Essays on Improved Health

Introduction

Health policy can be defined as a plan or decision combined with actions to achieve specific healthcare goals by implementing key strategies within the society (WHO, 2016). As per the World Health Organization (WHO), an explicit health policy is known to be associated with several success factors such as development of a vision for the future and establishment of key targets for the short and long-term. Health policies enable organizations, institutes, societies, and groups to define outline, propose new goals, and inculcate different roles across various healthcare sectors (Záliš, et al. 2016). Healthcare policies are known to unite ...

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Antibiotics are a class of drugs that are mostly used to treat infections caused by bacteria. Uncountable bacteria live in various parts the human body. These include the gut, skin, mouth and throats (Gelband et. al, 2015). Some of these bacteria are harmless. However, there are others that are pathogenic (disease causing) and can cause infections. These infections are known as bacterial infections and doctors prescribe antibiotics as mode of treatment. Antibiotics were introduced in 1940 and since then they have been significant to modern medicine. The core role of antibiotics was to treat infections caused by bacteria. However, ...

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The above paper seeks to outline the role of Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) with a comparison of practices in two main states (Louisiana and Arkansas). The paper starts with a review of the prescriptive authority of APRN's in Louisiana, with an emphasis that the area faces a shortage of health professionals. According to the regulations of the state, it is a requirement that NP should offer prescription with an oversight of a physician. The collaborative practice agreement helps guide the two practitioners to work in close collaboration with one another in providing quality health care to the residents. ...

Innovation in Health Care

Abstract This paper explores innovations in healthcare and the barriers involved. Research includes the trials of political and managerial influences and how they promote or delay the execution of innovative health care. The benefits of innovative healthcare will be outlined as well as the challenges faced through barriers on many levels throughout business and political operations. Ultimately, the paper is in favor of innovative healthcare and advocates to enrich the reader on the overall importance of effective and rapid innovation in the medical sector. The paper also explores the weak points of the American health care system and references ...

How the Economic Effect the Population

Population growth and economy are factors that must be considered for planning reasons. The last century saw growth of human population that was majorly because of improved health and various scientific innovations. Currently, the world population stands at 7 billion people. This is a great number that sustainable and effective economic activity must be pursued to help meet the demand for food. Generally, it is agreed that with increased in good economic outlooks of different countries, the general population will rise. There are different countries that have proved this trend right especially countries within Asia such as China and ...

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Outreach programs led by a registered nurse are known to have a significant impact on the quality of care and health outcomes of patients (Toyce, et al. 2015). Nurses involved in post-discharge care such as home safety evaluation, medication compliance, and patient education have a positive impact on patient outcomes (Toyce, et al. 2015). Most patients do not follow instructions laid by the healthcare professional post-discharge which leads to non-compliance and readmission. This problem can be solved by a nurse-led outreach program that helps patients in various activities at home, thus improving health outcomes and reduced readmission rates. Nurses ...

Reforming the health care system needs feasible and achievable prevention approaches. An all-inclusive health care reform plan that focuses on equity, prevention and transforming the community environments can greatly ease the financial and social burden linked with treating injuries and illnesses. The first prevention approach involves community health programs.

Community-based health care programs play major roles in improving health by preventing injuries and diseases and, hence, enhancing the quality of life. Since important and vibrant interrelationships exist at multiple levels of personal, environmental, institutional and policy health determinants, community health programs are likely to succeed in making the ...

Lending Institutions, Health Care, & Human Capital

Lending Institutions, Health Care, & Human Capital

Introduction

Many developing countries are emerging through their governments’ efforts in sustaining their citizens’ wellbeing. Also, many of them are seeking the assistance of the international organizations so as to support their political, social, and economic development. Such action was one of the Philippines’, as an emerging country, way to provide those supports. The country used the assistance from the World Bank and International Monetary Fund to improve their nation’s stability. This writing entails what the World Bank and IMF did to assist the country in their economy, politics, and their society’s ...

One important feature of the U.S. health care system that is of particular interest to me is nurse staffing. Nurse staffing has always been a major problem not only for developing and under developed countries but also for the developed nations. In the United States, staffing of registered nurses is an area in health care delivery that has not received much attention despite registered nurses making the largest part of the healthcare staff. There has been uncertainty in nurse staffing with reported layoffs and employment delays in the United States (Mensik, 2013). The role of nurses in health care ...

Essentially, improved health is a program that is meaningfully vital towards a healthy society. Paramedics coupled with Emergency Medical Technicians have tirelessly worked to ensure the mentioned event of good health gets enhanced. Often, with adequate professional learning and training, the cited health practitioners render undeniable quality services to the traumatic emergencies in the pre-hospital setting. The paper endeavors to extrapolate on both Paramedics and Emergency Medical Technicians. Categorically, paramedics connote to licensed healthcare professionals that render the highest extensive pre-hospital life support. Often, Paramedics are the most experienced pre-hospital providers. Typically the healthcare that paramedics provide is always at a ...

<Author’s Name> <Institutional Affiliation> Why is improving health important? Give an example of a place that where health has led to economic growth? Why is this? Give an example of a place where this has not happened? Health is central to a human capital. An individual is not capable of spreading his full potential in fulfilling his task to himself, his family and his surroundings if health is at risk. Improving one’s health leads to a healthy disposition in life and managing daily work, challenges and issues. Furthermore, improved health prevent an individual from experiencing wide ...

The Indus Hospital: Delivering Free Health Care in Pakistan

Position Statement: The efforts by The Indus Hospital to deliver free health care in Pakistan threaten the effectives of service delivery in health care centers and the general health of the society.

Problem Definition

The greater interest by the management and the stakeholders of The Indus Hospital to improve health care of Pakistan’s poorest patients through availing exceptional care without exception can’t be ignored. However the hospital is experiencing immense increase in the number of the patients seeking the health services within the facility. The outcomes are availing services that fails to meet the organizational goal of improved health ...

Health promotion has received numerous definitions over time, with differences dependent on the emphasis and perspective one has, rather than any core substance disagreement (Irvin et.al 9). However, the most characteristic one is probably that of Perry and Jessor (1985), who define health promotion as “The implementation of efforts to foster improved health and well-being in all four domains of health [physical, social, psychological and personal]” (22). So, taking into account the aforementioned definition of health promotion, one can say that holistic health and medicine are indeed dedicated to health promotion, in more ways than one, that will be ...

Life in United States will change dramatically in the next ten years due to the emerging breakthrough in science and technology. Science and technology will influence much of the social aspects in the next decade such as communication and health (Clark, 2010). The change will also reflect in the demographics where the population will grow due reduced infant mortality rates and increased number of immigrants. The two demographic parameters will be influenced by improved health care and influx of immigrants in pursuit of opportunities. The number of aged individuals will rise and the population will be more diverse. An ...

Providing the necessary services to the citizens is the responsibility of every government. The national, state or local government has to ensure that it understands the exact needs of the people. A good and effective government achieves this through proper formulation and implementation of policies that addresses the concerns of the citizens. In order for this policies and plans to be effective the people have to be consulted and addressed on the intended plan by the government. Some of the concerns usually raised by the citizens include proper medical facilities. The county supervisors in Ventura recently came up ...

The Democratic Party has proposed a fiscal policy keen to enhance both economic growth and development. The policy advocates for tax cuts and increased government spending on healthcare, education, increased unemployment benefits and infrastructure (OTTERMAN, 2012). They have therefore based their arguments on Keynes economic theory which seeks government to intervene in the economy so as to stimulate aggregate demand, control inflation and increase employment opportunities. The reduction in tax cuts is made to increase disposable income a move which may encourage people to spend. The government increased expenditure in health, education, and infrastructure seeks to make Americans more productive and ...

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Climate change and environmental pollutions are the sole reasons for adoption of the green economy in the world. This forms the basic rubric upon which the Australian case study is based. This paper adopts an analytic point of view into the Australian case by investigating the reception of the green jobs economy in the country. The paper describes what green jobs are and their role in the economy of the country. Questioning of the global and the Australian stand in as far as adopting the green jobs policy is also given a highlight. The paper also develops an insightful enquiry ...

Abstract The paper briefly discusses the significance of electronic medical records or EMR’s in health care industry. This paper primarily uses one source (Brooks & Grotz, 2010) for evaluating EMR.

Introduction Electronic Medical Record (EMRs) is the latest method of documenting medical history of a person which helps to send and receive data electronically. It contains personal medical history, documentations, test results as well as medical and financial information related to a patient, subsequently helping the healthcare centers to provide better healthcare. President Obama sanctioned a stimulus to implement EMRs as it is can exponentially improve efficiencies and accuracy ...