The Affordable Care Act has shifted focus on health and wellness of patient populations urging hospitals to do a community needs assessment and come up with a strategy to address these needs. Hospitals most often partner with community and professional organizations to address the health need (Stempniak, 2014). This is an example of how the four spheres are all interrelated. Nurses are at the heart of this movement, providing the necessary skills, experience and expertise to address the needs of the population being served (Shamian,
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is an agency that runs Medicare, Medicaid and Children’s health insurance programs. * Medicare is a federal insurance plan provided to seniors *Medicaid is a health care plan that helps low-income families or an individual in paying for long-term medical custodial care costs. It is funded mainly by the federal government but is ran by the state where the coverage varies.
The mission of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is to keep Americans safe and healthy by administering effective health and human services programs and fostering advances in the sciences underlying medicine, public health, and social services. The Department is dedicated to serving Americans of all ages from the focus on quality early childhood education to continuing the implementation of the Affordable Care Act while protecting vulnerable populations and promoting science and innovation. The department is divided into our categories: health care, public health, research and development and human services. However, it has five distinct goals: strengthen health care, advance scientific knowledge and innovation, advance the health,
Patient centered care efforts will improve health care and will assist with eliminating disparities. Patient centered care will promote patient
At Allina Health, our mission, vision and values have been in place for the past eight years and as a leader I’ve had the opportunity to orient and remind staff of the foundation that we base the work provided every day. Relating our actions to this is something that I have been able to embed in discussions every day. Vision can be a very powerful tool in leading to a common purpose. I chose my husband to practice this coaching experience, and as my newest employee I wanted to share with him the foundation of the work we perform at Allina Health. I shared the mission, vision and values and with each item tried to tie them to both the care of our patients as well as how we perform as a team in the continuum of care.
The healthcare system is governed by the main goal of providing utmost care to the patient (Debiasi, 2017). To care for a family, the
To answer the question; Why Medicare and Medicaid recipients rely on Community Engagement Specialist; I will engage in a research study the will span Healthcare, Community Health and Health Intervention Engagement Specialist. This information is a self-satisfying quest. Addressing question will also provide me with a new perspective that I
Population health is a field which includes health outcomes, patterns of health determinants and policies and interventions that link these two (Kindig & Stoddart, 2003). More recently, the National Academy of Medicine defined population health as an approach that treats the population as a whole (including the environmental and community contexts) as the patient (NACNEP, 2016). Allied health professionals relate to population health through the understanding of the increased demand to serve the population rather than only the individual. The three most critical areas to better serve the health of the population as allied health professionals include 1) viewing the population’s health as a whole, versus as individuals, 2) to emphasize the need to practice quality improvement and patient safety in all instances when a medical decision is made, and 3) take into consideration all sub-populations when judging the health of an entire population. To shift from individual patient care, based on active symptoms, is the current practice of most healthcare professionals.
With the passing of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), to create a healthcare reform law for the U.S in an effort to improve the quality and safety of healthcare. “Health care improvement efforts have focused on the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s Triple Aim of improving patient care quality, decreasing total cost of care, and improving the experience of care for patients” (Spinelli, 2013). Many health care systems is embracing the Triple Aim goals to help understand and measure patient experience care and the quality of care they are receiving. Using the Triple Aim strategies to be able to enhance the core function and essential services in health care for public health improvement, monitoring health status to identify community health problems, diagnose and investigate problems and health hazards in the community, and inform, educate, and empower people about health issues.
A rising number of hospitals throughout the U.S. are applying a service model known as integrated health care (Kathol, Perez, Cohen 2010). The need for this is center around this area: Integration has made its approach into the health care settings gradually. This can assist in treating one’s medical and behavioral health needs within patient’s primary care provider’s office, recommending a proper evaluation as a whole person (Blout, 2003). Medical clinics have been used for a many years but its recognition is growing nationwide because of its effectiveness. Impact all parties involved, including but not limited to, patients, providers and insurance companies can be very effective.
It is our ethical responsibility as health care professionals to provide quality care and involve patients in their care. Quality in health care is involved in every decision we make and providing quality care will have a positive impact on our patients currently and in their future. Patients are getting more involved in shared decision making and keeps patients fully engaged in their health care. It is important to the future of health care as it can decrease cost of unnecessary hospitals visits. The FEMA Disaster Management certificates opened my eyes to systems that needs to be in place for emergencies.
According to Dr. Hoffman, patient-centered care involves providing the patient/ family an opportunity to participate in making decisions regarding their current and future healthcare needs. Next, incorporation of the patients preference and values in developing his or hers’s treatment plant is needed. We also need to maintain an ongoing two-way communication between the patient/ family members and the team to encourage the patient to ask questions about their care, and treatment. In fact, the information and educational materials related to their health needs and all hospital consent forms should be written in a language that a patient can comprehend at their level. Moreover, the patient’s condition and experience must be evaluated throughout their care and address any concerns or improvements that needs to be
Despite higher spending on health care, the U.S. health care system ranked last on patient safety, efficiency and equity according to the Commonwealth Fund survey. Our aim should be reduction of high healthcare costs without decreasing people access to health care or sacrificing quality. A collaborative effort is required to work on above recommendations to solve the problems besetting our health care system. References: 1. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3096004/ 2.
In the United States health care is one of the most crucial and largest sectors that seek to provide a healthy way of life for society. In aiming to fulfill such motive, there are various challenges that develop which ultimately results in ineffective medical care to Americans. One of the prevalent challenges is to improve the quality of care to patients. This issue can be further broken down into other areas including: cost of health care, access of resources, and patient- provider communication. The supporting article published in 2014 brings across this concern by proposing that the “patient centered medical home (PCMH)” model (Akinci & Patel, 2014) will aide to improve the delivery aspect of health to patients and provide them with assurance
Feedback from Patients and Families: Feedback from patients and their families is invaluable in evaluating my performance. Patient perspectives provide a unique insight into the quality of care I provide and the impact of my interactions on their experience. Positive feedback affirms the effectiveness of my care and communication, while constructive feedback highlights areas where I can improve. Actively seeking patient feedback demonstrates my commitment to patient-centered care and helps me identify opportunities to enhance patient satisfaction and
