Public Health System Analysis

Public health systems began as a not-for-profit Catholic health care system located in Alaska, Washington, Montana, Oregon and California in 1856. Today the largest health care system in the state is the Oregon region. Acute care hospitals, multiple clinics and physician groups are a part of the Oregon region. . (Martin, H. J., & Delawska-Elliott, B. 2015) The public health system is comprised of many areas. Public health has had multiple definitions through the last twenty years. The National Public Health Performance Standards was the original process to define public health in the late 1990s. Public health began as public health systems research and was the study that examined the organization, financing and delivery of public health services …show more content…
The quality and complete data available has experienced many lacking areas, resources are limited, funding for research is not sustainable and there is a great need for innovative, appropriate methods to assist with analyzing complex systems. (Thomas, Monroe, 2015) Providing collaborative efforts through Public health communities that include academia, practitioner, federal agencies, funder, professional organizations and other supporters can open new opportunities, insights and explorations for the improvement in public health. Community based service providers, partners and staff have had collaborations with researchers through The National Coordinating Center and Practice Based Networks for Public Health Systems Researchers to identify, understand and address work public health problems. Relevant findings can be translated to the public for more opportunities to Public Health. More engagement with strength and knowledge of the system will cultivate more inclusions of public health professionals such as practitioners. Research and new evidence based strategies being used for future use are roles of the public health practitioner. Public health practitioner’s diverse role is important to public health leaders because it enlightens leaders of the importance of Public Health Systems Research. (Thomas, Monroe, 2015) Solutions for improving public health is a collective effort and the complex situations that are faced …show more content…
This Committee addresses specific objectives such as developing guidance on how to approach health delivery organizations and the development of frameworks that are used to characterize the structures and functions of health care system. (Piña, 2015) All areas providing healthcare in the United States is considered as the health care delivery system. All organizations, people and actions with a primary intent to promote, restore or maintain health has been identified as the definition of a health system by the World Health Organization. Originally the Delivery Systems Committee included the focusing of outcomes such as quality, cost, equity and patient centeredness as element of the health care organizations. Providing domains and elements that could be used in all organizations no matter size was the goal of the Delivery Service Committee. (Piña, 2015) Size, capital assets, and comprehensiveness of services are elements that are included in the capacity domain. The ownership, personnel and organizational characteristics that determine the number of individuals and conditions in the system is the definition of the capacity domain. The elements leadership, structure and governance; research and innovation; and professional education are considered the