Offices such as this strive to prevent the devastating impact health care absenteeism creates. With a focus on preventative measures, such as family planning services and health screenings, the financial and other burdens disease and poor health create for the patient, family, and region are lessened (NCPP, 2009). While many of the patients that were treated had multiple comorbidities, the clinic staff strives to overcome costly and perhaps deadly complications by providing services, including educating clients, at little to no cost to minimize economic strain and maximize health benefits. Because of an increase in the lack of insurance availabilities to this population, clinics such as this will have a positive impact not just for those it serves directly, but to the region as a whole. This was evident at my day at the clinic by being able to participate, learn, and synthesize what a positive impact services like this provide for so many that are in need.
What community problems might you derive from these data? The community problems are the lack of education, low socioeconomics, no prenatal care, the fact that the same individuals that are running the city also own the primary places of employment. High premature births and neonatal death rate can 3. What health problems are evident in the case study? Tuberculosis, anemia and pinworms.
The minority members of the community are often totally left out or ignored in the provision of health care (Oppenheimer 1055). There is a significant level of inequality and favoritism in the health sector globally. Evidences indicate that ethnic and racial minorities in the community receive low quality health care as compared to the non-minority groups. This is evidenced by the statistics that indicate that the minority groups report the highest mortality and morbidity rates in the society, especially those that relate to chronic infections. A report on inequality in the provision of care by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) concluded that “racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare exist and, because they are associated with worse outcomes in many cases, are unacceptable” (Pasick 67).
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The federal government is even mandating that it be implemented. There are many positives to an electronic medical record, some of which are decreased adverse drug reactions, increased legibility of physician orders leading to fewer transcription errors, greener for the environment and many more. There are also advantages from an outpatient side, in that, medication and follow-up appointment compliance, both increase. The downside is that it is costly to implement. According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, in 2005, the US trailed many other countries in this area and only 15-20 percent of physician’s offices and 20-25 percent of inpatient facilities utilized an EMR( electronic medical record), (Health Affairs, 2005).
Probably the most notable barrier is the lack of health insurance coverage. Despite the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, millions of Americans are still without health insurance. Also, due to rising health care costs, people have only limited access to care. Language is another barrier to health care. Many Hispanics living in rural area here in the U.S. encounter problems with communicating with health care providers.
It is important to focus on the main health disparities the minority faces prior to choosing the best prevention. Taking into account cancer, diabetes, obesity and unintentional deaths, along with remote locations and limited access to healthcare, it could best be said that a combination approach of both primary and secondary prevention be taken towards the AI/ANs population. This allows a focus to prevent and educate along with focusing and maintaining the diseases already in motion. This is found to be most effective for most health care providers ("Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Prevention,"
This change has been implemented in order to better meet the organization’s goal of “one call resolution.” As is the case with many health care organizations, this change seems to only be a minor improvement in the quality of service that we provide (Tubbs, Husby & Jensen, 2009). Conversely, the addition of the SME teams several years ago seems to have reduced the number of wrong answers per million opportunities, or WAPMOs. Fewer WAPMOs means fewer member callbacks and fewer instances in which the organization must pay for non-covered services due to the initial incorrect quoting of benefits. Conclusion In conclusion, this call center has a formal organizational structure and is an open system. The organization has a strong base, but recent process improvements have had mixed results.
Medicaid reimbursements make it challenging to properly care for patients, as well as the investment in technology. As the continuing epidemiological process in the community is changing shape of mortality and morbidity, so chronic and non- communicable diseases and injuries is accountable for the growing part of the overall circumstance of ill health. The location of the clinic places many challenges on the demographics and epidemiological data. Hiring qualified staff and providing a diverse workplace is a major key to avoiding many challenges. Opening a satellite pediatric facility in Greenwood, Austria is a huge risk, the population is 9,569 people, and the population favors the elderly.
This relates back to the 1900s where surgery was still a little risky due to the lack of antibiotics. So now surgery was definitely less risky, and would even be safer when penicillin was discovered later on. This decade was also when medications started being used for the relief of pain. This decade was very important because more antiseptics and cleanliness of the hospital meant less germs, and better hygiene for the healthcare workers. Medical Exhibit 3 In the 1920s penicillin was discovered.