in the healthcare system. These are also based on their needs through their life (Hirshon et al., 2013, p. 387). Any healthcare system should aim at fostering easy access to healthcare by making it affordable, patient-centered and with emphasis on service provision. Healthcare systems should be made in such a way that they motivate both care providers and the patients alike. All decisions made should be in line with the intention of achieving the latter objective (AAFP, 2018).
Measurement of care quality
It is extremely important to measure and report on the quality of healthcare. Such practice enables employers and consumers alike to choose and decide, based on factual determiners, what care is suitable for them. However, assessment… Continue Reading...
status affects health outcomes. Bravenman & Gottlieb (2014) noted that wealth gives better access to healthcare, but also to healthy lifestyles, in that wealthy areas have more parks, recreation facilities, and better access to healthy eating choices.
This should, in theory, lead poor and middle-class Americans to strongly favor any political action that increases health care access, but that has not shown to be true. Enter the sociopolitical dimension. The health care system, and access to health care, has become highly politicized, certainly in recent years. Many Americans who otherwise should favor policies that would expand access to health care, and who would… Continue Reading...
health care and equitable access to healthcare. Likewise, the American Public Health Association (1995) advocates for universal health care. Both the AMA (2018)… Continue Reading...
situations better. This has fundamentally reduced the cost of administering healthcare procedures, improved quality of care and enhanced access to healthcare. With standard safety standards that guide every medical procedure healthcare is delivered more efficiently and effectively, therefore, improving the quality of care (The Leapfrog Group, 2018). According to Tingle and Bark (2013) the patient safety police has had tremendous effect on the way health… Continue Reading...
patients suffering from diabetes mellitus living in rural settings without adequate access to healthcare. Virtually all nursing theories are composed of four essential core definitions, that of person, environment, health, and nursing itself. Swanson’s theory, however, specifically focuses on nursing, which Swanson defines as a very specific type of caring.
Clinical Issue
Although obesity is increasing across the nation, obesity is often particularly rife in rural settings with limited access to healthcare and healthy foods. Health literacy has likewise been lacking at the rural health family practice clinic out of which I operate. As noted by Ricci-Cabello (et al. 2013), there… Continue Reading...
to studies, a lower socio-economic status can be related to unequal access to healthcare in several illnesses. There exists emerging data and information on respiratory diseases such as asthma, COPD, pulmonary hypertension, cystic fibrosis and other pulmonary ailments which suggest a similar observation also noticed in other chronic ailments (Sahni, Talwar, Khanijo & Talwar, 2017).
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory illness that presents permanent condition with varying severity levels all through the life of the affected persons. It affects individuals of all ages and presents its highest frequency in childhood. Latest data gathered from the general population reveal that kids up… Continue Reading...
high cardiometabolic problems is to be turned around, it is important necessary to include provider, patient factors and the health system. Language barriers, lack of access to healthcare service, perceived discrimination, poor numeracy, distrust, poor health literacy and financial constraints can lead to poor diabetes treatment outcomes among disadvantaged groups (López & Golden, 2014). Micro and macro-vascular problems that are related to diabetes can be prevented by normalizing blood glucose, pressure and lipid levels. Intensive self management of diabetes can help to improve blood glucose levels. DSM has been hailed for its capacity to improve self management approaches and the patient confidence to finish the activities successfully. There is a need for close cooperation between… Continue Reading...
subject to monetary penalties (Rawal, 2016). This means more U.S. citizens will have access to healthcare than ever before. To meet the demands, hospitals and clinics must update their systems to provide effective and fast service. This can come in the form of expansion of the hospital or clinic by incorporating a pharmacy or updating older information technology systems.
The Lerdsin Hospital had problems with prescription error because of the structural constraints of its small pharmacy. When it was enlarged, and updated with new equipment, it was able to meet the demands of the increased number of patients. To acquire the information needed… Continue Reading...
