Health Care Obstetrics

the population that the health center caters to must be identified as an unserved or underserved one

The Federal Government defines poverty as income that falls below the United States Poverty threshold. (Begun 95). If a person

In certain organization in the state level such as: keep qualified candidate that promoted the well-being state and the citizens in arena such as correctional and police officer, hospital staff and other trained individual. Without trained individual, the citizens with mental health are the one that will be hurt. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution found that 130 patients at state-run hospitals had died under questionable circumstances over the course of seven years. That is when the feds stepped in. U.S. Department of Justice looked into the conditions of Georgia’s mental hospitals. What federal investigators found was that patients in Georgia facilities were dying or committing suicide at alarming rates. What is worse, the feds said, is that those incidents of neglect and abuse could have been prevented.

The purpose of this paper is to give an overview of two federally and/or state funded programs. The programs that will be discussed are Medicare and Medicaid. In this paper will be information about who receives Medicaid/Medicare, the services offered by these programs, and those long term services that are not.

centers are situated in rural and urban areas for their convenience and the payment of such health

Data was extracted from each application and each of the supporting services was listed and counted based on the number of recipients that reported funding the services. There are a total of sixteen supporting services that a recipient can fund. Among the supporting services, the top 8 services are funded by more than 20 recipients. The report reveals that 45 recipients reported funding medical transportation services, 41 recipients reported funding food bank/home-delivered meals, 40 recipients reported funding non-medical case management, 33 recipients reported funding psychosocial support services, 30 recipients reported funding emergency financial assistance, 29 recipients reported funding housing services, 28 recipients reported funding legal services, and 24 recipients reported funding outreach services. The following eight supporting services are not included in the chart because less than twenty recipients fund each service. Based on the provided data, 16 recipients reported funding residential substance abuse services, 14 recipients reported funding treatment adherence counseling, 13 recipients reported funding linguistic services, 11 recipients reported funding child care services, 8 recipients reported funding referrals for health care/supportive services, 7 recipients reported funding health education/risk reduction, 2 recipients reported funding rehabilitation services, and 2

Throughout the Edgewater and Rogers Park community, my focus was on the physical health and well being of the members of the community. The assets identified were doctor’s offices, small clinics and clinics that are a part of a larger chain. Each of these assets show the diversity in the medical care offered in the Edgewater and Rogers Park community. For example, the assets that we found were mostly privately owned and the clinics that are part of a larger chain such as the clinics in Walgreens or CVS, were small and run by only a few people. There weren’t any assets that were part of a large medical institution such as Advocate or Nova health. There was only one hospital which is Methodist Hospital which is one of the largest assets we found. This illustrates how in the Edgewater and Rogers Park community, smaller and more convenient methods of receiving healthcare is emphasized more than larger scale hospitals.

The location of health care facilities also enhances the inequality present in the system. A majority of hospitals are found in rich suburban areas, places where there are less people in need of the hospitals. At most there may be one for profit or public hospital in a nearer to the city suburb. One example for this is that The University of Oklahoma’s Health Center is located closest to downtown Oklahoma City and then St.

This remains a unique challenge because there aren’t many programs in place to attract physicians and other healthcare workers, so health care providers remain limited in rural areas. “While 19.3 percent of Americans live in a rural area, only about 10 percent of physicians practice in rural areas. Similarly, 65 percent of all Health Professional Shortage Areas are in rural areas.” (Darling, McClellan, Samuels, Patel) There needs to be a program put into place to connect physicians who currently reside in rural with other physicians and specialists in urban areas so that there isn’t a gap in providing quality care to rural patientsThe economic standards in rural areas are low due to lack of jobs and higher education available to rural residents. This doesn’t change the fact that those who reside in rural areas need access to quality care.

Significant health disparities between rural and urban populations have been a major concern in the United States. One prominent factor contributing to the disparities is lack of access to quality care in rural areas which is closely associated with challenges faced by rural health care providers (National Rural Health Association, 2007). Rural hospitals are the key health care provider in rural areas, offering essential health care services to nearly 54 million people (American Hospital Association, 2006). They face a series of challenges such as workforce shortages, rise in health care costs, difficulty in finding access to capital, difficulty in

The homeless and low-income families have numerous resources available like the Interfaith Church that offers a Soup Kitchen Supplemental Nutrition program that is made up of these sources: commodity supplemental food program, emergency food program, food assistance, and USDA commodity program. The number of soup kitchen meals served peaked in July to just over 50,000, and were the lowest in April at just under 40,000. Majority of their clientele is homeless adults. Another good resource is Social services that can assist with charitable healthcare, Medicare, Medicaid, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or S.N.A.P. These programs help to provide access to health care and proper food and nutrition. The Affordable Housing Project offers studio apartments, 1-bedroom

Whenever someone gets sick, they have to travel to Grove Hill Memorial Hospital or to Mobile; however, poor people do not have twenty to forty dollars for gas to travel to other cities. I want to establish a medical center in my community where people can seek medical help. I am not talking about a small clinic that has to send people with extreme emergencies to another hospital. No, my medical center is going to have everything my patients will possibly need. If someone has a heart attack, my medical center has cardiologist and heart surgeons on deck. If someone has third degree burn, my medical center will have a burn unit. Even if someone has a mental or emotional breakdown, psychologists will be just a step away. I plan on giving my community one of the best medical centers in the state that has all the latest medical equipment and

For instance, there were many dentist offices, three urgent care centers, a cardiovascular care clinic, phlebotomy care training center, eye care centers, obstetrics and gynecology office, and a mental health clinic. Besides health service centers, there were also alternative medicine centers such as acupuncture, massage clinic, and chiropractic specialist as well. There are also some social service centers such as the secretary of the state, social security administration office, and WIC program and clinic information center. Part of this city are several child care facilities and senior centers.

Obstetrics is the part of healthcare that deals with the care of women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period. In class lecture this week, I have learned several things in obstetrics. The first is that every female has a uterus to incubate a fetus. This uterus grows so that the baby can grow and be protected. The uterus also contains fluid called amniotic fluid that protects baby. The baby swims in this fluid for the entire time it is in uterus. Then along comes the placenta. The placenta is made up of cells and veins and arteries from the baby to the mom. These veins and arteries from the baby to the mom is called the umbilical cord. This is how baby gets nutrients and oxygen and how baby eliminates waste. The umbilical cord

Everyone deserves quality health care, whether you live in an urban setting or a rural. For those that live in a rural area, there are many factors that could play a role in health care. Rural areas are places that are located outside of a city or town. “Only about ten percent of physicians practice in rural America despite the fact that nearly one-fourth of the population lives in these areas” (National Rural Health Association). These country-like places lack health care. Some examples could be Molokai as a rural island of Hawaii, or North Carolina in the United States, and of course third world countries such as Africa. Depending on the situation and culture of each specific area, factors may vary. The most important basic factors to consider while giving health care in a rural area are living conditions, economic situations, transportation, and religious views.