...Disease Trends and the Delivery of Health Care Services The health care delivery services have changed dramatically over the years, this service has made some major improvements since it began. Within today’s health care system advancements have been made to prolong life expectancies and a person’s quality of life. As everyone knows the cost of providing health care is expensive and not always easy to accomplish. The cost, accessibility, along with the quality of care is a challenge that the health care system faces in order to provide people with needed health care. Education of disease trends and keeping the public informed have been a very good impact on today’s society. With the help of organizations such as the World Health Organization and the Center for Disease Control, who have been strategic in providing information to each other and the nation about potential life threatening disease that can and could affect the world’s population; along with how to prevent disease from spreading among communities that where a person lives. Even though there are some diseases, which are preventable today, and there are new diseases popping up all the time, and it is not impossible to find cures for them right away. There will always be a chance of catching a form of disease or illness within a person’s lifetime; also there are many factors, which can affect the health delivery systems in many forms. The middle age adults of the world’s population are increasing; the reason...
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...Disease trends and the Delivery of Health Care Services Dana Riddle HCA/240 April 20, 2013 Brian Eigelbach University of Phoenix Disease trends and the Delivery of Health Care Services The current age composition of the United States population according to the 2010 Census was 308.7 million people on April 1, 2010. There is an increase of 9.7 % since 2000. The data shows that the male population grew 9.9%, which is more rapidly than the female population, which was 9.5%. Out of 308.7 million people, 151.8 were male and 157 million were female. People under the age of 18 were 112.8; people of age 45-64 were 81.5 million. The 40.3 million people of the 308.7 were age 65 and over (Howden, Meyer, 2011). According to University of Phoenix Trends in aging-United States and Worldwide (2003), the population of age 65 years and over will increase 19.6% in 2030 that equals to 71 million people. The number of people of age 80 years and over will increase to19.5 million in 2030. This increase of people of age 65 years and over will increase the healthcare cost. Environmental factors that support this trend in aging are, one’s diet and exercising. A major factor is if one exercises or is inactive. Exercise affects the aging process more than genes do. If one is not active, they could die prematurely from many diseases and conditions. Being inactive can also cause you to become immobilized at an early age. Your diet can be a factor in aging as well. A low fat healthy diet can help with...
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...Disease Trends And The Delivery Of Health Care Services Shatarra Belton University of Phoenix According to Smithsonian.com, by 2050 the United States population is estimated to be around 422 to 458 million people (Kotkin, 2010). The United States is also expected to grow an older population due to the fact a portion of the population is at least 65 years of age or older. This number is expected to increase by 20 percent by 2050 (Kotkin, 2010). The aging trend will show how many illnesses will decrease over time, illnesses such as heart disease and diabetes. Heart disease and diabetes are both controlling factors in some cases. Some controlling factors of heart disease are hypertension or high blood pressure, high cholesterol, being overweight, even poor diet. Heart disease is also known as the silent killer because many Americans are unaware that they are affected by this disease. By being able to control these factors early on, will prevent any future problems in the cardiovascular system. Being overweight or obese along with poor diet consisted of high intake of salts, unsaturated and saturated fats can add on causes to heart disease. Being diagnosed with diabetes can also lead to other life threatening illnesses. Diabetes is when there is a significant amount of glucose being produced or not enough insulin being produced in the body. Controlling factors such as food intake, daily exercise and maintaining a healthy...
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...Infectious Disease Hepatitus B Patricia Ousley HCA/240 12/9/12 Lucretia Wright Abstract The infectious disease I chose to write my paper on is Hepatitis B. This infectious disease is irritation and swelling of the liver. This can cause the liver to not function properly. When the liver cannot remove harmful toxins from the blood, fight infection, also help digest food, store important nutrients and vitamins a person is not capable of living without a liver. Hepatitis B What causes Hepatitis B and who may be at risk? Hepatitis B virus are germs that can cause a person to become sick and anyone can get Hepatitis B, however some people are at higher risk. Hepatitis B virus can be spread or infect a person if come into contact with another person’s blood, semen, or other body fluids. (1) Having sex with someone who is infected with the hepatitis virus. One way of becoming infected is through tattoos or piercings; this may happen if you go to someone who does not sterilize their tools after using it on an infected person. One of the environmental factors that may make someone vulnerable to contracting Hepatitis B virus is new born, if a mother is infected with the virus she can pass the virus to her child during childbirth. (2) Some of the risk factors of having Hepatitis b virus infection being infected with HIV virus. How the body responds to the infection will determine how much damage the Hepatitis B has done to body, the...
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...Disease Trends and the Delivery of Health Care Services Paper Johnny Williams III Hca/240 September 29, 2013 Jessica Grippo Johnny Williams III HCA/240 Week Eight September 29, 2013 Jessica Grippo Aging What the current age composition of the U.S. population looks like. Today the age composition is made up of about 12.9% of the American population. This means that there are 1 and every 8 persons in America that are elderly. Americans are living longer than that of the past with the baby boomers being a generation that have been able to celebrate seeing their 60th Birthday. The current age composition of the U.S. population will increase drastically in the next 20 years is that the will be such an increase that it will no longer be the 1 to every 8. It has been projected the by year of 2030 the population of elderly is going to increase and then will be 1 to every 5. It was also projected that people will be able to enjoy at least part of their life expectancy into retirement. The big change in the demographics is that there has been a decrease in the mortality rates. With the decrease of mortality rate people this is allowing us to have an older generation. Along with that there is another factor that also contributes to the growing aging population. This is due the lower fertility rate. The environmental factors in the older population also have a factor with the increase of life expectancy. The older population is more active than that of past times...
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...Jackson University of Phoenix Claims Preparation I: Clean Bills of Health HCR/220 Version 4 Donna De Grio Winnegar January 12, 2014 Abstract Having the ability to understand and recognize the patient intake process is really imperative when working with concerns of patients entering the health-care systems. During the new patient process a practice has to be prepared to collect as much patient information about the patient’s medical history and other pertinent information has to be obtained at the time of the visit. If a new patient is in a practice the clerical staff will need to focus on the preregistration process and will need to verify scheduling information. The practice is also responsible for prior medical history, patient information (including demographics’) insurance information, assignment of benefits, and acknowledgement of receipt of notice of privacy practices must all be obtained when a patient enters the health system. When a patient is established he or she must update his or her records at every appointment. A new patient is classified as someone who has not received any services from the provider over the last three years. An established patient is one that has been seen by the provider at the practice within the past three years (McGraw-Hill 2014). If the process is unorganized the patient flow process will create displeased patients, potentially poor patient care, and possibly aggravated employees. To improve the overall patient process...
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... | |Define defensive |A defensive relationship is a relationship that consist of 1 or more people who are very | |relationships. |protective of themselves and very defensive | |Which type of relationship|A supportive relationship is more suitable for healthcare industries. | |(supportive or defensive) | | |is more appropriate for | | |the health care industry? | | |Justify your response. |Health care is supposed to be about helping people. A supportive relationship with patients who | | |are fighting for their lives or who are trying to recover and even those who are trying to | |...
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...Disease trends keep changing with time. Many years back, people were more worried about infectious diseases like polio and mumps. Back then, health care providers focused more on vaccines and isolation as ways of controlling the diseases. Today, people are more worried about lifestyle and age related diseases. In the very way, the delivery of health care services has also changed. Disease trends, therefore, influence the delivery of health care services. One will ask what determines disease trends. Factors like globalization and industrialization are major determinants of disease trends. Globalization has increased the degree at which people from different parts of the world interact. People keep travelling from one country to another, and along the way, they are likely to acquire or spread diseases that they otherwise, would not contract had they remained in their home countries. Industrialization, on its end, has increased the need to have a modernized society. Modernization comes with an increased demand for manufactured goods, and services, and very busy lives. People are not eating healthy foods as they did in the past. Due to the busy schedules, many people do not have the time to exercise their bodies. Poor eating habits and insufficient exercise have led to lifestyle-related diseases and complications such as obesity, and diabetes. These diseases are now a major concern for health care services providers. Disease trends and population demographics determine the delivery...
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...Disease Trends and the Delivery of Health Care Services HCA/240 January 26, 2014 Disease Trends and the Delivery of Health Care Services Demographics and disease trends will influence health care delivery services in the future in many different ways. Not only will the current aging population affect the delivery of health care services because of its rapid growth, but also obesity. Obesity is one of the more serious problems facing our nation today, and will only get worse unless the implementation of programs to educate the public on the many health issues this condition can cause to prevent them from happening. Moreover, not only does the health care delivery system need to adapt in the future to provide quality care for the aging population and the many chronic health issues they will face along with affordable housing, but also obesity-related health issues as our nation faces these two serious problems. In 2010, the age composition of the United States consisted of 60 percent of the population between the ages of 20 to 64 (Vincent & Velkoff, 2010). However, over the next 10 to 20 years the United States will experience an increase in the number of its older population because the baby boom generation started crossing into this category in January 2011 when the first baby boomers born in 1946 began reaching retirement age (Vincent & Velkoff, 2010). The Baby Boom generation consists of approximately 78 million Americans born between 1946 and 1964 in...
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...HCA/240 It is amazing how much the health care delivery services have changed and improved over the years. Today, the health care systems have advanced by prolonging life expectancy and quality of life. Though, providing health care is not cheap and easy to do. Cost, accessibility, and quality is a challenge that they face in order to provide the people with healthcare. Learning and being aware of disease trends has definitely impacted our society in a good form. For example, there are organizations such as WHO and CDC that provide the nation with health care information to inform about diseases that can affect the population and how to prevent them. Instead of worrying about curing the diseases, now there are ways to prevent them before they even spread. Though, will these disease trends as well as demographics have an influence in health care delivery services in the future? If it is now being a challenge, what can be expected of health care delivery for the next-generation? Although some disease trends are preventable, it is impossible to not get any form of disease or illness throughout a life time; also there are many factors that can affect the health care delivery systems in many forms. Demographics and disease trends will influence health care delivery services in the future in many different ways. Not only will the current aging population affect the delivery of heath care services because of its rapid growth , but also obesity. Obesity is one of the...
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...utilization due to consumer health information seeking? Majority of consumers in the world with the use of the internet and increase of digital technology has impacted the changes in health service utilization and health care delivery system. Consumers seeking health information online has affected services in healthcare utilization by the way they think, and feel of their needs regarding to medical information, doctor and patient relationship. They seek health information for themselves, friends, or family members about personal and health concerns. Consumers seek health information and communicate to health professionals and providers by using the web interface, phone, fax, email system, discussion boards, social networks, forums, and bulletin board. The anticipated shifts in service utilization due to consumer health information seeking are: lack of education level and literacy skills, mistrust to physicians, poverty, and economic lack of health coverage. According authors of an article called “ Striking Jump in Consumers Seeking Health Care Information” it stated “Consumers across all categories of age, education, income, race/ethnicity and health status increased their information seeking significantly, but education level remained the key factor in explaining how likely people are to seek health information” (Tu, Cohen, 2008). Another reason for the change in service utilization to consumer health information seeking is because of the high cost of health services and insurance...
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...Disease Trends and the Delivery of Health Care Services Final Project Erica Pendergrass Axia college 1/15/2012 Many health care professional have great concerns about the growth of the aging population, chronic disease and the epidemic of obesity, and how will the United States healthcare system prepared for this continuing epidemic. The fact that the aging population along with obesity epidemic is a global healthcare concern, many health cares’ professional is baffled about how to address the growing epidemic that many American’s will face. . According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2003) the population aged greater than 65 years is estimated to reach 19.2% in 2030, an increase from 12.4% in 2000. To break the growth down by age; the population age 65 and older is estimated to increase from 35 million in 2000 to 75 million in 2030, and people age 80 and older will increase from 9.3 million to 20 million. Except for Alaska and California, 48 states, by the year 2025, will see an average of 15% of their population age 65 and older, led by Florida with 26%. The aging phenomenon has several combining factors that play a part of the growing population; Age Dynamics: The elevated fertility rate (baby boom) from 1946 to 1964. Decline in Fertility Rate: The decrease of young people reproducing has caused an automatic increase of older people. Longevity increase: Life expectancy has increased 20 years due in part to improvements in healthcare and medical...
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...Disease Trends and the Delivery of Health Care Services HCA 240 June 16, 2013 * * * This document will discuss how demographics disease trends affect the delivery of healthcare. Starting with current age composition of the United States population and how future changes will occur in the next 10 to 20 years. Next will be identifiable factors that support environmental and changing demographic trends. Providing examples of relevant diseases and how the aging trend will increase or decrease health issues and how to reduce health complications because of age. The current rate of obesity will be discussed and how it will change in the next 10 to 20 years. This paper will identify environmental and changing demographics related to the obesity trend; including examples of diseases related to this health issue. Explaining how this trend may increase or decrease health issues and how to reduce health complications. Last this document will discuss the future and how healthcare services will adapt to provide care for these trends and age-related health issues. * The current age composition of the United States population is based on two measures, estimates of the past and projections supported by assumptions on future demographic trends. Estimates gather information on existing data from several sources; whereas, projections assume what the future demographic trends will be. The current United States population is the world’s third largest population of over...
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...Future Trends in Health Care Charles addresses trends of health care delivery and innovations in electronic communications throughout this paper. The review completed by Charles Griggs explores four specific areas of interest. The first concern determines ways to improve electronic communication of patient information effectively as an external delivery method to health care providers, patients, and insurance payors. The second issue addresses distant delivery of health care information, and the third issue analyzes the effect that electronic communications have on the delivery of health care. The fourth issue determines a projection of the benefits that electronic delivery of health care information bears on future trends in health care. Applying Electronic Communications to Patient Information In considering the appropriate method of transmitting electronic patient information through electronic delivery methods organizations must determine: a. The parties involved in the interchange of patient information. b. The type of information appropriate for electronic transmission communication. Furthermore, in determining the type of information requested for transmission organizations must know the purpose of submitting patient information electronically. Organizations that transmit electronic records have the right to know the intent, and the legal steps that the requesting organization takes to protects/disposes of records at the end of the record lifecycle. Third party-requestors...
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...Inpatient Hospitalization To Ambulatory Care Services (2010) from the Researchomatic. Retrieved on 09/05 , 2014 noted ambulatory care Sensitive situation are those "for which good outpatient care can possibly avert the need for hospitalization, or for which early intervention can avert difficulties or more critical disease" Although hospitalization rates are leveraged by socioeconomic components for example scarcity . I will discuss and compares inpatients care and ambulatory care on bases of scope and level of service, venues for care deliver, impact o health care finance, and future trends in medicine and care delivery. There are direct personal involvement within the level of services in the practice of ambulatory /outpatient services which detect/ prevent disease such as hypertensions, diabetes , cancer -screening and immunization programs. Since death happened and caused by disease that are contagious , primary prevention lessen the danger of morbidity are enforced by encouraging people to wear seat belt, clean treatment for water/sewage and sanitation inspections in restaurants. One method of ambulatory/outpatient service is that clinician would travel from house to house to skilled practitioners in relatively more complex facilities is a form of medical care. Ambulatory/outpatient can be distinguished in the following categories: Primary care help to control costs, utilization and the rational allocation of resources. and serve as patient...
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