Diabetes Advisory Council
To improve the quality of patient care and overall health care status while decreasing healthcare costs is a major goal that keeps on being a challenge to many healthcare organizations throughout the United States. In this growing society, working with the community as a health professional in a primary care setting incentives can be created and implemented for positive patient outcomes. One of the biggest impacts in healthcare that has brought a significant change since Medicare is the Affordable Care Act. This shift in healthcare reform has brought many positive changes to many people who had no healthcare insurance and are living with a chronic healthcare condition.
Diabetes is a chronic healthcare condition that …show more content…
486). A big issue with diabetes is the management and compliance of this condition including the millions of dollars spent to treat it. Because it causes a huge problem in healthcare, it is an ongoing battle being fought to improve the quality of care as well as prevention to avoid high mortality rates and high health care costs. The policy in discussion is for the Diabetes Advisory Council; it is essential to continue to have this council to improve the management and care of Diabetes. The Diabetes Advisory Council has been established as a guide to statewide policy on the prevention, education, diagnosis, treatment, care and costs of Diabetes. The council consists of 26 members whom are elected by the Governor and include healthcare professionals as well as three civilians affected by diabetes. This bill requires an ongoing assessment of all the state’s diabetes-related activities. It involves the Department of Health, the Department of Management Services, …show more content…
Encouraging the community to follow up with their doctor's visits and to be compliant with medications can help decrease many issues.
Legal and Political Factors
In regards to this ongoing issue of Diabetes, the law can be a useful tool by allowing the Diabetes advisory council to continue to focus on the prevention and management of this chronic condition. The law can influence and authorize for the continuance of preventive measures for conditions that places the population at risk. Keeping nurse practitioners involved in this council can help modify and contribute to changes in practice about the Diabetes epidemic.
Proposed Recommendation
Nurse practitioners have enough skills and knowledge to be able to manage a chronic health condition such as Diabetes independently. It has been recognized that nurse practitioners are critical for the improvement of the quality of care as well as a valuable asset for the reduction of healthcare cost that is much needed (Berkowitz et al., 2012, p. 269). It is important to continue to have this Diabetes advisory council involved with nurse practitioners to be able to continue to push for nurse practitioners to be able to work independently and provide effective patient care to the community and help to bring control to this ongoing healthcare
To improve the quality of patient care and overall health care status while decreasing healthcare costs is a major goal that keeps on being a challenge to many healthcare organizations throughout the United States. In this growing society, working with the community as a health professional in a primary care setting incentives can be created and implemented for positive patient outcomes. One of the biggest impacts in healthcare that has brought a significant change since Medicare is the Affordable Care Act. This shift in healthcare reform has brought many positive changes to many people who had no healthcare insurance and are living with a chronic healthcare condition.
Diabetes is a chronic healthcare condition that …show more content…
486). A big issue with diabetes is the management and compliance of this condition including the millions of dollars spent to treat it. Because it causes a huge problem in healthcare, it is an ongoing battle being fought to improve the quality of care as well as prevention to avoid high mortality rates and high health care costs. The policy in discussion is for the Diabetes Advisory Council; it is essential to continue to have this council to improve the management and care of Diabetes. The Diabetes Advisory Council has been established as a guide to statewide policy on the prevention, education, diagnosis, treatment, care and costs of Diabetes. The council consists of 26 members whom are elected by the Governor and include healthcare professionals as well as three civilians affected by diabetes. This bill requires an ongoing assessment of all the state’s diabetes-related activities. It involves the Department of Health, the Department of Management Services, …show more content…
Encouraging the community to follow up with their doctor's visits and to be compliant with medications can help decrease many issues.
Legal and Political Factors
In regards to this ongoing issue of Diabetes, the law can be a useful tool by allowing the Diabetes advisory council to continue to focus on the prevention and management of this chronic condition. The law can influence and authorize for the continuance of preventive measures for conditions that places the population at risk. Keeping nurse practitioners involved in this council can help modify and contribute to changes in practice about the Diabetes epidemic.
Proposed Recommendation
Nurse practitioners have enough skills and knowledge to be able to manage a chronic health condition such as Diabetes independently. It has been recognized that nurse practitioners are critical for the improvement of the quality of care as well as a valuable asset for the reduction of healthcare cost that is much needed (Berkowitz et al., 2012, p. 269). It is important to continue to have this Diabetes advisory council involved with nurse practitioners to be able to continue to push for nurse practitioners to be able to work independently and provide effective patient care to the community and help to bring control to this ongoing healthcare