to cons, Levithal stated that the use of marijuana works as a gateway for the abuses of illicit drugs. Moreover, he also mentioned “marijuana users tend to undermine traditional values of school achievement and long-term aspirations” (p.187). In the other hand, Levithal also mentions that smoking marijuana and having small amounts of it has become more accepted in today’s society. Also, marijuana has been approved to be used as medicine, creating a more acceptable...
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...Legalizing Drugs By: Roberta Moe PS1050 – Into Psychology SP13 – Section D03 Professor Mary Swenson Due Date: March 31, 2013 I Medical Marijuana has been subject to much debate over the recent years to much avail. There are many pros and cons on both sides of the debate. Whether it is pertaining to new research and findings with medical marijuana or people stating the supporter of medicinal marijuana laws are just Ill-informed. Legalizing marijuana doesn’t seem just depend state by state, person to person, but also now doctor to doctor. With the debate to legalize marijuana, new and exciting research has found some exciting new medical breakthroughs, hence the pros of legalization. Medical marijuana or Cannabis has been recognized for its medical uses as early as 2600BC for the relief of cramps, rheumatic and menstrual pain. This indicates a long history of Cannabis (tetrahydrocannabinol) within the medical community and has resulted in the development of many of pharmaceutical drugs. Within recent years there have been a number of studies which relate the anti-oxidative and neuroprotective actions of CBD (cannabinoids). The study may indicate positive results for Parkinson’s patients with neuroprotection and very promising results with Alzheimer’s patients and neurodegeneration prevention. CBD has also been proven useful for possible complications of diabetes. In addition to directly salvaging neurons affected by several disorders, cannabinoids also have anti-inflammatory...
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...Alternative medicine is something that has been around for thousands of years as Native Americans didn’t go to the drug store and pick up plastic pill bottles; they improvised with what they had and created various new medicinal techniques. Practices like these are starting to become more popular every day. It can range to anything from ancient Chinese recipes to the everyday chiropractor. They are environmentally friendly and for most of them are much cheaper than prescription drugs. They focus on treating the whole person not just physically but spiritually as well. It gives the individual receiving the medicine more attention, Prescription drugs were not made to fit just one person’s individual needs. So when consumers use an alternative medicine they can experiment and see what suits them best. They reduce their level of stress by doing something other than taking pills by doing things like, yoga and meditation. Many people consider medical marijuana one of these drugs; it is used to treat glaucoma, epileptic seizures and can even increase lung capacity. Alternative medicine is being used all around the world. Many people don’t even realize what alternative medicine really is. At the cobble health center in Brooklyn New York there’s a woman there by the name of Elizabeth Johnson. She is a patient in the Alzheimer’s unit. She has an advanced form of dementia, this used to cause her to have episodes. Previously the staff at Cobble hill health center would put her...
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...describe at least three main types of health insurance in the U.S. The main types of health insurance are voluntary health insurance, social health insurance, and welfare medicine. In voluntary insurance or private health insurance in the United States can be subdivided in to three distinct categories: (1) Blue Cross and Blue Shield, (2) private or commercial insurance companies, and (3) health maintenance organizations. Nowadays, it is common for Blues and commercials to own and operate HMOs and other managed care plans. Social Health Insurance has two major mandatory social health insurance programs: (1) Workers’ Compensation for the costs and pain of suffering job-related accidents, and (2) Medicare for the elderly, disabled, and other special groups. Several states sponsor social insurance programs in the areas of temporary disability (California) or health insurance (Hawaii and Vermont). Workers’ Compensation provides two basic benefits: (1) cash replacement of a portion of wages lost due to disability and (2) payment for all or part of the medical care necessary. Welfare Medicine is a public assistance that is sponsored by a plethora of federal, state, and local government programs, but the most far-reaching program is Medicaid (Title XIX of the Social Security Act). The distinction between welfare medicine and social health insurance, both of which are public programs, is an important one and rests on the philosophical difference between a transfer payment and entitlement...
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...The history of marijuana and medical benefits Dona Rudd COM/172 March 20, 2012 Russell Murphy The history of marijuana and medical benefits Although possessing marijuana is a federal offense pending, some states allow the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes, generating revenue for the states. There are 16 states’ and Washington DC, in which marijuana is being, used for medicinal purposes and not break any laws. Eighteen states’ are pending Legislation to legalize medical marijuana. There are documents stating that the Chinese used marijuana for paper, the process consisted of hemp around 2000 BC. According to Guither, P. Drug Warrant (2006), “America’s first marijuana law was enacted at Jamestown Colony, Virginia in 1619. It was a law “ordering” all of the farmers to grow Indian hempseed. There were several other “must grow” laws over the next 200 years. A person could be jailed for not growing hemp during times of shortage in Virginia between 1763 and 1767, and during most of that time, hemp was legal tender a person could even pay their taxes with hemp and try that today. Hemp was such a critical crop for a number of purposes including essential war requirements and rope, excreta. That the government went out of its way to encourage growth” Guither, P. ( 2006) (para 6). The history of marijuana Marijuana has many different names, Hemp, Ma, and Marihuana are just a few of the names in which marijuana is called. Marijuana and hemp...
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...Andrew Weeden, Jason Giest, Kerri Kuhn Group 12 Metabical Case Current Competition Metabical is the “first and only prescription weight loss drug to receive FDA approval.” This prescription drug has less side affects than current weight loss options, which creates a market niche because if people are not obese but want to lose 10-30 pounds they might consider it if the negative affects are subtle. CSP is targeting overweight people (BMI between 25 and 30) not obese or sever obese people (BMI >30 or BMI >40), which is different from other weight loss drugs. They were able to do this by combining the “2 categories of prescription diet drugs: appetite suppressants and fat-absorbing blockers” in a dual layer pill. “The first layer contained an appetite suppressant, calosera, while the second layer contained a fat blocker and calorie absorption agent, meditonan.” These drugs worked in low dose levels, which created less negative affect on the body. Prescription drugs often have side effects but Metabical has no side effects associated with it, which is another major selling point for CSP. Some of the side effects listed for Metabical’s competition were serious enough to cause long term damage such as liver failure, kidney stones, severe stomach pain and gallbladder disease. Some of the major side effects were even life threatening. Not killing the customer is always a good strategy and encourages repeat business. The formula used for Metabical is also an advantage, the...
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...IM Medicine and untrained employees BY Oluwatobi David Ajetomobi (7009417) October 10th 2013 ADM1100 Section B Professor’s name: James Bowen Executive Summary To: IM Medicine From: Oluwatobi David Ajetomobi Subject: IM Medicine and untrained employees Primary or central problem: The employees at IM Medicine do not follow and understand the company’s policies that have been in place for over 20 years. Alternatives: 1. Drugs inspection before dispatchment. 2. Company’s policies awareness. 3. Discourage doctors from accepting bribes and prescribing IM’s drugs to salespeople 4. Replace failing products with new ones. 5. Free medical consultation for customers that were affected by Filex. Facts considered: 1. Ignorance of employees 2. Lack of knowledge about the company’s policies 3. No cooperation among employees. Recommendation: The company should immediately compensate customers that were affected by Filex. A new and improved drug that can replace Filex should be introduced to the public. All drugs must be properly checked before they are dispatched to the public. Assumptions It would cost the company money to implement alternative and a long while to recover lost customers that might have switches to competitors. Statement of the problem Satellite problems: * IM Medicine is suffering from a decrease the company’s stock. This means a decrease in the sales of the drugs manufactured by...
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...1). For the past few years there have been a lot of deaths involving opioid overdose from rappers, singers, our favorite actors, and even family members. An opioid is such a dangerous compound that is prescribed by experts daily. The opioid compound is inserted into prescriptions, something that people need for their medical conditions yet it is killing humans daily. A solution to this problem has been solved, “Opioid-related drug overdoses, the current leading cause of preventable deaths in the United State(U.S.), kill roughly 91 Americans every day...Cannabis sativa and extracts made from the plant may serve as an alternative to opioid-based medications for treating chronic pain”(Virgil et al. 2). This shows that marijuana is beneficial in the medical field to treat patients. Not only does it treat the same conditions as a opioid filled medicine, it also is the safer way to go, and used to prevent opioid overdoses. Preventing these opioid overdoses leads to saving more lives and decreasing the death rates. To add on as said in the statement it also helps chronic pain, an easy substitute other than addicting pain medication. A valid argument against my...
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...Medical marijuana has more pros than it has cons. Medical marijuana may not be legal in all of the United States, but more states are passing laws that allow people to use it in a positive way. California was the first state to approve a medical marijuana program. Each state has its different reasons for why a person can be prescribed a medical marijuana card. For example, in New York the list is long: HIV or AIDS, ALS, Parkinson’s disease and spinal chord injuries are just a few of the approved...
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