Health Care Reform When it comes to our health care system, most of us can agree that America is ready for a change. We need a system that can deliver accessible, high quality care, but due to government policies that attack the foundation of our health care system, this may be a difficult task to achieve. However, the Obama administration and members of congress are pushing the legislation to set up a government run health care system. As President Obama signed the new health care law, which eventually provides insurance coverage for millions of uninsured Americans, many of us are still scratching our heads (Parker). Leaving many asking how and when will the people start seeing it take effect.
Using Electronic Health Records U05a1 Anna Lowe Allowe2003@comcast.net IT3006 Communication Strategies for the IT Professional Introduction This report will explain what Electronic Health Records are, the benefits to healthcare facilities and the patients they serve. With new technology created on a daily basis, the healthcare industry is not taking advantage of what is readily available to them. This report will explain many of the reasons most healthcare facilities are lacking this new technology and what being discussed to remedy this issue. There are many discussions that have been going on for years to ensure that the healthcare industry moves forward into the 21st century. Many feel that the costs of such programs
I was not aware that several individuals were not obtaining the care they require for the reason they could not pay for it and couldn’t find insurance. The biggest influence is the health care price, health care entrance, and the consequences from it (Wood, R., 2009, p. 1). I’ve knowledge that breaking the HIPAA policies can result in punishment along with the government laws. Role of Technology Technology will perform a big position in the medical business from security, new services ideas and diagnosing patients, contacting patients and keeping touch. It will assist to make sure the obedience in the legal condition of health care and it will assist to decreased the costs and provide a superior care than before (Finnegan, 2012) Technology will assist with more communication services, electronic medical records, and more computers doctors order entry solutions and many more things than before (Finnegan, 2012).
However, after reading more and more about it, I can see that due to the long period of time given for discussion about this issue, focus has totally shifted from being about fair healthcare coverage for all people to the selfish reasons for which the debaters are picking their sides. For example, in the dialogue from the article, each member involved is considering treatment according to their own selfish gains from the final decision. Everyone kind of forgot that the point of treatment is to provide care for the sick individual who needs attention quick. This example is like an analogy for the health care debate. The end goal should be about the betterment of all people and not for individual selfish gains.
Nationalized Health Care Kenny Robbins Robert Morris University Professor Sneberger COSK1221 December 6, 2012 Nationalizing health care is a very big and controversial topic in today’s society. There are many costs and benefits to each side of nationalizing health care. Nationalizing health care would be a great asset to many Americans that are currently uninsured, it would however be very costly, and it would come with a high risk of corruption. Nationalizing health care is a popular topic that is pushed for by many politicians. The current health care system that is in use in the United States is the best form of healthcare established.
In her essay “Organ Sales Will Save Lives”, Joanna Mackay explains how legalizing kidney sales would be beneficial in more ways than one; saving the lives of patients willing to buy kidneys, and with legal compensation, helping to end poverty in the countries of those willing to sell. In her essay, Mackay explains that even though there are nearly 350,000 people suffering from end-stage renal disease, an almost always-fatal disease, treatment options are limited exclusively to transplant and dialysis. Though effective, dialysis is an expensive and painful process, making the patient dependent on a machine for the rest of their life. Transplant, however, is far more successful; new equipment and anti-rejection treatments make it an incredibly safe and effective procedure. When a matching donor can’t be found within immediate family members, patients must wait for a kidney from deceased donors, such as old age or accident victims.
There are many up rise and down falls that pagers have such as the battery life lasting awhile or the message not getting the consumer because of a glitch in the device. Pagers are important to have and great technology to have in the medical field. The great thing is there are few different kinds of pagers the patient can have as well as the physicians. Pagers have had a financial impact on the organization by saving lives and money. The hospital would be in the worst situation if pagers where not involved.
Advanced Directives and Do Not Resuscitate Kimberly Stanton HCA 322 Professor: Delores Thomas December 11, 2011 In health care, end of life decisions and advanced directives can be one of the most difficult processes and decisions that a patient and family may face. Each person through their life experiences and knowledge has to face difficult thought provoking decisions on what to do when it is possible that death may be eminent. Advances in medicine and technology have giving physicians the ability to prolong and sustain life more so than ever. Modern medicine allows for sustaining life when the physical body has shut down the mechanisms to keep humans alive. The advances we have made in medicine and technology have now made it possible
Stories of people dying because they had illnesses that were left undiagnosed due to not having insurance to seek healthcare are becoming more frequent. This by far is a good reason to impose universal coverage. Finding the funds to pay for universal coverage will be hard since many state budgets and the federal budgets face large
Opponents also commonly accuse these systems of being unable to pay for themselves, racking up huge deficits year after year. A fair amount of truth lies in these claims, but Americans must remember to put those problems in context with the problems of the current US system as well. It is true that people often wait to see a doctor in countries with UHC, but we in the United States wait as well, and we often schedule appointments weeks in advance, only to have onerous waits in the doctor’s “waiting