Perspective on Health Care
Princess Ericka F. Escalante
HCS/212
December 08, 2011
Dr. Scott Bastro

Perspective on Health Care
Through the years, the history of healthcare has evolved and had some radical changes in services offered to consumers. The new technological advances had a great impact in our society and, because of these new inventions and research, people tend to seek more help from healthcare professionals with all their healthcare concerns. In the past, patients need to go the doctors to get their test results, have their prescription filled and book their appointments. They also need to go to the doctor’s office and physically talk to their provider if they have concerns about their health. Nowadays, consumers can interact with their physicians through the phone or even internet. Patients can make their own appointment according to their availability through the use of the internet as well. Some physicians post test results and offer to fill your prescription on their website. This new way of obtaining healthcare services is very helpful especially to those people that are busy with work, school and family.
Providing health services has been my dream since I was a little kid. I have been fascinated on how to provide services to the elderly people. That is why I am trying to pursue in geriatric area of health care. I want to help in preventing and treating diseases and disabilities in older adults. Geriatrics focuses on the needs of an elderly person, monitoring their medication intake, and how those medications affect their body systems. I know geriatrics is a very broad area, that’s why I wanted to work with an internist or a family physician because they deal with all the body systems and give referrals to specialist if needed. Another area that I am interested in is pediatrics. As a mom of three kids, I wanted to know how make them feel