Windshield Survey Summary and Reflection Tara Washington NUR 405 August 24, 2015 Denise Wilson When looking at a community and the health of that community, it is important to define what exactly a community is and what community health is as well. A community is a group of people who live within the same geographic location and share the same type of lifestyle, values and norms. Community health then seeks to look at the general health beliefs and practices within that community. According to Stanhope and Lancaster (2008), “Community health is defined as the meeting of collective needs through identification of problems and management of behaviors within the community itself and between the community and the larger society” (p. 370). Community health is not limited to improving outcomes of an individual suffering from a particular disease or illness, but concentrates on the improvement of the community as a whole.
In addition, the provider portal can give physicians proactive access to quality information so they can improve HEDIS measures and pay-for-performance results (ikaEnterprise Goes Live at Two Total Health Insurers in Record Time., 2010). And lastly, ikaSystems, or ikaDWH, has a single, comprehensive database for claims, laboratory, pharmacy, encounter data, practice management and electronic medical record information that supports standard and ad hoc reports, with drill-down and drill-up access to normalized and analyzed data, based on what the user, at Total Health Care, request for their
Healthcare Delivery/Integration Name University Date 1. Healthcare Delivery on Micro and Macro Levels Managed care is a healthcare plan or system that contract with health care providers and medical facilities to provide care for members at reduced costs. On the macro-level, managed care plans take into consideration on major issues such as system design and organizational structure. The funding system used by Managed care promotes efficient use of resources, such as payment using diagnosis-related groups or other care mix approaches to create an incentive to reduce length of stay and avoid excessive servicing during an episode of care (Andreou, 2011). For example, managed care providers emphasize on keeping enrollees healthy to reduce use of services and financial incentives for enrollees to use providers and procedures associated with the plan.
The level of wellness or health is, in part, determined by the ability to deal with and defend against stress. Health is on a continuum with movements between a state of optimum well being and illness which is defined as degrees of disharmony. It is determined by physiological, psychological, socio-cultural, spiritual and developmental stages variables.’ There are different types of models of health, the first model is about positive and negative health, positive health is a positive attitude towards health, so the person achieves a healthy state to keeping fit and healthy ob their own and make sure they do this themselves. Negative health is when the person doesn’t believe in looking after himself or herself, and doesn’t have a positive attitude for looking after their well being and health, but they are ‘healthy’ they just don’t have a good attitude towards looking after their
There are two types of models which are; bio- medical model and socio- medical model. Bio-medical model is biology which relates to body. This model states that the health is basically regarded as being absence of diseases and the invention of health professionals is necessary in times of illness. This model believes that the human body is a machine made up of different body parts. Socio-medical model is related to social factors that contribute to health and well being in society.
In particular, key social factors considered under this model include the impact of poverty, poor housing, diet and pollution on persons’ health. For instance, poor housing and poverty may prove to be catalysts to respiratory problems, and in response to these causes and origins of ill health, an objective of the socio-medical model is to encourage society to provide better housing and introduce programs to tackle poverty, and these propositions are seen as viable solutions. The socio-medical model encourages people to live healthy lifestyles, it looks at the cause of the illness and tries to change the factor that causes the illness to prevent it from continuing rather than only giving when diagnosis and only medical treatment. The factors which the socio-medical model suggest is also a cause of ill health such as poor housing, poverty and diet can have a strong impact on the over health and wellness of individuals, communities and countries. The model emphasises preventing and changing the cause of an illness on a more natural way instead of relying on medication.
Principles of health and social care practice In this essay I will be describing the principles and outlining the procedures that are needed to safeguard colleagues and service users from harm I will also state the relevance of legislation, regulations, code of practice and policies and procedures, while defining the importance of them. The theories are also relevant to health and social care; I will state what theory is and how we benefit from inter-professional working also the impact it has on individuals and services what our roles and responsibilities are in an outside work settings. The principles of care provides the foundation upon which the principles of practices are applied, values are subjective and varies from people and culture. Service users should feel valued and recognised as an individual, promoting their rights in a way that enables the service user’s choices, involving them in making decisions to meet their needs taking in perspective their rights to be treated with dignity, and have their privacy and confidentiality respected Data Protection Act (1998) states organisations are legally required to do this, information must be shared only on a need to know basis example if a service user is a danger to themselves or others even if there is a risk to the health and welfare of the care worker etc, then information must be disclosed otherwise personal records must be kept confidential, service users have the right to access information that is stored about them Access to information Act (1985) and freedom of information act (2000) suggest that. Independence must be promoted so that with support they will feel empowered to take control of their own lives, Care workers must engage constantly with diverse ethnic groups to broaden their learning to implement better skills in practice.
Unit 4222-306 Promote and implement health and safety in health and social care Outcome 1: 1.1: Identify legislation relating to health and safety in a health and social care work setting The main legislations relating to health and safety in a social care work setting are: * Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 (amended 2002) * Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 * Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 * Control of Substances Hazardous to Health 2002 1.2: explain the main points of health and safety policies and procedures agreed with the employer The employer has a duty of care and has to abide by the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. The employer must have risk assessments in place especially in a care work setting. They must make the work place safe to work in by having a suitable area to work in and all equipment in working order. 1.3: analyse the main health and safety responsibilities of: * Self, reporting any risks, updating your employers about your surroundings and any hazards * The employer or manager, keeping the workplace clean and safe for all, keeping all risk assessments up to date * Others in the work setting, report any hazards that you think is a danger 1.4: identify specific tasks in the work setting that should not be carried out without special training Any manual handling such as lifting someone or using equipment such as hoists should not be carried out without any special training as this is against the law. Outcome 2: 2.1: use policies and procedures or other agreed ways of working that relate to health and safety 2.4: Use risk assessment in relation to health and safety Outcome 3: 3.1: Describe different types of accidents and sudden illness that may occur in own work setting There are many different illnesses that may occur in a care setting
HERITAGE PAPER HERITAGE PAPER Stephann Bertrand NRS 429V Family Health Promotion July 22nd, 20012 People’s health is influenced by culture and beliefs (Eldeman, & Mandle, 2010). Culture is the manner people live which shapes their health. Heritage denotes something immaterial, a custom that is passed from one generation to another such as routine used to guard health, sustain health, and re-establish health. In order to be familiar with one’s personal beliefs and health customs, heritage assessment is utilized. However, in dealing with people, ethnicity plays an imperative function (Winkelman, 2001).
This health care system would focus on health insurance coverage for all citizens, the use of Electronic Medical Records and an emphasis on Long Term Care for the elderly and disabled. These three factors would make a very good health care system an excellent one. My Proposal For 4 References (2008). Achieving a High-Performance Health Care System with Universal Access: What the United States Can Learn from Other Countries. Annals of Internal Medicine, 148(1), 55-75. http://search.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.apollolibrary.com Al-Azmi, S., Al-Enezi, N., & Chowdhury, R. (2009).