Health care system

United States healthcare system? There are so many things I have discovered about each country. Healthcare systems are designed to restore and/or maintain health. Cuba and Switzerland have universal healthcare systems. Depending on which country you live in will determine whether healthcare is free or not. As I research these three countries, I have discovered that the lack of technology, the cost of healthcare coverage, and the population all factors into how the healthcare systems work around…

essential part of the healthcare team. For years their roles have seem to go unnoticed to some and their impact on health insignificant. Despite the challenges through research and education, they continue to make their mark in society. The report composed by the institute of medicine addressed the need for nurses to be prepared and become more actively involved in the healthcare system for the future. It addressed a few integral areas that need to be adjusted in order to make the vision…

Health care is an effort made by the government to cover well-being of their citizens. Canada and United States have take this decision to provide health care to improve well being of their citizens. In my opinion the economic system about health care in United States provide by the government is the specific point that we can improve to contribute to well-being of Americans. As result, my research on United States and Canada policies on health care and economic system, I could argue that…

hospitals are getting overcrowded and nurses are in great demand. Furthermore, this demand has left most nurses working long hours and exhausted. Moreover, the healthcare system transformation is usually done to meet the demands for quality, safety, and affordable care, which, therefore, would require rethinking of the roles of many health care professionals especially nurses. A two year initiative committee was appointed by Institute of Medicine (IOM) in 2008 in collaboration with Robert Wood…

The American health care system, when compared to other industrialized nations, spends more on health care per capita than any other country, yet continues to rank last in the quality of care that it delivers. The United States is the envy of the world for our biomedical advances, our effective pharmaceutical industry, and our world class research; however, America has a dysfunctional and fragmented health care system that fails to reach patients in an effective and efficient manner that…

is. I feel the only way to change this perception is by education. Nurses are shifting from providing just hands-on care to so much more. According to the book, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, it talks about a fundamental shift that will provide delivering more care in the community rather than just an acute care setting. It discusses that all health care professionals need to be able to practice to the full range of their education and training (Robert Wood Johnson…

It’s no secret that the business of health care is a BIG business, being 15% of the gross national product. This creates loads of pressure on hospital/facility commanders to properly and sufficiently run and manage their organizations. Having consistent services, quality, keeping up with consumer demands and proper reimbursement is a key to survival. I think we all can agree that having a paper based system has the power to complicate the quality of our services, organization, consistency and…

is concerned for the latter question, specifically what makes outstanding health care, Carolyn M. Clancy, MD, of the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality would describe quality health care as simply “getting the right care to the right patient at the right time – every time” (). Furthermore, she dissects this simplistic description apart, providing a multilayered perspective. Essentially, the key to quality health care is its three basic dimensions: STRUCTURE, PROCESS, and OUTCOME” ().…

Regional Medical Center is still standing and is 125 years old. The Williamsport Regional Medical Center is a not-for-profit hospital. According to the PA Department of Health, the hospital has 224 beds with 220 staffed beds, it has an occupancy rate of 59.9% and an average length of stay of 4.23 days (p. 4). According to the Health-Associated Infections in Pennsylvania report (2014), the Williamsport Regional Medical Center has a nosocomial infection rate of 2.41% (p. 41). The hospital has an…

process of detecting and correcting error.” — (Argyris, 1977). Learning play pivotal role in health care. Learning allows people to adjust to demands and changing circumstances. Patients and families learn different methods to improve their health and ways how they can adjust to their medical conditions. Improved health status have unstable outcome due to this, Organizational learning is essential in Health care organizations to keep pace with changing ecological conditions and developing…