In healthcare there are many different organizations and agencies that help shape the delivery system. While some of these agencies play a major role in the delivery system, others play a smaller more minor role in shaping the system. While there are quite a few government organizations that play a role in our healthcare system, these organizations provide different services that impact various populations, however there are only five that will be examined in this paper. The organizations being examined are all under the umbrella of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, they are; the Center for Disease Control (CDC), National Institute of Health (NIH), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Health Resources and Services Administration
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Founded on July 1, 1946 in Atlanta, GA the Center for Disease Control had a primary goal of field investigation, training, and control of communicable diseases. Today those goals have expanded and now the mission statement on their website states their goal is to protect America from health, safety, and security threats, both foreign and on United States soil. The Center for Disease Control also aims fight disease whether they are chronic or acute, curable or preventable, human error or deliberate attack, they also encourage and support communities to do the same. The role of the Center for Disease Control is broken down into various tasks to help protect the health of the nation, some of these tasks include detecting and responding to new and emerging threats, taking on the biggest health problems of the nation, including those causing death and disability, promoting healthy and safe behaviors, and putting advance technology into action to prevent disease (Mission, Role and …show more content…
Public Health Service (PHS). The laboratory in 1887 mains purpose was to serve the public’s health (A Short History of the National Institutes of Health). Today the National Institutes of Health works with innovative research strategic, develop, maintain, and renew scientific human and physical resources to continue to prevent disease, and promote high levels of scientific integrity, they are the nation’s medical research agency. The National Institutes of Health provides leadership in programs designed to conduct and support research into the causes, diagnosis, prevention, and cure of human diseases. The National Institutes of Health has played a major role in expanding life expectancy, decreasing disability in those aged 65 or older, and the nationwide rate of new diagnoses and deaths from all cancers combined have fallen (Mission and Goals | National Institutes of Health
Founded on July 1, 1946 in Atlanta, GA the Center for Disease Control had a primary goal of field investigation, training, and control of communicable diseases. Today those goals have expanded and now the mission statement on their website states their goal is to protect America from health, safety, and security threats, both foreign and on United States soil. The Center for Disease Control also aims fight disease whether they are chronic or acute, curable or preventable, human error or deliberate attack, they also encourage and support communities to do the same. The role of the Center for Disease Control is broken down into various tasks to help protect the health of the nation, some of these tasks include detecting and responding to new and emerging threats, taking on the biggest health problems of the nation, including those causing death and disability, promoting healthy and safe behaviors, and putting advance technology into action to prevent disease (Mission, Role and …show more content…
Public Health Service (PHS). The laboratory in 1887 mains purpose was to serve the public’s health (A Short History of the National Institutes of Health). Today the National Institutes of Health works with innovative research strategic, develop, maintain, and renew scientific human and physical resources to continue to prevent disease, and promote high levels of scientific integrity, they are the nation’s medical research agency. The National Institutes of Health provides leadership in programs designed to conduct and support research into the causes, diagnosis, prevention, and cure of human diseases. The National Institutes of Health has played a major role in expanding life expectancy, decreasing disability in those aged 65 or older, and the nationwide rate of new diagnoses and deaths from all cancers combined have fallen (Mission and Goals | National Institutes of Health