Affordable Healthcare Act Improves Patient Safety and Outcomes

No one plans to have oneself or a family member diagnosed with a chronic disease or to be involved in a debilitating accident. Unfortunately, these situations are all too familiar and can happen every day. Having health insurance when these life changing events occur can provide a person or family

The Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 allows nurses to focus on health care services as opposed to having to battle with insurance companies regarding coverage. It allows more time to be spent in the delivery of care, rather than focusing on the financial aspect. This bill improves

On March 23, 2010, President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Healthcare Act into law. It had been estimated that 30 million people would sign up for the new healthcare act. As of April 15, 2015 the actual number of people that have signed up is 11,776,046 which is a far cry from what was predicted. Within the healthcare system all across the United States things are changing. How will the Affordable Healthcare Act impact the healthcare system within the United States? This paper will address what the Affordable Healthcare Act is first and then

The healthcare system is one that will always be needed by society. The amount of abuse the system receives depends on the amount of uninsured citizens. If a patient is uninsured, their bills typically fall to the Medicare system. Because of this, the elderly are unable to use the benefits of Medicare as they should be allotted. By initiating the Affordable Care Act, the government is attempting to realign the balance between the insurance companies and Medicare, and to provide millions of uninsured Americans the opportunity to have medical insurance (King, 2011). The purpose of this paper is to discuss the Affordable Care Act, and how it affects my personal nursing practice.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly called Affordable Care Act or, more informally known as, Obamacare, is a United States federal ruling signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. Together with the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act amendment, it represents the most drastic refurbish of the United States healthcare system since the Government passed the Medicare and Medicaid in 1965(healthcare.gov). This act is supposed to make primary doctors and hospitals transform their practices and policies to make it more accommodating for all civilians. This means they would transform everything about their

In the United States, nearly one in three women ages 18-64 live at or below the 200% poverty level. Poverty level is based on an annual earnings of a household and how many people reside within the home. A 200% poverty level for a single woman is currently set at $23,760 per year. According to the Kaiser Women’s Health Survey from 2013, 15% of women categorize their health as fair or poor and about 43% have health conditions that require monitoring and treatment. (16). Since the passing of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, there have been great efforts to improve quality of health care among patients, providers and coordinators. The rate of uninsured Americans fell from 18 million in 2014 to

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly called the Affordable Care Act (ACA), was signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010 (CITATION). The ACA represent one of the biggest U.S healthcare system overhaul since Medicare and Medicaid passage in 1965 (CITATION). This reform was implemented to help consumers gain access to affordable health care coverage while also protecting them from abuse perpetrated by insurance companies. The goals of the ACA is to assure quality care, decreasing cost for the uninsured, and making healthcare available to all Americans. As a part of this quality care assurance, there is a mandated for positive transition of health care (CITATION). This brief will examine the factors that must be monitored in the implementation of ACA in order to promote the positive transition of health care and prevent re-hospitalization of this patient population.

On March 23, 2010, after Congress passed the Affordable Care Act and was then signed into law by President Barack Obama. The law was passed that the number of Americans covered by health insurance would increase. In return, the cost of health care will decrease. What is the Affordable Health Care Act?

According to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Service (n.d.), The Affordable Care Act was passed by Congress and then signed into law by the President on March 23, 2010. It was then approved by the Supreme Court in June 28, 2012 and was implemented in 2014. The main purpose of purchasing “The Affordable Care Act” is to ensure all U.S. citizens have health insurance. The Affordable Care Act has great impact on individual patients, health care organizations, as well as health care professionals. The Affordable Care Act changes several factors in health care industry in United States, especially in the health Insurance plans: including coverage, cost, and care. I believe the changes can be both positive and negative, it all depends on how

affordable care act was developed to improve quality of care by reducing cost and the way care was being delivered to its consumers. The strictly mandated that each stated would provide and establish health homes for individuals especially those who are suffering from chronic diseases and illness’s. “I the law require the development of a core set of health quality and performance measures for adults to determine the quality of care provided to enrollees. It also provides Federal funding to increase primary care payment rates and for States that provide recommended adult preventive services and vaccinations” (Medicaid .gov, 2014).

Adoption of EHR can derive a great amount of benefits in clinical outcomes such as patient safety and quality of care. Qualtiy of care can be measured with different dimensions such as patient safety, effectiveness, and efficiency. Patient safety is defined as ‘avoiding injuries to patients from the care that is intended to help them’(Menachemi and Collum, 2011, p. 49). Often times, lack of time can contribute to omission of asking patients important questions such as drug allergy information and confirming important patient identifiers such as addresses/phone numbers. Improvement of medication error is a well-noted benefit of EHR as seen in numerous researches. According to a study, researchers found that a CPOE system was contributory in reducing serious medication errors by 55% in the hospital setting (Bates, 1998). Many other studies have reported similar findings in patient safety improvement. When e-prescribing is used, prescriptions can be checked for any drug interactions with

Electronic health records, like electronic medical records, contain detailed information about a patient’s health status, but they also provide a larger view of the patient’s care. They are records intended to be

The Patient Affordable Care Act also known as the Obamacare was created on March 23, 2012. The Affordable Care Act is a health care law that aims to ensure that all Americans have access to quality, affordable healthcare by increasing access to health coverage for Americans and introducing new protections for people who already have health insurance this law will hopefully create the transformation within the health care system necessary to contain cost. The ACA law puts in place comprehensive health insurance reforms that will roll out over four years and beyond, with most changes taking place by 2014. The Affordable care act has nine titles which help in addressing the reform quality, affordable health care for all Americans, the role

An interdisciplinary collaboration and communication between all healthcare team members, patients, and family members are vital for the safety and quality care for the patient. According to Nickitas, Middaugh, and Aries, (2016) “...report showed that hospitals, physician, and patients each have a role to play, and each group must specific actions

The EHR provides easy, accessible, complete medical information, providing that the information is entered correctly. Often, information that the patient cannot remember, for instance home medications or allergies, are saved within the EHR and can be reviewed with the patient, assisting the patient to remember the medication names; therefore, assisting the nurses with appropriate medication administration decisions. Another advantage of the EHR is the ability to save medical interactions, and then add upon the list of medical diagnoses as care is delivered. Many times, patients do not remember the details of treatment received in the past, such as diagnosis, but they can remember once the medical term is mentioned. Having information to assist the patient with remembering past medical conditions will improve care delivery and increase patient safety by enhancing the nurse’s knowledge of past medical problems.