Essay On Disease Prevention

The healthcare industry is facing an epidemic as healthcare cost continues to rise and affordability begins to diminish. We as providers are ethically responsible to fight against rising cost and keep healthcare affordable. Through research we have found that patients with chronic diseases cost 5 times more than the patients with no chronic conditions. It is forecasted that chronic conditions will be the leading cause of disability throughout the world by the year 2020. This is one of the primary drivers for inflated healthcare costs. This needs to be focus point for healthcare providers to positively impact the healthcare and lower costs. Implementing disease prevention programs is the start to reducing healthcare costs.
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These were 5 traits that were found in the successful programs: program size, simplicity of design, a focus on patients’ needs, the ability to collect data easily and analyze results, and the presence of incentives that encourage all stakeholders to comply with the program. (Brandt, 2010) This shows that it takes a quality program designed with special criteria to truly have a positive outcome in a disease prevention program. Designed correctly these programs can reduce costs, increase quality care, and improve health outcomes while increasing patient satisfaction.
Taking in all these factors one can believe that implementing a successful disease prevention program can make a difference. It will never completely solve the problem but reducing the current trends, improving health globally, lowering healthcare costs, and increasing patient satisfaction makes a difference. It is the responsibility of a healthcare provider to promote healthy lifestyles and to do are due diligence to reduce chronic condition development. If not addressed the problem will only get worse and our countries overall health care program will be