The US healthcare system has an imbalance of specialists versus primary care physicians and a maldistribution of practitioners geographically. Physician education involves premedical education, medical school, graduate medical education (GME), and continuing education. GME determines a physician's specialty and around 16,000 physicians enter GME programs each year, though there is no system to ensure the appropriate distribution of specialties. Nonphysician clinicians are playing a larger role in the system and their numbers are projected to double by 2010.
A Comparative Analysis Of The UK And US Health Care Systemsabbiemc
- Published a comparative review of health systems of the National Health Service in the United Kingdom and the varying approaches to health systems in the United States
- Developed research question, conducted interviews, utilized PubMed and similar research database systems, performed literature review, and prepared and submitted for publication
HCAD 600 Group 2: The Future of Healthcare: Macro-Trends Effect on Healthcare...HCADGROUP2
The healthcare industry has been growing steadily for a number of years - mainly because people depend on health services no matter what the economic climate (Torpey, 2014 p. 29). By 2022, the healthcare industry, which is projected to be among the fastest-growing industries in the US. Economy, will add over 4 million jobs for both current and future healthcare professionals (Torpey, 2014 p28). The majority of these jobs will be most prevalent in the industries of hospitals, offices of health practitioners, nursing and residential care facilities, home healthcare services, and outpatient, laboratory, and other ambulatory services (Torpey). Industrial growth within the U.S. healthcare system will be a direct byproduct of macro-trends emerging in the U.S. healthcare system, such as those related to the overall economy, morphing demographics, personal lifestyles and behaviors, emerging technologies, and evolving federal and state government policies. As a result, this growing, heavily diverse healthcare industry will present an inordinate amount of career opportunities for healthcare managers in the next 10 years.
A Comparative Analysis Of The UK And US Health Care Systemsabbiemc
- Published a comparative review of health systems of the National Health Service in the United Kingdom and the varying approaches to health systems in the United States
- Developed research question, conducted interviews, utilized PubMed and similar research database systems, performed literature review, and prepared and submitted for publication
HCAD 600 Group 2: The Future of Healthcare: Macro-Trends Effect on Healthcare...HCADGROUP2
The healthcare industry has been growing steadily for a number of years - mainly because people depend on health services no matter what the economic climate (Torpey, 2014 p. 29). By 2022, the healthcare industry, which is projected to be among the fastest-growing industries in the US. Economy, will add over 4 million jobs for both current and future healthcare professionals (Torpey, 2014 p28). The majority of these jobs will be most prevalent in the industries of hospitals, offices of health practitioners, nursing and residential care facilities, home healthcare services, and outpatient, laboratory, and other ambulatory services (Torpey). Industrial growth within the U.S. healthcare system will be a direct byproduct of macro-trends emerging in the U.S. healthcare system, such as those related to the overall economy, morphing demographics, personal lifestyles and behaviors, emerging technologies, and evolving federal and state government policies. As a result, this growing, heavily diverse healthcare industry will present an inordinate amount of career opportunities for healthcare managers in the next 10 years.
Healthcare in future will not be like today. The changes are dramatic and paradigmatic. In this presentation we will see some the mega trends influencing this field. Future Trends, Population Increase, Aging, Urbanization, Individualization and health awareness, Consumerism, Shifting Economy, Technological Progress, Climate Change and Environmental Pollution, Shifting Disease Patterns, lifestyle diseases, high-calorie diet, physical inactivity and higher levels of stress, Decline in muscular, skeletal and infectious diseases, Better-informed Patients, Decline in information asymmetry, Internet, Social Networks, Self care, home care, self-medication, New Health Markets, Pharma, economy, pharmerging countries, Growing Competition, Brand, Generic, Innovative, HighTech, Increasing Cost Pressure, Aging, Better Access, Complex Supply Chains, R&D outsourcing, Complex Products, supply chains, Product Development, Innovation, Pharmacogenomics, Therapeutic Vaccines, Regenerative medicine, 3D Printing, Robot-assisted surgeries, Mobile health,Tele-medical applications, Direct-to-consumer (DTC ) distribution, Direct-to-consumer (DTC ) advertisement, OTC Growth, home delivery, prescription drugs,
This research paper outlines the idea of cost-effective health care, which minimizes 'unnecessary' patients tests and procedures that do not improve patient outcomes. The analysis focused on examining current trends in cost-effective health care, the rise of modern medical technologies involved in cost-effective health care, and the benefits of the U.S. implementing a cost-effective health care system. Mrs. McCallister and Dr. Pahwa were instrumental in the formation of this paper.
Japan has made numerous achievements in health most notably the world’s highest life-expectancy in the past two decades, since its founding Universal Health Insurance System in 1961. However, ageing population with low-fertility rates, stagnating economy, increasing burden of NCDs and growing use of expensive technologies pose the critical challenges in service delivery and financial stability in health. Japan HiT reports current health system reforms undertaken and also recent discussion on paradigm shift to the new system as proposed in Japan Vision: Health Care 2035.
The Texas Department of Insurance can lower the costs for chronic disease healthcare by partnering with local public health agency chronic disease programs
Written by Adele Allison, National Director of Government Affairs, SuccessEHS.
The shape of the U.S. health care industry is changing every day, and this presentation sheds light on some interesting statistics including Primary Care Providers, The American Patient, Health Care and the U.S. Economy and more.
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A REVIEW OF KEY CURRENT HEALTHCARE ISSUES: QUALITY AND VALUE IN THE U.S’S HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
A Review of Key Current Healthcare Issues: Quality and Value in the U.S's Healthcare System
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A Review of Key Current Healthcare Issues: Quality and Value in the U.S's Healthcare System
Healthcare regulations, funds, workload, and technology continue to complicate and inconvenient the U.S healthcare system. However, the quality and value of care tops. In the United States of America, despite significant healthcare transformation efforts, poor care lingers a considerable concern.
America is second to none in terms of healthcare expenditure across the globe. Ironically, evidence shows that its citizens do not receive the most appropriate care, or at least, which they need. For instance, Graban (2018) documents that preventive care is underutilized in the country, which is escalating the budget of managing advanced diseases. On the other hand, patients of chronic ailments such as diabetes, hypertension, and cardiac complications, do not also usually get treatments that are proven and effective (Wiler, Pines, & Ward, 2019). According to Strome (2019), this case is particularly true and event rampant to the persons that insured, uninsured, or under-insured. The lack of proper coordination of chronic diseases patients' care would only source more or exuberate poor healthcare. The unsurprising healthcare system's underlying fragmentation only fuels the issue given that many health care providers hardly have the payment support such related gears, necessary for effective communication and coordination to improve patient care.
While a significant number of patients miss medically necessary care, other clients get unnecessary or even unsafe attention. Research depicts terrific variations in hospital inpatient lengths of stay, specialists' visits, testing and procedures, and costs — not just by United States' unalike geographic areas, but from one health institution to another in the same town (Wiler, Pines, & Ward, 2019). Though limited, evidence on the most effective treatments and procedures, on the best way of informing providers about the efficacy of different treatments, and on the failures of detecting and reducing errors further underwrite the gaps care's quality and effectiveness (Strome, 2019). The concerns are especially pertinent to the Americans of the lower social classes as well as to those from diverse demographic and ethnic groups are usually frequent victims of a lot of incongruences in health and health care.
The implication of Poor Patient Care
Poor quality care impacts both patients and providers negatively. For patients, it reduces their survival changes, aggravates illnesses, and leads to unnecessary mortalities (Graban, 2018). To providers, such issu.
Healthcare in future will not be like today. The changes are dramatic and paradigmatic. In this presentation we will see some the mega trends influencing this field. Future Trends, Population Increase, Aging, Urbanization, Individualization and health awareness, Consumerism, Shifting Economy, Technological Progress, Climate Change and Environmental Pollution, Shifting Disease Patterns, lifestyle diseases, high-calorie diet, physical inactivity and higher levels of stress, Decline in muscular, skeletal and infectious diseases, Better-informed Patients, Decline in information asymmetry, Internet, Social Networks, Self care, home care, self-medication, New Health Markets, Pharma, economy, pharmerging countries, Growing Competition, Brand, Generic, Innovative, HighTech, Increasing Cost Pressure, Aging, Better Access, Complex Supply Chains, R&D outsourcing, Complex Products, supply chains, Product Development, Innovation, Pharmacogenomics, Therapeutic Vaccines, Regenerative medicine, 3D Printing, Robot-assisted surgeries, Mobile health,Tele-medical applications, Direct-to-consumer (DTC ) distribution, Direct-to-consumer (DTC ) advertisement, OTC Growth, home delivery, prescription drugs,
This research paper outlines the idea of cost-effective health care, which minimizes 'unnecessary' patients tests and procedures that do not improve patient outcomes. The analysis focused on examining current trends in cost-effective health care, the rise of modern medical technologies involved in cost-effective health care, and the benefits of the U.S. implementing a cost-effective health care system. Mrs. McCallister and Dr. Pahwa were instrumental in the formation of this paper.
Japan has made numerous achievements in health most notably the world’s highest life-expectancy in the past two decades, since its founding Universal Health Insurance System in 1961. However, ageing population with low-fertility rates, stagnating economy, increasing burden of NCDs and growing use of expensive technologies pose the critical challenges in service delivery and financial stability in health. Japan HiT reports current health system reforms undertaken and also recent discussion on paradigm shift to the new system as proposed in Japan Vision: Health Care 2035.
The Texas Department of Insurance can lower the costs for chronic disease healthcare by partnering with local public health agency chronic disease programs
Written by Adele Allison, National Director of Government Affairs, SuccessEHS.
The shape of the U.S. health care industry is changing every day, and this presentation sheds light on some interesting statistics including Primary Care Providers, The American Patient, Health Care and the U.S. Economy and more.
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A Review of Key Current Healthcare Issues: Quality and Value in the U.S's Healthcare System
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A Review of Key Current Healthcare Issues: Quality and Value in the U.S's Healthcare System
Healthcare regulations, funds, workload, and technology continue to complicate and inconvenient the U.S healthcare system. However, the quality and value of care tops. In the United States of America, despite significant healthcare transformation efforts, poor care lingers a considerable concern.
America is second to none in terms of healthcare expenditure across the globe. Ironically, evidence shows that its citizens do not receive the most appropriate care, or at least, which they need. For instance, Graban (2018) documents that preventive care is underutilized in the country, which is escalating the budget of managing advanced diseases. On the other hand, patients of chronic ailments such as diabetes, hypertension, and cardiac complications, do not also usually get treatments that are proven and effective (Wiler, Pines, & Ward, 2019). According to Strome (2019), this case is particularly true and event rampant to the persons that insured, uninsured, or under-insured. The lack of proper coordination of chronic diseases patients' care would only source more or exuberate poor healthcare. The unsurprising healthcare system's underlying fragmentation only fuels the issue given that many health care providers hardly have the payment support such related gears, necessary for effective communication and coordination to improve patient care.
While a significant number of patients miss medically necessary care, other clients get unnecessary or even unsafe attention. Research depicts terrific variations in hospital inpatient lengths of stay, specialists' visits, testing and procedures, and costs — not just by United States' unalike geographic areas, but from one health institution to another in the same town (Wiler, Pines, & Ward, 2019). Though limited, evidence on the most effective treatments and procedures, on the best way of informing providers about the efficacy of different treatments, and on the failures of detecting and reducing errors further underwrite the gaps care's quality and effectiveness (Strome, 2019). The concerns are especially pertinent to the Americans of the lower social classes as well as to those from diverse demographic and ethnic groups are usually frequent victims of a lot of incongruences in health and health care.
The implication of Poor Patient Care
Poor quality care impacts both patients and providers negatively. For patients, it reduces their survival changes, aggravates illnesses, and leads to unnecessary mortalities (Graban, 2018). To providers, such issu.
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A REVIEW OF KEY CURRENT HEALTHCARE ISSUES: QUALITY AND VALUE IN THE U.S’S HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
A Review of Key Current Healthcare Issues: Quality and Value in the U.S's Healthcare System
Student's Name
Institution Affiliation
Date
A Review of Key Current Healthcare Issues: Quality and Value in the U.S's Healthcare System
Healthcare regulations, funds, workload, and technology continue to complicate and inconvenient the U.S healthcare system. However, the quality and value of care tops. In the United States of America, despite significant healthcare transformation efforts, poor care lingers a considerable concern.
America is second to none in terms of healthcare expenditure across the globe. Ironically, evidence shows that its citizens do not receive the most appropriate care, or at least, which they need. For instance, Graban (2018) documents that preventive care is underutilized in the country, which is escalating the budget of managing advanced diseases. On the other hand, patients of chronic ailments such as diabetes, hypertension, and cardiac complications, do not also usually get treatments that are proven and effective (Wiler, Pines, & Ward, 2019). According to Strome (2019), this case is particularly true and event rampant to the persons that insured, uninsured, or under-insured. The lack of proper coordination of chronic diseases patients' care would only source more or exuberate poor healthcare. The unsurprising healthcare system's underlying fragmentation only fuels the issue given that many health care providers hardly have the payment support such related gears, necessary for effective communication and coordination to improve patient care.
While a significant number of patients miss medically necessary care, other clients get unnecessary or even unsafe attention. Research depicts terrific variations in hospital inpatient lengths of stay, specialists' visits, testing and procedures, and costs — not just by United States' unalike geographic areas, but from one health institution to another in the same town (Wiler, Pines, & Ward, 2019). Though limited, evidence on the most effective treatments and procedures, on the best way of informing providers about the efficacy of different treatments, and on the failures of detecting and reducing errors further underwrite the gaps care's quality and effectiveness (Strome, 2019). The concerns are especially pertinent to the Americans of the lower social classes as well as to those from diverse demographic and ethnic groups are usually frequent victims of a lot of incongruences in health and health care.
The implication of Poor Patient Care
Poor quality care impacts both patients and providers negatively. For patients, it reduces their survival changes, aggravates illnesses, and leads to unnecessary mortalities (Graban, 2018). To providers, such issu ...
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Integrated health care delivery systems (IDS) was developed to initiate excellence health care access and quality of care to entire populations and community by collaborating and coordinating diverse healthcare professionals. Main driving force of IDS is patient centered care by using resources such as collaborating care from physicians and allied health care professionals to construct continuum of care, to deliver care in the most cost-effective way, utilize trained and competent providers by utilizing evidenced -based practice and combine innovation such as EHR (Electronic Health Records) system and team work to produce improved healthcare system.
Excellence in care is attainable by incorporating allied healthcare professional, as high quality care is possible when coordination is unified and covers all areas of responsibilities. For an example-combining resources and coordination of care by involving physicians, dietitian, physical therapy or occupational therapy to work with patient diagnosed with obesity by promoting teamwork approach and ultimately delivering endurance in care and utilizing various resources.
Barriers to IDS can be a huge block in delivering quality care. Among many one limitation is physicians not participating in integrated healthcare system, which disconnect physicians from team based approached by deterring continuous quality improvement (essentialhospitals.org, n.d). This is because, system such as EHR or new innovative quality assurance programs are time consuming and overwhelming, thus decline in physicians support in IDS programs. By implementing user friendly system approach, enforcing focused based care and accepting the necessity of evidenced based practice can improve these barriers. Hence, increasing clinical expertise to produce better service and quality of care in integrated delivery system.
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In the US, there is not one type of health care system but rather a subset of systems, some of them catering to specific populations. These subsystems include managed care, military, and vulnerable populations. Managed care is a health care delivery system that seeks to achieve efficiency by integrating the basic functions of health care delivery, employs mechanisms to control utilization of medical services, and determines the price at which the services are purchased and how much the providers get paid, military health care system is available free of charge to active duty military personnel and covers preventative and treatment services that are provided by salaried health care personnel and this system combines public health with medical services, and vulnerable population subsystem offers comprehensive medical and enabling services targeted to the needs of vulnerable populations and government health insurance programs provide.
In the coming years the United States will find themselves going through a number of changes within the Social Security Administration which will affect the Health Care Industry as we know it “Hospital size has long been an area of discussion and debate in the U.S. healthcare industry. Questions have consistently focused on cost management or efficiency in large versus small hospitals. A persistent question among researchers is whether efficiencies are associated with larger facilities through economies of scale, or if there are alternate scenarios that play a significant part in hospital cost and efficiency” (2009, JHM). Since the Affordable Health Care Act was established it made obtaining health care much more affordable and accessible, but at the same time there has to be some cut back.
Introduction
The big business of health care is growing in a massive rate more now than ever according to The Center for Health Workforce Studies a non-profit organization located in Rensselaer, New York the organization report that, “While total U.S. employment dropped by over 2% between 2000 and 2010, health care employment grew by more than 25% during the same period. More than 13% of the U.S. labor force worked in the health sector or in a health occupation (19 million jobs out of 143 million jobs in U.S. labor force). The health care sector is projected to add over 4.2 million jobs between 2010 and 2020, with 63% of those in ambulatory settings (offices of health practitioners, home health, and other non-institutional settings” (2012, CHWS). Health care is booming in all areas of study and research from Holistic to Western Medicine which include purchasing and supply. Unfortunately this is based off the demand for more Physicians that are not available where there is a need. The health care industry believe it or not includes the food industry and health and fitness as well.
The matter of ethics within the health care industry always needs to be address along with the quality of care for patients. Within this working essay paper I will discuss the matter of; Care & Service Provider, Ethics (codes and values), Mal-Distribution Physician Labor Forces. Even though the health care industry is growing the mal-distribution of health care is still evident in some rural areas. This factor of not having proper care delivered to impoverish neighborhoods and communities is another issue that still plagues the United States. David Cutler the online journal reporter for PBS News Hour stated, “About 10, 15 percent. Just to give you one example, Duke University Hospital has 900 hospital beds and 1,300 billing clerks. The typical Canadian hospital has a handful of billing clerks. Single-payer systems have fewer administrative needs. That’s not to say they’re better, but that’s just on one dimension that they clearly cost less. What a lot of those people are doing in America is they are figuring out how to bill different insurers for different systems, figuring out how to collect money from people, all of that sort of stuff” (2013). The need for health care workers is great, but the balance is off regarding where the needs are not being meet.
Introduction
The big business of health care is growing in a massive rate more now than ever according to The Center for Health Workforce Studies a non-profit organization located in Rensselaer, New York the organization report that, “While total U.S. employment dropped by over 2% between 2000 and 2010, health care employment grew by more than 25% during the same period. More than 13% of the U.S. labor force worked in the health sector or in a health occupation (19 million jobs out of 143 million jobs in U.S. labor force). The health care sector is projected to add over 4.2 million jobs between 2010 and 2020, with 63% of those in ambulatory settings (offices of health practitioners, home health, and other non-institutional settings” (2012, CHWS). Health care is booming in all areas of study and research from Holistic to Western Medicine which include purchasing and supply. Unfortunately this is based off the demand for more Physicians that are not available where there is a need. The health care industry believe it or not includes the food industry and health and fitness as well.
The matter of ethics within the health care industry always needs to be address along with the quality of care for patients. Within this working essay paper I will discuss the matter of; Care & Service Provider, Ethics (codes and values), Mal-Distribution Physician Labor Forces. Even though the health care industry is growing the mal-distribution of health care is still evident in some rural areas. This factor of not having proper care delivered to impoverish neighborhoods and communities is another issue that still plagues the United States. David Cutler the online journal reporter for PBS News Hour stated, “About 10, 15 percent. Just to give you one example, Duke University Hospital has 900 hospital beds and 1,300 billing clerks. The typical Canadian hospital has a handful of billing clerks. Single-payer systems have fewer administrative needs. That’s not to say they’re better, but that’s just on one dimension that they clearly cost less. What a lot of those people are doing in America is they are figuring out how to bill different insurers for different systems, figuring out how to collect money from people, all of that sort of stuff” (2013). The need for health care workers is great, but the balance is off regarding where the needs are not being meet.
April 2011In the fall of 2010, the Alliance for Health R.docxjewisonantone
April 2011
In the fall of 2010, the Alliance for Health
Reform, with support from the Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation, held a series of
Capitol Hill briefings on issues pertaining to
the health care workforce. The first brief-
ing in the series examined the physician
workforce. It looked at supply and demand
issues that may be changing as a result
of health reform. Panelists were: Edward
Salsberg, National Center for Workforce
Analysis, HRSA; Thomas Ricketts, Cecil G.
Sheps Center for Health Services Research,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill;
and Jay Crosson of the Kaiser Permanente
Institute for Health Policy. The second
briefing focused on nurses, allied health
professionals, direct care workers and the
various provisions of the health reform law
pertaining to them. Panelists were: Joel
Teitelbaum, George Washington University;
Bob Konrad, Cecil G. Sheps Center; Linda
Burnes Bolton, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
and Catherine Dower, University of Califor-
nia, San Francisco.
Health Care Workforce:
Future Supply vs. Demand
Physician and nursing shortages
make headline news on a regular
basis. Debates continue in policy
circles among researchers, analysts
and stakeholders on whether the
shortages are due to insufficient
numbers of providers, or maldistri-
bution of those providers.
Experts also debate over whether
the solutions are to build more
schools and enlarge classes to
graduate more physicians, expand
the number of residency slots, find
incentives to attract providers to
health professional shortage areas,
or change the way we deliver care.
We begin to see the complexity of
analyzing the problem and matching
the solutions to the challenges if we
also consider:
• Is there an adequate and efficient
ratio of primary care providers to
specialists?
• Are we training for the right skills?
• Are those with skills using them to
their maximum potential?
• Where do nurses and licensed and
unlicensed allied health profession-
als fit into the picture?
Some key factors affecting
the adequacy of the health
care workforce include
growth in the insured
population as a result of the
health reform law, an aging
U. S. population, an aging
health care workforce, the
Fast Facts
n 40 percent of practicing physicians are older than 55; about one-third of
the nursing workforce is over age 50.
n Economists say a third of physicians could retire in the next 10 years.
n More than half of nurses over 50 say they plan to retire in the next de-
cade.
n Team-based care and an expanded role for advance practice nurses and
physician assistants could mitigate the shortage of primary care providers.
n The Institute of Medicine recommended, in October 2010, that nurses be
allowed to practice to the full extent of their education and training. Cur-
rently only eleven states allow nurse practitioners to practice independent
of a physician.
n Student medical school debt averages $.
April 2011In the fall of 2010, the Alliance for Health R.docxjustine1simpson78276
April 2011
In the fall of 2010, the Alliance for Health
Reform, with support from the Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation, held a series of
Capitol Hill briefings on issues pertaining to
the health care workforce. The first brief-
ing in the series examined the physician
workforce. It looked at supply and demand
issues that may be changing as a result
of health reform. Panelists were: Edward
Salsberg, National Center for Workforce
Analysis, HRSA; Thomas Ricketts, Cecil G.
Sheps Center for Health Services Research,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill;
and Jay Crosson of the Kaiser Permanente
Institute for Health Policy. The second
briefing focused on nurses, allied health
professionals, direct care workers and the
various provisions of the health reform law
pertaining to them. Panelists were: Joel
Teitelbaum, George Washington University;
Bob Konrad, Cecil G. Sheps Center; Linda
Burnes Bolton, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
and Catherine Dower, University of Califor-
nia, San Francisco.
Health Care Workforce:
Future Supply vs. Demand
Physician and nursing shortages
make headline news on a regular
basis. Debates continue in policy
circles among researchers, analysts
and stakeholders on whether the
shortages are due to insufficient
numbers of providers, or maldistri-
bution of those providers.
Experts also debate over whether
the solutions are to build more
schools and enlarge classes to
graduate more physicians, expand
the number of residency slots, find
incentives to attract providers to
health professional shortage areas,
or change the way we deliver care.
We begin to see the complexity of
analyzing the problem and matching
the solutions to the challenges if we
also consider:
• Is there an adequate and efficient
ratio of primary care providers to
specialists?
• Are we training for the right skills?
• Are those with skills using them to
their maximum potential?
• Where do nurses and licensed and
unlicensed allied health profession-
als fit into the picture?
Some key factors affecting
the adequacy of the health
care workforce include
growth in the insured
population as a result of the
health reform law, an aging
U. S. population, an aging
health care workforce, the
Fast Facts
n 40 percent of practicing physicians are older than 55; about one-third of
the nursing workforce is over age 50.
n Economists say a third of physicians could retire in the next 10 years.
n More than half of nurses over 50 say they plan to retire in the next de-
cade.
n Team-based care and an expanded role for advance practice nurses and
physician assistants could mitigate the shortage of primary care providers.
n The Institute of Medicine recommended, in October 2010, that nurses be
allowed to practice to the full extent of their education and training. Cur-
rently only eleven states allow nurse practitioners to practice independent
of a physician.
n Student medical school debt averages $.
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COST FACTORS & STRATEGIES
Reasons for increasing costs of health care and
Some strategies for managing them
Page
No.
(1)
Admin/
Providers’
Strategies
(2)
Gov’t &
Payors' Strategies
(3)
Societal Factors
Which Increase
Costs
Advanced Technology
Aging Population
AIDS
Capitation
Cardiac Catheterization Lab
Care Mapping/Clinical Pathways
Case Rates and Per Diems
CAT Scanner
Change of Reimbursement System from Charge-Based, to Cost-Based, to Flat-Fee to Capitation
CON (Certificate of Need)
Concurrent Review
Cost Shifting
Cost Accounting System
Deductibles and Co-Payments
Defensive Medicine
Gatekeepers
Global Payments/ Bundling of Services
Increased Chronic, Long-Term Illnesses
Increased Long-Term Care
Inflation
Information Systems Technology
Joint Replacements
Just-in-Time Delivery
Large Jury Awards
Litigation
Medicaid Tightened Eligibility Restrictions
Mergers and Acquisitions
MRI
Neonatal ICU
Organ Transplants
Part-Time Workers Replacing Full-Time Workers
Payment System
Penalties for Services Outside of HMO Network w/o Prior Approval
Point of Care
Preadmission Certification and Second Opinions
Prospective Payment (DRG)
Prospective Payments
Provider Networks
Reengineering/Redesign
Retrospective Review
Rising Expectations
Shift to Outpatient Services
Steerage and Discounts
The Uninsured
Total Quality Management
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Introduction
Rising Health Care Costs
The Payment System
Technology
The Aging Population
Prescription Drugs
Chronic Diseases
Compliance and Litigation
The Uninsured
Efforts to Control Costs
Efforts by Payors to Control Health Care
Costs
DRGs
Capitation
Global Payments
APCs
Cutting Delivery Costs
Shift to Outpatient Services
Cost Accounting Systems
Information Services Technology
Mergers and Acquisitions
Reengineering/Redesign
Cost Control Issues with Ethical
Overtones
Summary
Key Terms
Chapter Outline
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turbulent changes taking place in payment, delivery, and social systems, health care pro-
fessionals are faced with trying to meet their organization’s health-related mission in an
environment of extreme cost pressure. In order to provide a context for the topics covered
in this text, .
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NURS 6050C: Policy and Advocacy for Improving Population Health
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Economic Challenges of Healthcare Policy
The economics of the healthcare system in the United States is complex and fragmented. Costs associated with care and the prices healthcare consumers pay are determined by a wide variety of factors making it extremely difficult to find a one size fits all solution. Knickman and Kovner (2015) argue that healthcare is neither a commodity or a service, because of the high variabilities in need, cost, and consumption. The United States spends 80% of all healthcare revenue on just 20% of the population. Health insurance can be provided by the government, the private sector, or an employer. Some citizens do not have any form of healthcare coverage. Regardless of type, insurance coverage generally only pays a portion of the total healthcare cost leaving the consumer to pay the remaining balance. Moreover, reimbursement standards differ for facilities and providers. The government reimburses healthcare facilities, such as hospitals a fixed amount per patient, which creates a higher incentive to work efficiently. Healthcare providers, on the other hand, are reimbursed based on a fee for service model, meaning the more services they provide, the more money they are reimbursed (Knickman & Kovner, 2015).
Reindart (2010) maintains the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) created more strain on the system by adding approximately 30 million uninsured Americans to the market. The projected cost to provide such coverage is around 8 billion to 1 trillion dollars over the next decade. However, the estimated expense of healthcare with no legislative intervention is 35 trillion dollars over the next decade (Reindart, 2010). Laureate Education (2012) contends that the human resources required to provide healthcare to an additional 30 million people is another consideration the ACA does not address. The United States is already experiencing staff shortages for key healthcare jobs like nurses and physicians. Additionally, with baby boomers retiring from the workforce and simultaneously needing more healthcare resources as they age will inevitably exacerbate the shortage of providers (Laureate Education, 2012).
Ethical Considerations
It is important to recognize that the private sector often follows the public sector when deciding what services will be covered (Knickman & Kovner, 2015). Therefore, the implications of Medicare deciding not to pay for a drug or service will likely affect the entire population. Stein (2010) asserts that cost should not be a consideration in determining if medications or services will be paid for by Medicare. Nonetheless, that is what happened with Provenge, a vaccine indicated for late stage prostate cancer patients. The drug prolonged the lifespan of patients by about four months. Provenge costs around 93,000 dollars per p.
This lecture details the science of sepsis care in 2015 with compliments to the multiple online sources used, some of which are other lectures on SlideShare.
Francesca Gottschalk - How can education support child empowerment.pptxEduSkills OECD
Francesca Gottschalk from the OECD’s Centre for Educational Research and Innovation presents at the Ask an Expert Webinar: How can education support child empowerment?
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
The Roman Empire A Historical Colossus.pdfkaushalkr1407
The Roman Empire, a vast and enduring power, stands as one of history's most remarkable civilizations, leaving an indelible imprint on the world. It emerged from the Roman Republic, transitioning into an imperial powerhouse under the leadership of Augustus Caesar in 27 BCE. This transformation marked the beginning of an era defined by unprecedented territorial expansion, architectural marvels, and profound cultural influence.
The empire's roots lie in the city of Rome, founded, according to legend, by Romulus in 753 BCE. Over centuries, Rome evolved from a small settlement to a formidable republic, characterized by a complex political system with elected officials and checks on power. However, internal strife, class conflicts, and military ambitions paved the way for the end of the Republic. Julius Caesar’s dictatorship and subsequent assassination in 44 BCE created a power vacuum, leading to a civil war. Octavian, later Augustus, emerged victorious, heralding the Roman Empire’s birth.
Under Augustus, the empire experienced the Pax Romana, a 200-year period of relative peace and stability. Augustus reformed the military, established efficient administrative systems, and initiated grand construction projects. The empire's borders expanded, encompassing territories from Britain to Egypt and from Spain to the Euphrates. Roman legions, renowned for their discipline and engineering prowess, secured and maintained these vast territories, building roads, fortifications, and cities that facilitated control and integration.
The Roman Empire’s society was hierarchical, with a rigid class system. At the top were the patricians, wealthy elites who held significant political power. Below them were the plebeians, free citizens with limited political influence, and the vast numbers of slaves who formed the backbone of the economy. The family unit was central, governed by the paterfamilias, the male head who held absolute authority.
Culturally, the Romans were eclectic, absorbing and adapting elements from the civilizations they encountered, particularly the Greeks. Roman art, literature, and philosophy reflected this synthesis, creating a rich cultural tapestry. Latin, the Roman language, became the lingua franca of the Western world, influencing numerous modern languages.
Roman architecture and engineering achievements were monumental. They perfected the arch, vault, and dome, constructing enduring structures like the Colosseum, Pantheon, and aqueducts. These engineering marvels not only showcased Roman ingenuity but also served practical purposes, from public entertainment to water supply.
Introduction to AI for Nonprofits with Tapp NetworkTechSoup
Dive into the world of AI! Experts Jon Hill and Tareq Monaur will guide you through AI's role in enhancing nonprofit websites and basic marketing strategies, making it easy to understand and apply.
Embracing GenAI - A Strategic ImperativePeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
34. Physicians per 100,000 people Source: Grumback, Kevin. Fighting Hand to Hand over Physician Workforce Policy. Health Aff 21(5):13-27, 2002. Available at: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/440692
47. Future Workforce Trends for Physicians Source: Cooper, Richard et al. Economic and Demographic Trends Signal an Impending Physician Shortage, Health Aff., 2002, Vol. 21, No. 1
Medicare patient load” The hospital's Medicare patient load is the fraction of its total number of inpatient days that Medicare beneficiaries represent. Adjusted number of full-time-equivalent (FTE) residents The adjusted number of FTE residents is calculated by considering each resident in an approved training program based at the hospital, calculating the degree to which that resident is in the program full time, and then multiplying by an adjustment weight The weight equals 1.0 for residents who are in their "initial residency period" (IRP) and who have not been in training for more than five years.1 (Residents in geriatric fellowships may receive a weight of 1.0 for two additional years.) Other residents receive a weight of 0.5. Graduates of foreign medical schools must have passed a competency exam to be counted toward DME payments. Allowed amount per resident. The allowed per-resident amount differs among hospitals Based on the direct graduate medical education costs per resident incurred by the hospital in a period roughly corresponding to fiscal year 1984, increased by 1 percent and updated for changes in the consumer price index for urban consumers (CPI-U).
Under the formula, the hospital's payments increase with the resident-to-bed ratio (the ratio of the number of FTE residents in approved training programs who work in the hospital to the number of beds) A hospital receives approximately 7.7 percent more in payments for each 0.1 increase in the ratio of residents to beds The various provisions that reduce the weight of many residents in the calculation of DME payments do not apply to the count of FTEs that is used to calculate the indirect adjustment.
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That quicker response would address concerns that the market adjusts too slowly or that participants in the market lack the information needed for relying on the marketplace to allocate the number and types of physicians.