Public Health System Analysis

State health departments are responsible for multiple areas in regards to providing health care services to the people of their state as designated by the U.S. Constitution. (Niles, 2018, p.98) One main role of the state health department is to "monitor communities to identify health problems". (Niles, 2018, p.98) This includes creating and implementing laws and regulations to promote the well being of their citizens, and to work with federal programs to use them on the state level. According to the American Public Health Association, "The state health department's mission to advance community health is carried forward through four basic functions: (1) health surveillance, planning, and program development; (2) promotion of local health coverage;

Yale-new Haven Health System is affiliated with Yale University is one of the Connecticut leading healthcare system; it consists of Bridgeport, Greenwich in addition Yale-New Haven Hospitals along with Northeast Medical Group, a physician foundation of primary care plus medical specialists. It provides care in 100 medical specialties along with supporting by over 6,300 university along with community physicians also advanced practitioners. It’s the third largest employer in Connecticut with 20,396 employees.

Systems theory postulates that organizations that operate as an open system enhance its chances of survival. The healthcare organization is made up of interlinked constituents hierarchically organized into the structural whole (Karabacak, Ozturk and Bahcecik, 2011, p. 258). These components of the health care institution can re-create and maintain themselves in response to environmental challenges. The open system enables the exchange to occur between to environment and the system, permitting the system to reduce entropy and as well maintain the steady state. This theory requires healthcare organizations to maintain constant interaction between the external environment and internal environment to attain homeostasis. The system theory establishes a framework whereby the healthcare organization can enhance its potential for success during crisis. By engaging in open system operation, collecting information from the internal units and external environment within the hierarchy enhances organization’s ability to respond to changes and crisis effectively (Bisgaard, 2009, p.

“Texas Health Harris Methodist–Cleburne, located in Cleburne, Texas has 137 acute care beds and over 80 physicians on its medical staff. It is part of Texas Health Resources, a large, nonprofit health care delivery system in north Texas that oversees 14 hospitals (Lashbrook, A. 2009).” In this paper I will summaries the systems approach of Texas Health Harris Methodist–Cleburne with a very brief over-view of the organizational theories, analyze how Texas Health Harris Methodist-Cleburne is a learning organization, explain the organizational structure displayed in this case study, describe the leaders involved in this case

Effectively managing the health of a Nation is a major undertaking and requires a concerted effort on the part of its people. Governmental agencies use legislation and laws to help facilitate ethical care in the healthcare industry. Ethical care is determined by the philosophies and values of people within a specified population. The nursing field has set high standards in the way that its members treat the populations in their care. The competencies, values, and goals of the nursing profession have been standardized by The Quality Safety and Education for Nurses (QSEN) project (Ivey, 2013). These standards serve as a guide in providing evidenced-practice care that is patient-centered. QSEN standards also include teamwork, informatics,

The public’s view of the health care system is widely determined by those who could afford to pay health insurance or not. In chapters 1 through 4, it discusses the forms of financing for health insurance, how is it is accessed, and how the health providers are getting paid through the health insurance. A key learning point in chapter 1 is to understand the quality of health care. It is important to know how the health care system works and what problems appear within the system.

The structure and organization of the division of Penville County Department of Public Health (CDPH) has been changed by Dr. William Brown in 2004. Penville County was a large county in terms of population size and was also growing rapidly. Before early 2004, Dr. Brown was concerned that the leadership of the EPI/BDPR division was not able to build an organization that would adequately prepare Penville County for a large health emergency. So he wanted to create a new EPI/BDPR division which was optimally prepared for any chemical, physical, or biological emergencies. Besides the leadership problems, there were four major organizational problems leading to the lack of progress in preparedness, human resources factors, process issues, relationships with key external agencies, and technology issues. Both leadership and organizational problems gave big challenges to Dr. Brown to reorganize CDPH. This paper will analyze the contingency theorists with the CDPH’s problems internally and between organization and environment.

Please consider my application for the position of Public Health Analyst (Policy and Issues Management), GS-0685-14, in the Office of Minority Health and Health Equity, Office of the Director. I am applying for this job as I see this as a unique opportunity to complete more focused work in health equity, hone my skills in this area, and truly make a difference for America’s most vulnerable populations.The attached resume will provide you with additional information regarding my qualifications and experiences in a variety of areas including: minority health, health equity, public health policy, cultural competency, partnership development, and project management. Further, my resume will outline several relevant state and national experiences,

. At the BLC I was volunteering at the kitchen. I really like helping the kitchen staff to prepare a healthy lunch. The kitchen manager is amazing and I felt very welcomed and appreciated. This time the menu was a slightly different. It consisted of fried chicken, two types of salad (potato and garden), rise, bread, fresh fruit and dessert. The lunch is usually from 12 pm till 1.30 pm. I helped the kitchen staff to serve a lunch as well and got a chance to interact with some members of the BLC.

“The health care system may be viewed as a complex made up of three interrelated components: people in need of health care services, called health care consumers; people who deliver health care services—the professionals and practitioners called health care providers; and the systematic arrangements for delivering health care—the public and private agencies that organize, plan, regulate, finance, and coordinate services—called the institutions or organizations of the health care system.”

In the public health model, there is three core functions: assessment, policy development and assurance. The federal, state and/or local entities work to achieve these three core functions in every task they take under. (Burt, 2005) Each level has certain responsibilities and roles that distinguish it from the other two levels. However, one must keep in mind that even though the responsibilities may be divided, it is a collaborative effort of all three levels that make the plans work and achieve optimum oral health status as a nation. (Salinsky, 2010)

One of three core functions of the public health system is community assessment. The goals of community assessment are to collect primary data to understand about Harahan community and provide foundation for improving and promoting the health of the community. After we gained primary data in the first two weeks, secondary data collected during the third week, and we combined both data to identify the needs and assets of Harahan community. Then we formulate possibility nursing diagnosis and intervention for the community based on our community assessment.

My goal is to present a topic related to Public Health. The title is so simple yet it covers a vast number of career paths, within Public Health there are ten subcategories that later in my studies I must pick from to specialize in. Biostatistics and Informatics, Community Health, Epidemiology, Environmental Health, Global Health, Health Policy and Management, Health Promotion and Communication, Maternal and Child Health, Minority Health and Health Disparities, and Social and Behavioral Health(“Explore Public Health Careers,” n.d.).

A country’s economy and well-being depends upon how strong its healthcare system is. A country would grow into a stronger nation if the people are mentally and physically stronger. Moreover, healthcare systems are usually complex and complicated systems and thus, they need a lot of attention. As Donley (2005) states, “[t]he changing patterns of health care delivery have increased complexity in all practice environments” (p. 314). By a complicated system, it means how different healthcare organizations together play a pivotal role in measuring success of a country’s healthcare system. These healthcare organizations further rely on various departments within the system which are in turn led by various leaders. Thus, it is evident how leaders are the key link in deciding the fate

Management as it relates to the health services realm requires a deep understanding of coordinating the delivery of healthcare. One must be able to utilize frameworks to recognize and develop solutions to challenges within managing healthcare. My desire to become a health services manager (HSM) spawns directly from this concept of identifying an issue and being able to present interventions and approaches to improve the overall quality of life for communities.