Health Case Study

This paper will discuss the Canadian healthcare system compared to the United States healthcare system. Although they’re close in proximity, these two nations have very different health care systems. Each healthcare system has its own difficulties, and is currently trying to find ways to improve. Canada currently uses the Universal Health Care system; which provides healthcare coverage to all Canadian citizens (Canadian Health Care, 2007). The services are executed on both a territorial and provincial basis, by staying within the guidelines that have been enforced by the federal government (Canadian Health Care, 2007).

Its purpose is to provide facilities that already exist with health services and resources to provide the best possible health for Canadians (Royal Commission on Health Services, 2004). Public policy refers to the governments role in achieving an objective causing a change in society through major priorities. In this case the priority here is for every Canadian to have adequate an effective health regardless of their socio-economic status. (Role of Knowledge in Public Health, n.d., pg 89) However, this priority becomes controversial when political parties begin to get involved due to power shifts. The dilemma here is not about who is eligible to retrieve medical services but rather the policies that are made by the influence of other institutions such as marketing companies and political parties that result in health

This paper will focus on the Central West LHIN because the LHIN provides services according to the regions in Ontario. The Central West LHIN’s mandate is to “plan, integrate, fund and monitor the local health care system for the regions of Brampton, Caledon, Dufferin, Malton, North Etobicoke and Woodbridge with over 840,000 local residence” (Together, making …, 2014, para. 1). The Central West region is a very diverse community with people from different cultural background.

Healthcare is often driven by consumers and insurance companies; there is strong pushes for insurance companies to start paying better through Patient Care Medical Homes (PCMH) or Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) rather than paying at a per-visit basis (Hamlin, 2015). With PCMH or ACOs payment is made on a continuum of care, encouraging the provider to be involved in all aspects affecting health of the patient (Derksen, & Whelan,

The patient centered medical homes (“PCMH”) approach “focuses on keeping people well, managing chronic conditions like diabetes or asthma, and proactively meeting the needs of patients.” According to the Arkansas Department of Health, chronic diseases like cancer heart disease or diabetes affect approximately over fifty percent of adult Arkansans. Yet chronic diseases are often preventable. The high rate of chronic diseases can partly be attributed health insurance coverage—“when people don’t have health insurance they tend to avoid seeing doctors. People

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This group report will focus on the health integration initiatives that has been taken by the North East LHIN (NE LHIN). The information and data that has been gathered in this report are primarily from the North East LHIN official website. The North East LHIN is one out of the 14 LHINs that currently exist in Ontario. The North East LHIN is consisted of 5 sub-regions all which was proposed by the board and undertaken by the ministry in order to recognize and assess local health issues that occur in these smaller geographical locations (NE LHIN, 2017).The North East LHIN strongly believes that the quality of health care is an integral part of their prioritization efforts. The ultimate mission is to create health and wellness through an

As a result of the CRG’s impetus, several dominant trends have emerged. First, Canada has witnessed collaboration and synergy across organizations. Second, Canada has curated new knowledge regarding the economic impact of health care inequalities and the type of collaborative needed to reduce them. Ultimately, the CRG has been a tremendous tool for acquiring and sharing knowledge; however, the problem still remains. Great disparity in quality of health still exists in the populations identified by the

Some of the projective initiatives are insurance coverage, more patients receiving long term care in medical homes that leads to new benchmarks, high quality of care that leads to greater payment across public and private sectors, narrowing disparities in health and healthcare outcomes, and effective leadership around the globe to increase the highest performance that’s possible (2012).

of care. A stable and sufficient supply of health professionals continues to be one of Canada’s

Yet the strings on the public purse continue to tighten. Transfer payments from the federal government continue to decrease as provincial debt loads increase. And, although the minister of health and the premier assured them that the costs of health care were doubling or even tripling, Albertans have witnessed a steady decline in government spending on health care. The proportion of gross domestic product, (GDP), which Alberta allocates to health care is ranked last among the ten provinces, (Taft, 1997). Albertans now find themselves with a struggling health care system and a waiting list.

The NHQDR 2012 is a comprehensive report that implies there are changes that need to occur at multiple levels within the health care system and public policy. The report implies that the health care system needs to become more accessible

The healthcare reform is to help increase medical care to individulas to better the health of the population. The Center for Disease Control and Preventiion reports, “on the role of local health departments (LHDs) contends that health care reform emphasizes the vital role of public health”. The aim to the Health Care Reform as the Minnesota Department of Health (2014) explains, “meets the Institute for Healthcare

The third approach included informal interviews. Questions focus was derived from the literature findings and the informal OES results (Hatch,1998). Fifteen randomly selected rural Ontario CRD patients and a family physician were interviewed. (Note Appendix C)

Making changes to the system, and finding teams to work together would require significant funding for improving primary care infrastructure (Hutchison et al., 2011). In Ontario’s health budget, expenditure for administration and technology is high. So, it is necessary be careful while redesigning service delivery. Reforms should not add an additional layer to the administration. Although many provincial and territorial governments have made efforts to improve funding model, the progress is very slow.