...Being raised in a family of health care providers, health care has always been a big part of my life. Learning about the history of health care has lead me to my career in the fire service. During my career in the fire service, I have learned many positive and negative health care indicators that are linked with demographics. While learning about the health care system, it has lead me to research information about the history of health care. I was raised in a family of health care providers. Growing up while most kids were having Christmas and Thanksgiving at home. I was spending my time at the fire station. As I grew older, I began to learn more about the history of the fire service and some of the traditions the fire department holds. From learning about the old times with the bucket brigade to how the advancements of how fire is extinguished today or when my father began working as a firefighter, the use of medical gloves were not used. Now today with the knowledge of blood born pathogens, the use of gloves is a common practice to keep the spread of disease minimal. Information like this has always interested me and lead me to a career in the fire department today. I have always been interested in the health care field. I began pursing my career in the health care field when I was fifteen. I started volunteering my in a position called a "fire explorers" with the Pasadena Fire Department. As a fire explorer, I learned the basics of firefighting and how physically fit...
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...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...
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...Healthcare Responsibility: An Economic Perspective Is healthcare a right or a privilege? While it’s foremost an ethical question , a practical view of the healthcare privilege quandary begs an analysis of its financial ramifications of both answers . With the out-of-pocket cost of healthcare skyrocketing year after year, , the economic question arises: Who should bear the primary responsibility of paying for healthcare, the individual or society? Many nations such as Canada provide universal healthcare to its citizenry at a cost funded by higher taxes on both earned income and regular consumption. . The answer to the question of who should pay for healthcare must take into account both the quality of life for the patient and the financial ramifications for society. It is a universal belief that all individuals deserve to experience a happy and healthy life, but to what extent is the individual responsible for their health. In examining whether the individual or society should pay for healthcare, one must consider both the well-being of the individual and the fiscal welfare of society. These elements do not stand separate, but rather are intertwined. A society is composed of individuals; the health and well-being of a society is the summation of the health and well-being of all individuals in that society. The better individuals feel, the better they can function and contribute to a society's stability and growth. When a worker is in good health, he or she can best contribute...
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...Recieved - "A" The U.S. health care system has undergone many changes in its history. Complete the following for this Discussion Board: What do you feel is the greatest achievement that the health care industry has made from both the patient and provider perspectives? Why? Be sure to provide a properly referenced rationale for both of your choices. To get an idea on what to discuss, while on break at work, I asked 11 random individuals what they believed the greatest achievement in the healthcare industry is. I received answers such as stem cell research, to vaccinations, to X-Rays. The most consistent reply that was delivered was the Affordable Care Act. Although the individuals that I communicated with receive medical benefits from the government due to their prior service to the military, it was in regards to their family members that did not receive medical benefits from their employers. The Affordable Health Care Act has to be one of the most noteworthy renovations to guidelines concerning the healthcare system within the United States for some time now. The purpose of this legislation is to not only significantly diminish the amount of American who is uninsured but also lower the cost of healthcare as a whole. The Affordable Health Care Act compels insurers to present similar premiums to all hopefuls within the same region and age group whether or not their medical condition is pre-existing or not. Now those individuals who have been rejected due to a...
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...The Sociological Theories of Healthcare The healthcare industry is a huge social institution that people use throughout their lives. It is viewed differently in every culture and social group. It is especially viewed differently by three major sociological theories—the functionalist, conflict, and interactionist theories. These sociological perspectives can be easily applied to the healthcare industry. Sociology is the scientific study of social behavior and human groups (R. Schaefer, 2011, p. 5). It focuses on social relationships, how those relationships influence people’s behavior, and how societies, the sum total of those relationships, develop and change (R. Schaefer, 2011, p. 5). This helps form many theories of the development of the functionalist, conflict, and interactionist views of healthcare. A functionalist perspective is a sociological approach that emphasizes the way in which the parts of a society are structured to maintain its stability (R. Schaefer, 2011, p. 24). From a functionalist perspective, being sick must therefore be controlled so that not too many people are released from their societal responsibilities at any one time (R. Schaefer, 2011, p. 390). If this happens, then it will hurt our society and prevent it from being stable and functional. Sociologist Talcott Parsons, well known for his contributions to functionalist theory, outlined the behavior required of people who are considered sick (R. Schaefer, 2011, p. 390). This was also called the sick...
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...One of the biggest, albeit expensive, options is healthcare benefits. This introduces us to the decision making process of health benefits, how these strategies evolve over time, and how these employer decisions impact the local health care systems. The study described in this article is a Community Tracking Study (CTS), which is a study of how healthcare changes over a given period of time and the effects of these changes the people of the surrounding community. For this particular article, the time frame was a six year period covering twelve randomly selected communities. Results from healthcare benefit surveys are normally reported by several outlets, to include popular press and academic journals. These surveys and their respective results provide important information regarding healthcare changes, the current state of state and federal health systems, and out of pocket costs associated with these changes. Over the six year period of this study, the data collected compares two roles that employers have played in the local health care system. One role is private while the other is public. The focus of the private rols is to help form decisions of each individual firm in the management of its health benefits while the public focuses on the collaborative efforts of each employer and their accomplishment of their respective objectives in the local health care system. The article then introduces the reader three perspectives on employers and the decisions they make in reference...
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...People’s Reasoning About Age Related Prioritization in Healthcare. Nursing Ethics 14 (3), 399-412. DOI Older People’s Reasoning About Age Related Prioritization in Healthcare Healthcare Policy, Law, and Ethics July 22, 2011 Introduction Elderly people are a diverse group regarding age, socioeconomic factors, health status and experience of health care. Older people views on age-related prioritization in health care are likely to contrast. The number of older people has enlarged and so has the use of costly treatments and medicines. However the healthcare cost for people who are eighty five and older has gone down at the time this article was written. In Sweden, they passed a law that states regardless of age, everyone has equal access to health services. Prioritization in healthcare is not unique. It happens frequently when resources are inadequate and diverse treatments will become greater in demand. The purpose of this study was to describe the reasoning of people aged 60 years and over about prioritization in health care with regard to age and willingness to pay. In Sweden, the Swedish Parliamentary Priority Commission was based on three ethical principles: the principle of human dignity, the principle of need and solidarity, and the cost-efficiency principle. Many feel that age should be criteria in the prioritization process. The study discusses the fair innings perspective. The fair innings perspective say the there is a duration of years that is considered...
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...Individual Experiences in Healthcare Services A Qualitative Analysis October 3, 2013 Introduction All individuals need or will need healthcare throughout their lifetime. The issue of care and how people feel about the way they are treated by physicians and staff members, as well as, the cost involved in treatment are vital aspects of patient rehabilitation. If an individual is not satisfied with the healthcare services provided, they will not continue with the treatment plan and therefore, go without managed care which can affect their quality of life. The purpose of this study was to examine common factors and experiences of adult students and to also compare the quality of healthcare among social class. Research Question This study seeks to answer the following research question: What factors affect the healthcare experiences of the adult learner? Literature Review One of the peer reviewed journal articles that I read relevant to this to this subject was titled Practice, Policy, & Perspectives; A Survey Evaluating Patients’ Satisfaction with the Social Work service provided at a Rehabilitation Centre from an Australian Social Work Journal published by Routledge in March 2012. It exemplified the need to develop relationships between patients and the administrators of healthcare services to achieve satisfaction of complete care. The study proclaimed that patient satisfaction is an important indicator in the quality of healthcare. Iliffe et al. (2008)...
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...The Healthcare System Dallas Norman Hum/115 James Triplett My opinion on our healthcare system at this time is that it is good for people who have diseases or issues that prevented them from getting healthcare before. This ensures that they will receive the proper healthcare needs that they deserve. Companies should not have been allowed to deny someone healthcare because of a preexisting condition. It also think it is not good for people who do not have any major health issues because it forces them to have healthcare even when they cannot afford it. Getting in trouble from the IRS because you do not have healthcare is not fair. The first article I chose was “Health Care Facts: Why We Need Health Care Reform.” This article not only explained the advantages of Obamacare, but it also tells about how it is not enough to stop the ever growing healthcare industry profiting system. It tells us that even with Obamacare in place, the US will spend approximately five trillion on healthcare alone in 2022. It also explains that the top executives at the insurance companies made a 200 million profit in compensation alone in 2009. Obamacare was able to ensure that everyone received healthcare, but it was not able to stop the insurance companies from raising their premiums. This article seemed credible because it did not make wild accusations about its facts, but instead backed them up by graphs and data and also linked you to other terms you may not have understood. It also shows...
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...The Biggest Weakness of the Healthcare Plan Kewanna Hill American Intercontinental August 31, 2014 Dr. Christopher Miller Introduction In 2010 the United States passed the new healthcare reformed into law. The new healthcare was put into place to make it possible for everyone to be eligible for health insurance regardless of their pre-existing condition. This paper will be going into details discussing the biggest weakness of the new healthcare law according to the provider and the patient perspective. Also examples will be given why the providers and patient think that this is the biggest weakness of the healthcare plan. While there are many benefits that the legislation thinks that the healthcare reform has, it also has many trails, and adjustments that result from the healthcare administration help originate themselves. There are several major changes resulting from the legislation itself according to research and they are increasing the demand for primary care, demanding that all employers with at least 50 or more employers offer healthcare insurance and be reliable for at least 60% of the benefit cost, and insure them regardless of pre-existing condition, free preventive care for all those that receive Medicare, and also allowing young adults to remain on their parents insurance until they reach the age of twenty-six (Rice, S. 2010). Also it is said due to the increase of primary care, it is always going to be a problem of finding primary care providers to assist...
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...Technology and Social Change in Healthcare Today there are many technologies that have provided change in our social environments. For example, we have access to laptop/computers, the Internet, cell phones, and android pads. This is beneficial because we can use the Internet to obtain information almost instantly to assist in research and education as well as staying in communication with friends and family. I believe that every household should have access to these technologies but due to socioeconomic conditions that is not possible. I feel that the technology today has evolved from landline telephones and going to the library to being able to make calls anytime from anywhere and find information at the touch of our fingertips. The gap between social economic backgrounds needs to be closed so that everyone has the access to all technology. Influence of Technology on Social Change The Business Dictionary defines technology as “the purposeful application of information in the design, production, and utilization of goods and services, and in the organization of human activities.” In addition, they further breakdown the definition of technology into five categories “Tangible, Intangible, High, Intermediate, and Low.” Our life modes have been greatly changed over the years. A few examples include but not limited to education, government, healthcare and new communication inventions. The Encyclopedia Britannica defines Social Change “in sociology, the alteration of mechanisms...
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...this is also true with healthcare organizations. Organizations have come to the conclusion that no simple one measure can provide a clear performance target or focus attention on the critical areas of the business. Managers, today, want a balanced presentation of both financial and operational measures. Therefore, while they still require the financial measures, associated with the traditional approach, in order to assess the overall health of the organization, they also require measures that will allow them to concentrate more directly on their strategic performance and long term vision. The concept of the balanced scorecard was developed in order to provide managers with such a tool. The balanced scorecard can be described as a comprehensive framework that translates an organization mission and strategy into a comprehensive set of performance measures that provides the structure for creating a strategic measurement and management system. As a result the objectives and measures of the balanced scorecard are more than a collection of financial and non financial performance measures; they are derived from a top down process driven by the mission and strategy of the business. The face of healthcare is changing at an alarming rate and a balanced scorecard links the health system’s mission to strategic implementation. The Clinic’s goal is to be number one in world class care, number one in patient satisfaction and be an innovator in healthcare initiatives. By utilizing...
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...NAME: COURSE: DATE: Abstract This essay compares the philosophies of three diverse faiths, which are: Buddhism, Baha’i and Judaism, comparing them to Christianity. The essay will explore the basic beliefs, spiritual perspectives on healing and the critical components of healing such as prayer, medication and beliefs. It will also explain what is important to people of those particular faiths when cared for by health care providers whose spiritual beliefs differ from their own. In the conclusion, it will explain how the spiritual perspectives from different faiths should be incorporated in the health care progress by medical professionals so that they don’t interfere with their patients’ beliefs and practices. D’souza (2007) warns that doctors and clinicians should not “prescribe” religious beliefs or activities or impose their religious or spiritual beliefs on patients. Introduction The philosophy of providing health care may differ depending on the faith diversity in the world. Different religious groups have different spiritual perspectives on healing and may also believe in different components of healing. This study therefore explores the Buddhism, Bhai and Judaism faiths and compares them with the Christian philosophy of faith and healing. Buddhism Buddhism is an Indian religion that encapsulates a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama who is commonly known as the Buddha. Buddha means “the awakened one” or “the...
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...magazine article Bitter Pill has been a very informative and great read on the current standings of the healthcare industry. Before listening to Brill and the new healthcare reform under ObamaCare, I was under the assumption that the Unites States government was doing all they could to keep healthcare costs to a minimum. I was sadly mistaken. In all 25,000+ words Steven Brill assigned to the topic of price gouging in U.S. healthcare, he covered all the aspects of why the healthcare bills are so high. He left no stone unturned, shed perspective and exposed the current healthcare system as a corrupted and inevitable, multi-billion dollar organization that has the power to impose any dollar amount for services provided, due to its monopolistic structure. Healthcare is its own economy, where taxpayers assume the cost of "affordable care for all", while the CEOs and political lobbyists of hospitals and pharmaceutical companies are generating incredible profit margins. I definitely agree with the overall viewpoint of Steven Brill. His stand on healthcare has shed a whole new perspective for me. Our healthcare system has capitalized on the fears of Americans getting sick or injured, because they know the value of life, and if you could put a price on it, it would be extremely high. It almost getting held up at gunpoint every time you enter a hospital, the assailant is the healthcare industry, giving you the option between your money and your life. You don't have a choice. Which is...
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...Opportunity Perspective for Fraud 1 Running Header: OPPORTUNITY PERSPECTIVE FOR FRAUD Opportunity Perspective for Fraud Opportunity Perspective for Fraud 2 Health care fraud, categorized under white-collar crime, refers to the filing of false health claims to get a profit. This is done when corrupt and untruthful provider or member maliciously submits or makes someone else to file information that is misleading. There are many forms of such deceptive health care schemes where a health care practitioners and members are involved. The opportunity to commit frauds specifically in the healthcare in industry is considered to be looking any employee in the eye due to the ease of getting away with it. With the ethical and moral issues that have plagued the healthcare industry the commission of fraud by my healthcare workers is one of the most common. Too many cases of healthcare fraud had been done unnoticed and so many healthcare workers have become rich. While there are some fraudulent activities that have been caught, there are still many opportunities that present themselves for every healthcare worker and professional to challenge their ethics, morals, and values. One example of a health care fraud by a provider involves billing patients for services that were never rendered to them. Some doctors would send Medicare or Medicaid a bill for a clinical procedure...
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