Historical Perspectives Regarding US Healthcare Delivery

In order to understand current health delivery services changes and formulate predictions, one must thoroughly comprehend the three developmental eras of the health care system. The evolution of our current health care system began in 1850, and has metamorphosed in three time periods, 1850 to 1900, 1900 to World War II (WW II), and WW II to 2009. Significant distinct and overlapping trends in disease prevalence, availability of health care resources, social organizations, and the public's knowledge and perception of health and illness and technology.

The paper will discuss the evolution of health care in America and how it has affected the health care system today. It will discuss the advancements made in technology and medical services that have evolved over two centuries. It will review how health care delivery has evolved and impacted today’s health system. The delivery of medical services has changed over many decades. The culture, social economics, and political views, have influenced society on how the medical services and advancements in medical technology have evolved. The three phases of health care structural change is preindustrial era, postindustrial era, corporate era (Shi & Singh, 2013).

Over the course of our countries history, the delivery of our health care system has tried to meet the needs of our growing and changing population. However, we somehow seem to fall short in delivering our goals of providing quality, affordable and accessible healthcare to our citizens. The history of our delivery system will show we continuously changed the delivery of our system however never mange to control cost. If we can come up with efficient ways to cut cost, the delivery of quality care will follow.

Health trends in the United States indicate that there are several real problems trending. First of all, the United States population is aging at a fairly rapid rate which means that the problems associate with old age are becoming more prevalent. Another issue that country must face is that obesity has become an epidemic that needs to be curtailed or the health system will not be able to help the people who are destined to adopt diseases associated with increased weight. This essay is a report with regard to the trends that are occurring in the United States health environment and what those trends mean for healthcare professionals.

The government has improved healthcare. Hospitals and the level of care that is given is improving ,physician clinics and speciality clinics are being built, there are more physicians, more specialist, and physician assistants treating patients, new medications are being created, new and old diseases are being cured, treatments are being increased, and the quality of care is improving everyday.

Barrack Hussein Obama was elected President of the United States on November 4, 2008 and was sworn in the Presidency on January 20, 2009. During his campaign leading up to the election, Obama promised to bring affordable healthcare to all Americans. Obama was widely known as “stating that the cost of health care was a "threat to our economy" and that health care should be a right for every American" (ProCon.org, 2011). While his quotes resonate with many Americans, there are also Americans who do not agree with socialized medicine or sometimes known as “Obamacare”. Keep in mind that just because Obama is a democrat and has the backing of the majority of democrats and the majority of republicans disagree with socialized medicine there is much more history than that.

The main historical developments that have shaped the health care delivery system in the United States. Knowledge of the history of health care is essential for understanding the main characteristics of the system as it exists today. For example, the system’s historical foundations explain why health care delivery in the United States has been resistant to national health insurance, which has been adopted by Canada and most European nations. Traditionally held American cultural beliefs and values, technological advances, social changes, economic constraints, and political

The United States healthcare delivery system is a uniquely developed system that involves various features, components, and services. The US delivery system is massive, with total employment in various healthcare settings of qualified medical professionals that provide key functions to delivering quality healthcare. This essay will discuss the characteristics if the United States healthcare delivery system and how it could be developed from a free market perspective.

The United States has a unique system of healthcare delivery, it is complex and massive. Twenty-five years ago; American citizens had guaranteed insurance, meaning the patient could see any physician and the insurance companies and patients would share the cost. But today, 187.4 million Americans have private health insurance coverage (Medicaid, 2014). The subsystems of American health care delivery are Managed care, military, vulnerable populations and integrated delivery

The Matrix tells that the US health care delivery system that (The process that enables people to receive health care or the provision of health care services to patients) is complex and massive, and despite the uniqueness of the US health care delivery system, but it lacks the universal access (no national health care program); therefore, not all population has continuous and comprehensive health care. Its mission is to have universal access with better quality. Its components of the functional view (Financing, Insurance, Delivery, and Payment). The problem of rising health care costs was a major force driving the rise of the cost of managed care which is a subsystem of US health care delivery system.

”The United States has a unique system of health care delivery. For the purposes of this discussion, “health care delivery” and “health services delivery” can have slightly different meaning, but in a broad sense, both terms refer to the major components of the system and the processes that enable people to receive health care. In a more restricted sense, the terms refer to the act of providing health care services to patients…,” (Major Characteristics, n.d.).

In this case, the rising costs of health care have pushed individuals and families away from access. The highly affected individuals are the low-income earners and the elderly who can hardly pay premiums for their health care cover among other expenses.

This year has been a busy one as we have been blessed with good health. LeRoy keeps up a hectic pace in his job as section supervisor for 105 employees at Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center (CRDAMC), Fort Hood, Texas, for Inpatient Behavioral Health, the Intensive Care Unit, and the Medical-Surgical Pediatric Unit. His retirement date from the U.S. Army is set for September 30, 2018, having invested 25 years of federal active duty service and an additional five years with the U.S. Army Reserve for a total of 30 years of military service. He is ready to transition into another job, such as teaching nursing at the university level or as a clinical nurse specialist for a large civilian medical center. Next summer will be a pivotal time

Health care is the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in humans. Health care is delivered by practitioners in allied health, dentistry, midwifery-obstetrics, medicine, nursing, optometry, pharmacy and other care providers. It refers to the work done in providing primary care, secondary care, and tertiary care, as well as in public health. Access in healthcare differs among individuals, groups and countries and is chiefly influenced by social and economic conditions as well as the health policies in place. The United States has a unique system of healthcare delivery, and it is not a universal system enjoyed by everyone. Instead a multiple systems developed, either through market or services offered to vulnerable population, those who are poor and uninsured or of minority and immigrant status (Shi and Singh, 2010).

In today’s society healthcare is very important. Being able to have access to healthcare can lead to the quality of a healthy life. If there is no access to healthcare in someone’s life it can lead death. There has been many technological changes in healthcare over the past 100years. There has been a major improvement in how healthcare is handled today. A few differences include the quality of care, education, equipment, medical expenses, government insurance, and patient care. There has been a drastic change in healthcare from 1915 to 2015; everyone who knows about modern healthcare should know it is handled much better today.