Now that I have presented some terms from the class reading I will use them in creating my health plan. As being the director of strategic planning my main goal would be to encourage healthy behavior within the metropolitan area in which would help reduce tobacco use among the residents. The way I would promote healthy behavior is by creating various of small programs in the metropolitan area that would give the opportunity for the individual to seek guidance to stop the use of tobacco and make them realize how terrible it’s to take part in smoking to encourage them to live longer. In the programs it will present alternative methods to quite using tobacco and demonstrate demographic statics based on age, gender, and race of how many lives have …show more content…
There are in total of 30% resident that are insured by the large companies they work for, but for the rest of the residents I would present the option of Medicaid. In result of having Medicaid presented all of the consumers would have equal amount of opportunity to gain the proper help in a community-based effort. In reference of avoiding co-payments for the consumers with Medicaid that’s where policy entrepreneur would be utilized in hope of reforming the cost method in which would bring reimbursement for the consumer that were required to have an transactions of co-payments. Moreover, as having the opportunity to examine other countries such as Canada, France, and Germany I would use their health system, NHI would work best for the United States. The reason why this healthcare system would work best is because of their payroll tax method it would raise prices among tobacco and prevent the resident from purchasing it. In terms of visually seeing how my health plan would be affected to the consumer is by using the population
There are three health care programs I will be discussing that can help reduce cost of health care for many Americans depending on their living situation. The first is private insurance programs, second is Health maintenance Organizations (HMOs), government funding health care such as Medicare and Medicaid, And last but not lease the Affordable Health care act also known as Obama care. All of which I will be discussing.
Health insurance, too many American citizens, is not an option. However, some citizens find it unnecessary. Working in the health care field, I witness the effects of uninsured patients on medical offices. Too often, I see a “self-pay” patient receive care from their doctor and then fail to pay for it. Altogether, their refusal to pay leaves the office at a loss of money and calls for patients to pay extra in covering for the cost of the care the uninsured patient received. One office visit does not seem like too big of an expense, but multiple patients failing to pay for the care they receive adds up. Imagine the hospital bills that patients fail to pay; health services in a hospital are double, sometimes triple, in price at a hospital. It is unfair that paying patients are responsible for covering these unpaid services. Luckily, the Affordable Care Act was passed on March 23, 2010, otherwise known as Obamacare. Obamacare is necessary in America because it calls for all citizens to be health insured, no worrying about pre-existing conditions, and free benefits for men and women’s health.
This weekend I was paired up with a nurse from the floating pull. It was a very interesting experience. For the first time since the beginning of the semester I can say that I was faced with a lot of critical thinking situations. I spend the day running around reminding my nurse of things he forgot or task we had to finish. It was already 2:00 pm and I still hadn’t performed an assessment on a patient, at this point I remember what Mrs. McAdams had said before “ we are in the hospital to help but our main priority is to learn and practice our skills” so I made the critical-thinking decision to tell my nurse that I needed to at least complete an assessment and since we were about to discharged a patient I could performed a final assessment on him before going home. I performed my assessment, had time to document and helped my nurse with the discharged. This weekend was a very challenging clinical for me but I also learned a lot. I learned to managed my time better, be proactive in my clinical experience and I also found my voice.
Health insurance is currently an important issue in the United States. Everyday more and more Americans become uninsured due to job loss and an increase in premiums. These Americans add to the ever growing population of 45.7 million people who are currently uninsured (Bialik). Moreover only 27% of those uninsured are under the age of 65 (NCHC). This is staggering considering most of those who are uninsured have, or soon will, suffer from some sort of illness or injury. As a result they will not be able to afford proper treatment. Insurance premiums can range in cost from fifty dollars per month, to fifteen hundred dollars per month (Kreidler). An individual’s premium is determined by factors they choose as well as other factors looked at by their provider. The cost of health insurance in America varies depending on the controllable factors, like particular insurance policies, and uncontrollable factors, like age.
To further understand the US healthcare system and put in context how health coverage is provided to its population it is important to compare the US health system to another country like the Netherlands. In the Netherlands healthcare coverage has been achieved through competitive insurance markets similar to the US and the Dutch government does not control prices, productive capacity or funds but instead only acts as a regulator (Daley & Gubb, 2011). In 2006 the Dutch government held healthcare reforms because the country faced an issue that was very similar to the US, in regards to healthcare coverage inequalities, the population was covered through private and public health insurance, with stable private health insurance for the wealthy and unstable public insurance which lacked patient focus and was inefficient in comparison (Daley & Gubb, 2011). Many factors called for healthcare reformation in the Netherlands like a disarranged structure that ineffectively controlled cream skimming, lack of competitive incentives that for insurance companies resulting in bad performance, and the rising premiums
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Because state and local public health programs are often funded at least in part with Federal dollars, accountability is often a key issue (“Ten Essential Public Health Services.” 2015). Public health programs therefore document progress towards positive change in health behavior or health status indicators (“Ten Essential Public Health Services.” 2015). Data such as these can be presented to policymakers to document the value or effectiveness of a program (“Ten Essential Public Health Services.” 2015). Those data can also be used for continued program planning and modification (“Ten Essential Public Health Services.” 2015). Policies have positive or negative influences on health. Examples of health policies include safety standards, which influence the incidence of injuries; tobacco regulations affect personal health; and safe city parks can affect the ability for people are active (California Department of Public Health “Strategic Plan”, 2013). It is a systematic process to utilize appropriate data, develop and track measurable health objectives, establish strategies and actions to guide the targeted improvements (California Department of Public Health “Strategic Plan”, 2013). The targeted strategies may be laws, codes, regulations and/or
The goal of the Strategy is to shift the focus from the treatment of sicknesses and diseases to prevention. The aim of the Strategy is to increase the number of healthy people at the different phase of their life. The Strategy is composed of four strategic directions that include healthy and safe community environment, clinical and community preventive services, empowered people, and elimination of health disparities. The Strategy focuses on seven Priorities that are leading causes of preventable death and major illnesses. The Priorities include tobacco-free living, preventing
Phase one, two and three include identification of social, epidemiological, behavioral and environmental factors associated with the health issues such as smoking.1 All these phases community members play a vital role in the planning process.1 Phase four identify predisposing, reinforcing, enabling factors that influence smoking cessation/prevention program.1 All of these explores, prioritizes and influence the behavioral and environmental risk factors for smoking identified in phase three.1 Predisposing factors includes individual’s knowledge, beliefs, attitude and values that facilitate smoking cessation.1 Reinforcing factors are those factors that reward or reinforce smoking cessation/prevention.1 Enabling factors help to assess motivation of a smoker, to engage in smoking cessation program.2 Personal motivation such as smoking related illness, access to nicotine replacements that have been proven to help in cessation, counseling by providers/family/friends facilitate individual’s will power to stop smoking. The fifth phase identify the policies, resources and circumstances with the state/city/local/community level that may facilitate smoking cessation/ prevention
As a graduate of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Physician Associate Program, I envision fulfilling the program’s Mission by applying my acquired knowledge to diverse healthcare experiences. In order to be an outstanding clinician, I feel it is imperative to have a strong understanding of various medical fields. Thus, I intend to first practice as a PA in a primary care office to solidify my knowledge of multiple fields. Subsequently, I aspire to practice as an active PA in the military. The autonomy in medical decision making of a military PA is substantial and will help instill confidence in my clinical skills as well as enhance my leadership skills. I will then continue serving my community by either working as a
My first topic is the health risks and problems that smoking tobacco causes. Tobacco is the leading cause of preventable illness and death in the United States. Smoking costs the United States over $150 billion annually in health care costs. They cause an estimated 443,000 deaths each year. They cause many different cancers, like chronic lung disease, emphysema, bronchitis, and heart disease.
Thesis: It is imperative for smokers to quit, benefiting society as a whole a well as themselves.
Suggest one (1) plan that you would use to purchase health insurance for your organization. Determine the extent to which employee lifestyle choices and health economics would factor into your chosen plan. Provide a rationale for the response.
My plan for building and utilizing my support network:is to reach out to my advisor, instructor, or friends and family depending on what the issue could be. I can reach out to my advisor by either calling or emailing her if I am not sure about a course or education goal that I have question on. I can email my instructor if I am confused about an assignment or have questions or better understanding about a certain assignment. I have two friends that attended Capella and they understand the challenges of getting an education. They help me by encouraging to keep pushing and to set a few hours out of my day and to get assignments completed on time. I know if I was stress or needed encouragement I could always pick of the phone and call one of my
There is a point in everyone’s life when they step back and realize “I can’t do this anymore, it’s ruining my life”. Many of my friends have started smoking cigarettes while drinking at a very young age, and continue to use this drug currently and don’t realize the affect it has on their future. While I have been smart enough to avoid smoking, I haven’t been as wise at making decisions when it comes to drinking. The amount of partying I’ve done in college has taken over my life, and has had a huge impact on my grades. Changing my drinking habits and continuing to avoid cigarettes will enable me to be the best I can be for the rest of my college experience.