...The Uninsured Persons Access to Healthcare March 8, 2015 The Uninsured Persons Access to Health Care Health insurance is a luxury. This is something that has become apparent listening to the ongoing debate about healthcare reform. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports that in 2013 there were 44.3 million uninsured people under age 65 in the United States. The purpose of this paper is to discuss how these 44.3 million are able to access healthcare and how there lack of access is detrimental to everyone. The Uninsured Two-thirds of people who are uninsured are between the ages of 18-65, have a job and more than half of these older adults have an increased risk of serious health problems. Being uninsured breaks all gender and ethnicity barriers and affects mainly the poor or near poor (Mason, Leavitt & Chaffee, 2014). Uninsured people have less access to preventative services and have more trouble finding a doctor or finding one that will take them as a new patient than those with public or private insurance (Gindi, Kirzinger & Cohen, 2012). When they do seek out medical attention many times it is in an emergency room and there illness may be in more advanced stages which means that there treatment will be more expensive. According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) the average ER visit can cost around $1500, the subsequent bill for these visits can be difficult to pay when that is more than you make...
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...The American Healthcare System and Access to Mental Health Services Abstract Within the American Healthcare system there are three key components. The key components include access, cost, and quality. Access to healthcare is the ability to obtain healthcare services in a timely manner when one needs it. Cost refers to many things in healthcare. It depends upon the individual, national, or provider’s perspective of costs. Quality is the desired healthcare outcomes of an individual or the healthcare outcomes of the population. Access to mental health services is a major issue in the United States. Children are greatly affected by this and often fall through the cracks in the system. Less than half of all children receive the mental health services they need. The Affordable Care Act initiated by President Obama is setting strides to improve the availability of mental health services within communities. This law requires that all health insurance providers cover mental health services. Congress has also increased funding to improve access of child mental health services. Improvements with access include, but are not limited to, integrating primary care physicians with mental health providers and the expansion of child mental health services. These improvements will educate primary care physicians on the available mental health services in their surrounding communities, allowing them to refer their patients as needed while providing a continuum of care. The expansion...
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...improving Quality and Value in the U.S. Health Care System August 2009 Preamble The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) is a public policy advocacy organization founded by former U.S. Senate Majority Leaders Howard Baker, Tom Daschle, Bob Dole, and George Mitchell. Its mission is to develop and promote solutions that can attract the public support and political momentum to achieve real progress. The BPC acts as an incubator for policy efforts that engage top political figures, advocates, academics, and business leaders in the art of principled compromise. This report is part of a series commissioned by the BPC to advance the substantive work of the Leaders’ Project on the State of American Health Care. It is intended to explore policy trade-offs and analyze the major decisions involved in improving health care delivery, and discuss them in the broader context of health reform. It does not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of Senators Baker, Daschle, and Dole or the BPC’s Board of Directors. The Leaders’ Project was launched in March 2008. Co-Directed by Mark B. McClellan and Chris Jennings, its mission is (1) to create a bipartisan plan for health reform that can be used to transform the U.S. health care system, and (2) to demonstrate that health reform is an achievable political reality. Over the course of the project, Senators Baker, Daschle, and Dole hosted public policy forums across the country, and orchestrated a targeted outreach campaign to...
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...Health Care Access As our nation awaited the results of the President’s trademark legislation, protesters from every walk of life surrounded the Supreme Court building. Audience consists of people who advocates religious freedom, Medicare, anti-abortion, and those who are looking for accessible healthcare. Finally, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act emerged relatively unscathed with only one significant change—it was now a tax. The excitement and energy exhibited by PPACA supporters were matched by the discontent exhibited by opponents upon learning the court’s decision. Everyone wants to be healthy. These same people, however, cannot agree on how this should be achieved. Clearly healthcare in this country is broken and America is deeply divided on how to fix it. Yet the bridge between the two sides is agreement that something must be done. Multiple national polls show a majority of Americans view PPACA unfavorably. Many feel the law will “do serious harm to American families” and is “a profound attack on our liberties.” U.S. business owners speak of passing on costs to employees, slashing work hours, or terminating jobs altogether. Opposition has also emerged outside of the U.S., with the Vatican openly opposing a portion of the law’s provisions. Catholic leaders objected to the “use of federal funds to pay for elective abortions” and the failure of the act to help “those most in need.” With all the bickering, though, both sides generally agree on one thing: America’s...
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...people should be able to have access to healthcare at an affordable price with quality service which are three aspects that are the most important in healthcare access, quality, and cost. Healthcare access is simply being able to have it when you need it although many don’t have it due to cost or because they don’t have the knowledge to access it. Access to healthcare effects the consumer’s quality of life which can lead to fatally. Cost which is being able to afford the healthcare is one of the biggest issues according to www.cdc.gov.com the percent...
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...Health Care Access Options HSC/490 Health Care Access Options There are many ways that health care is provided from walk-in clinics, urgent care, clinic in your local grocery store or drug store, and a no appointment physician's office. A walk-in clinic is a medical facility that provides medical treatment to the public that are common and non-life threatening without an appointment. These can include free clinics and urgent care centers. Sutter Express Care in Rite Aid pharmacy is a walk-in clinic that is in Northern California. SutterExpressCare uses Rite Aid for their marketing source. Target Audience The ExpressCare targets a large audience that consists of the Topeka and surrounding counties. This includes all ages from new born to seniors of all backgrounds and medical conditions. ExpressCare targets those that have a minor illness or injury that’s not severe enough to go to the emergency department. This provides an alternative option for those that have their own physician at a lower cost. Marketing to Target Audience With all the different and unique way of marketing ExpressCare uses several techniques to market on their website page. First they focus on possible issues or causes of why an individual would need their services by providing several lists that are located at the top of their webpage. The first list consist of common illnesses or injuries that are treated there. The second provides a list of common diagnostics that are used at the facility...
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...Running head: ACCESS TO QUALITY HEALTHCARE PAPER ASSIGNMENT Access to Quality Healthcare Paper Rudolphe Lubin University of Phoenix Lori Lewellen MBAJOGZL57 April 27, 2009 Quality Healthcare Introduction It will be evident to realize that financial, educational, and socio – demographic implications can bring serious impact on access to quality healthcare in the organization. Labor shortage will stay an important component that can affect as well the access to quality care. Socio – demographic changes linked with chronic illnesses can have an effect on the aging population, which may reduce the quality of life, increase costs for healthcare and rise resource allocation. In point of fact, both labor shortage and socio – demographic changes are exactingly dominant in the admittance to quality care in the United States. Besides, the demand for registered nurses and changes in science is already exceeding supply in U.S. nation, including more implications associated with other ethical dilemmas. Healthcare Labor Shortage People have to realize that progresses in medical technology, increasing expenses and market forces provide to the financial decline of many rural healthcare organizations. In reality, small rural healthcare suppliers, particularly hospitals, cannot meet the costs of the equipment and practitioners needed to treat the range of modern syndrome and injury...
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...Cost, Access and Quality-What does the Future Hold? Health care is a big debate in the United States today. With the implementation of the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act of 2010, health care is at the forefront of people’s minds. The PPACA of 2010 has been met with much opposition, but is the best step toward a National Program, which is needed to ensure a healthier nation. The lack of health care that exists now has caused a decline in the nation’s overall health and an increase in its overall health costs. The PPACA of 2010 has placed an increased focus on health care costs, accessibility to health care and the quality of health care that is provided. Healthcare costs have been on the rise for decades and continues to grow. There are many factors that contribute to this. People that are privately insured and have to pay little to no out of pocket for care, are over using the system. Since there is not much regulation on the market, care is driven by need as opposed to demand. With the growth of technology also comes an increase in cost. While new technology is important to the treatment and diagnosing of illness and disease, it is expensive to develop and test. The nation’s baby boomers are reaching the elderly age and that combined with increased life expectancy, the cost of providing these people with care is for more than the cost of the general population, nearly three times as high (Singh, D. & Shi, L. 2013). And lastly the model of healthcare delivery...
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...Rights of undocumented aliens to healthcare Name: Institution: Date: Executive summary According to the US Congress in 2010, President Obama made the PPACA a law but still this act does not include the undocumented aliens in the medical coverage. This report reviews the rights of the undocumented aliens to healthcare and hoe this can be improved. This research discovered that the undocumented aliens have limited access to health care due to lack of identity papers. This is due to the fact that they earn very low income and medical insurance coverage is lower for the undocumented aliens. As a result, they rely on the safety-net medical care providers such as social health centers as this centers continue to provide care for the undocumented aliens. This research also reviews the limitations and problems faced by the undocumented aliens in accessing health care and as a result the ploys they use to access medical care. The findings of this research show that they mostly rely on treating themselves with over counter drugs or in the cases of extremes they use unofficial networks to seek treatment. Also, it is evident that they would do anything to safeguard their cover from being discovered and these results in stress and psychological disorders. Another finding is that despite the healthcare reforms, undocumented aliens still have no rights to access health care compared to the US citizens. This research recommends designing of programs which focus on the issue of undocumented...
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...on Breast Care Christina Reid-Brown California Baptist University Foundations of Management BUS 503A February 9, 2015 Dr. Marc Weinger Abstract This research paper evaluated the relationship between navigation and navigator roles as they relate to the patient journey with breast cancer. The goal of the research was to determine if these care coordination models eliminated institutional barriers experienced by patients trying to coordinate breast care in a complex healthcare system. It also evaluated the effectiveness of the navigator role as it supports the elimination of barriers to care for minorities and women living in low-income and underserved communities. This study reviewed the results from surveys given to women being treated for breast cancer at different hospitals, and cancer clinics to determine if navigation improves patient access to appropriate evidence-based healthcare. The findings showed higher patient satisfaction and compliance, continuity of care, decreased anxiety levels, and increased social support systems from families and friends when navigation services were provided. Key Words: Patient Navigator; Breast Care Coordinator; Breast Care Patient Navigator; Breast Cancer in Women; Current Studies involving Breast Cancer Introduction Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death and the most common disease found in women living in the United States (Basu...
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...NUT1 Task 1 Western Governor's University NUT1 Task 1 Importance of Information Access using Electronic Medical Record (EMR): Electronic Medical Record (EMR) is a computerized system of keeping patient information. Similar to paper charting, EMR can be used to chart important patient data to treat patients and document the related nursing care. EMR can be used to store important patient information like patient’s diagnoses, allergies, medication, patient’s demographics, lab and diagnostic test. EMR also includes patient’s medical record number and account number that is given to the patients and is also used as reference about patients for future admissions. EMR’s provide accurate information that is easily accessible than paper charting. It also provides easy health care access to providers, improves communication among patients and health care providers. With EMR, nurses have easier access to in depth and detailed charting of physical assessment, tallying input and output and easy comparison in the trends of labs and diagnostic test. EMR also prevents medication errors since patients bar codes are scanned and verified accurately prior to administering medication. Data about medication is available prior to administration, so nurses can monitor possible side effects of medication. Thus charting patient information in real time or the ability to access results improves quality of patient care and increase co-ordination among health care providers. Personal Health Information:...
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...Phoenix HCS 490 - Healthcare Consumer: Trends and Marketing Demographics on Youth The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) is a state public health agency in Maryland, where the mission is to provide, protect and promote and improve the health and well being of Maryland citizens in a responsible way. This paper will highlight the agency functions and description of how the agency relates to other public agencies, the structure of the agency and the funding that is received to maintain quality and access to healthcare. The text reads that today, the state health departments have expanded their activities to include improving the health of children and pregnant women, controlling health care facilities, developing emergency medical services and other health care resources, and protecting the environment. The DHMH believes that responsibility of the agency is to ensure that citizens of Maryland are protected by living a free life and threats of communicable diseases, tainted foods, and dangerous products. The text states that each state health department must identify the goals and strategies to improve the health of its citizens. To encourage and implement improvements, the state health department must has to access the health status and needs of the population by incorporating the strategies, costs, and assistance that will support these plans. The DHMH assures residents receive appropriate access to high quality healthcare at rates that...
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...Healthcare Disparities amongst minorities Racial and ethnic minorities have a predisposition to obtain a lower quality of healthcare than those of non-minorities, even when access-related factors, such as a patients’ insurance status and income, are measured. The sources of these disparities are complex, and are rooted in historic and contemporary injustices, and includes numerous participants at several levels, including health systems, their administrative and bureaucratic processes, utilization managers, healthcare professionals, and patients. Research and studies have found indications that stereotyping, prejudices, and uncertainty on the behalf of healthcare providers can all contribute to unequal treatment. The situations in which many clinical encounters take place - written off as high time pressure, cognitive complexity, and pressures for cost containment, may perhaps increase the chance that these practices will consequently result in care poorly matched to minority patients’ needs. Minorities can experience a range of other barriers to accessing care, even when insured at the same level as Caucasians; which may include language barriers, geographical areas, and cultural familiarities. Furthermore, financial and institutional arrangements of health systems, as well as the legal, regulatory, and political atmosphere in which they function, may have unequal and negative effects on minorities’ capability to reach quality care. A widespread, multi-level...
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...projected that in ten years, Kentucky will have a major shortage of doctors to care for and cover the area. It’s too big of an issue to go unnoticed by all healthcare affiliates in the state. Kentucky One Health, formerly Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s HealthCare, Saint Joseph Health System, along with the University of Louisville Hospital and James Graham Brown Cancer Center, has made it a goal to improve the health of Kentucky. Jewish Hospital sets in downtown Louisville Kentucky and was founded in 1905. Jewish Hospital is a non-profit organization and is highly known for many firsts such as the first in hand transplants along with being one of the first in AbioCor™ Implantable Replacement Heart transplant. “Today, Jewish Hospital is a 462-bed, internationally renowned, high-tech tertiary referral center, developing leading-edge advancements in a vast number of specialties and services” (Jewish Hospital, 2015). It is believed that for the people of Kentucky to continue to receive quality care and to be the leader in healthcare services, Jewish Hospital HealthCare Services (Jewish Hospital & St Mary’s Elizabeth) needed to merge with Catholic Health Initiatives (St Joseph Health Systems) to form KentuckyOne Health, the largest and leading healthcare providers in the state. “The people of Kentucky need and deserve increased access to high-quality health care. Right now, Kentucky is notable as being one of the states with the poorest health in the nation. The problem is enormous...
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...Medical Ethics 2420 11/26/13 When it comes to healthcare, it affects people’s lives more than anything else. Great Britain’s healthcare system is tricky. The question I struggle with is do I want government intrusion on all aspect of our lives, including healthcare. I believe everyone has the right to healthcare in this country. It comes with a price. Great Britain represents all that is good and bad with a centralized single-payer health care system. Health care spending is fairly low. Long waitlists for treatments are horrendous, and rationing pervades the system. Patients have the choice of providers with little access to specialists. Under Great Britain’s healthcare everyone is covered. Great Britain has a single-payer system funded by general revenues. With this centralized system, avoiding deficits is difficult. Great Britain’s deficit in 2006 was 700 million pounds despite healthcare spending increases over 43 billion pounds in 5 years. They pay through government taxation that is protected under the National Health Services (NHS). The people who are a part of the NHS bear the benefits while the people who opt out of the NHS will receive the burdens. You can’t defect from enrolling or you’re not covered. That being said, only 11.5% of the people opt out of the NHS. Private health insurance replicates the coverage provided by the NHS, but gives patients access to higher quality care and reduced waiting times. The general mission of Great Britain is to live and...
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