Reform movement

1. If I had the option to choose, I would prefer a free open source software eHealth system. First and foremost, Dr. Borland states in lecture that a FOSS eHealth system, “may force governments such as the province of Ontario, to abandon the specialized proprietary software systems” (Borland, 2017). Abandoning the proprietary system that the Harper government created would decrease the amount that we, as Ontarians, are paying in taxes. Our taxdollars would no longer be needed to pay for the…

This case study demonstrates the use of the four different cost allocation methods: the Direct method, Step-down method, Double Apportionment method, and Reciprocal method. In the Direct method, all overhead costs are allocated to the patient services departments directly. The Direct method is the easiest and cheapest in application, however is the weakest. The Step-down method, unlike the Direct method, recognizes some of the overhead services provided by each supporting department to one…

• Hospital with different objectives and values can be a challenge. Vita and Sacher (2015) emphasized that [organizations] showed on a global scale that 83% of corporate mergers and acquisitions fail to enhance shareholder value, but that they are 26% more likely to be successful if they focus on indentifying and resolving cultural issue. • Financial challenges because Children’s hospital has unsustainable revenues as follow: In 2000 – 2.2%, 2001 – 1.9%, 2002 - -0.3% and 2003 – 0.8%. • The cost…

The rising cost of healthcare is one of the greatest economic, fiscal, and moral challenges facing the United States (Rother, 2016). When a patient arrives to the emergency room or their doctor’s office, the doctor focuses on ordering the correct tests to find the source of the problem. The patient wants to feel better, and the doctor is responsible for providing a service. Neither party is focused on the cost of the tests. The patient has no idea of how much service will cost until the…

Yes, healthcare is a human right. Health care should be able to be provided for all regardless of their financial or social standings. Everyone should have the right to obtain the healthcare they need in order to live a healthy life. The government needs to take care of its citizens. There is not enough health care coverage in the United States at all. Even with the new Obamacare (ACA) act that was passed. Even with this act there are people who are uninsured and underinsured. Both "disabled and…

We keep Lincoln’s promise for the veterans by, paying for their GI Bill, if they are fighting in Iraq, Vietnam or something, and something really bad happens to them, like them breaking/losing their arms or legs, or if they go into a coma or something, the government pays for that, because they care about our veterans too. Whenever the veterans get home, we can throw parties for them whenever they walk through the door, to make them feel like they are welcomed back, and that they are loved. We…

The article titled “Ear Diseases and Conditions - Otosclerosis; Researchers at University Medical Center Target Otosclerosis (A Systematic Review of the Diagnostic Value of CT Imaging in Diagnosis Otosclerosis, is about research that was conducted in order to determine if using computerized axial tomography (CT scan) is necessary for the diagnosis of otosclerosis. Otosclerosis is a hereditary disorder in which a bony growth forms around a small bone in the middle ear, preventing it from…

As of 2014, health care spending in the United States was 17.5% of gross domestic product (GDP) (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS, 2016). This percentage is expected to grow to 20.1% by 2025 (CMS, 2016). Both hospital and physician and clinical expenditures grew in 2014 as well, by 4.1% and 4.6% respectively (CMS, 2016). One way to help mitigate these ever rising costs is by implementing continuous performance improvement (CPI) principles and following Lean quality improvement…

offer a proper guideline on how the money will be used. The most far-reaching effort to contain health care cost to date would be the Affordable Care Act. This new effort contains a vast presentation of reforms to the way health care is delivered and paid for. These reforms will not just reward the quantity of care, but also the merit and value of care. These messages to the government are already provoking some, but little, change throughout the health care…

Epipen has become big talk over recent controversy that the recent uptake in price has become more exponential than becoming eligible for the consumers to afford. Overall life expectancy and health status in the United States are improving; infant mortality is declining; and disability rates among the elderly have been falling nearly three times as fast as they did over the previous eight decades. This good news is bolstered by outsize increases in life expectancy and health status for Americans…