Public Service Values

Health care has been an issue for the United States of America for multiple years. Dental care, a topic that does not get much attention because people believe it is trivial, plays a major part in people’s lives, particularly children. Gerard van Honthorst’s The Tooth Puller shows a dentist pulling a patient’s tooth with five observers watching. Van Honthorst shows how in awe or scared people are of the dentist. There is a negative outlook on dentists and dental care: people are afraid of the dentist giving them their negative connotation, while dental care only causes pain in many people eyes. There is a problem in the health care system and improvement in the system is needed because health care is a right for every citizen, especially dental care. The United States of America’s government should allow dental therapist to conduct the procedure that normal dentist conduct for free for children under the age of twelve. The government should fund the teaching, training, and employment of dental therapists to care for underserved people.

Therefore, booking a patient in a private dental office happens sooner. Thus, with more prompt service the dental office provides much better quality of care. Dr. Drexler shares, “It is inconvenient to have the poor quality technology. A number of patients lose wages and time from work to see the dentist. In fact, a patient is willing to pay the higher fee rate for same day service” (Wexler). With this in mind, the distinction is remarkable; the author finds Universal Care most appealing. All in all, the public deserves the same level of care, no matter their circumstances. In either case, Dr. Wexler agrees “the HCO is high-quality healthcare but in society, we are at the bottom of effectiveness in providing effective healthcare to all”

On pages 357-359 in Public Administration and Public Affairs by Henry, the author examines collaboration and privatization. Collaboration and privatization has an important role in implementing public policy.

Clinical governance and health professionals’ accountability are integral concepts in Australia's modern healthcare system. Since 2008, the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC, 2015) has support organisations to address safety and quality issues within healthcare facilities. The aim of this essay is to improve quality and safety in healthcare organisations. It will also evaluate the standards of care and strategies for care delivery. All Australians have the right to receive safe, high quality health care, regardless of the setting (ACSQHC, 2015). The information will be drawn about the quality of care, which will be clarified under three categories: structure, process, and outcome. The essay will then discuss

The organization I currently work for carries a mission that is dedicated to delivering justice and is consistently re-considering ways to measure performances within individual Districts in order to ensure all respectable aspects of deliverance are utilized. These considerations involve developing more actions plans aimed at delivering higher standards of production while keeping the highest level of integrity intact. The 2004 Congressional report offered by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) pointed highlighted the effort to measure performance within the Department. The evaluation process for each individual District is conducted by a means and standards approach to measuring outcome. These standards of measurement are

The many traditional leadership failures and causes were presented and the decades problems of Cleveland, Ohio which was brought to a head under Mayor Kucinich and his brash antagonistic cabinet in 1977 and turned around by Mayor Voinovich’s public- private partnership used as an example of how collaborative leadership can correct problems created by traditional leadership. Part two’s (chapters 4-7) focus was what could be learned from looking at collaboration in action, as well as, discussing how citizens and civic leaders can create successful collaborative initiatives. Part two starts by presenting six successful cases of collaboration that Chrislip and Larson used to discover the keys to successful collaboration which were also presented. The understanding of the motivation and context of collaboration was explained. Then the foundation for citizens and civic leaders to start working on a collaborative project was discussed, as well as, the fundamentals needed for a successful collaboration project with examples like the Denver Bond Project, has an example of a credible, open process given. How to sustain broad – based collaborative initiatives was discussed and three principle ways to do that was laid out. The final section of part two focuses on getting results with collaboration. Results with collaborative initiatives are when all of the tasks of leadership are consciously and

In the twentieth century, a classical view of government assumes that its job is to make and enforce laws. Public services are traditionally delivered via a plenty of government agencies via programs unconnected with each other. Bureaucratic structure was the dominant organizational model used to deliver public services and fulfill public-policy goals. (Goldsmith& Eggers, 2004) In many ways, twenty-first-century challenges and the methods of addressing them are more various and complicated than ever. The traditional hierarchical government model simply does not meet the demands of this complex, rapidly changing age. A completely different view shifts from government to Collaborative governance. Leadership engaging with all sectors—public, private,

However, one must not forget that it is the collaborative effort of both levels that helps to assure that all ten of the public health services are met for every community. One perfect example of this is Medicaid. The state is responsible for administering Medicaid to those who qualify for it. However, the funding for it is coming from everyone’s tax dollars at the national level. The national level is involved in the administrative part of this program; it directly helps to fund Medicaid. The state level administer programs under the Medicaid title whether these be working with dentist who accept Medicaid or developing policies such as who will be eligible for Medicaid. (Medicaid,

Thus, once I become a dental student I also intend on joining the American Dental Association. Not only will I be able to continue my education after finishing dental school, but I will have the ability to stay well-informed of important issues and advocate public policies that will affect the practice of dentistry and the oral health of the American public. For example, one of America’s biggest health problems of America is poor oral health. Of Medicaid’s 77 billion dollar budget, only 1 percent is funded towards dental bills for the poor. Moreover, only 20 percent of Medicaid eligible children actually receive dental services and even less for the elderly, which leaves millions of without needed dental care. To address the situation and eradicate some of these systemic, economic barriers, ASDA has met with lawmakers to advocate for the Action for Dental Care Act, which has granted several organizations to provide dental services to underserved populations. From a more individual perspective, ASDA has also promoted activity among members to get involved in projects like Give Kids a Smile and Missions of Mercy to provide free dental care for those that cannot afford it. Whether it is promoting public reforms or personally taking action, I would wholeheartedly take up the offer provided by the ASDA to serve and provide meaningful care to others in

Strategically located within the most vulnerable area of the city, the clinic provides high risk individuals access to affordable dental care. Similarly to my my rotation within a geriatric assisted living facility and my rotations in two remote northern communities, I once again left seeking answers. How can we make improvements and create substantial lasting change within this high risk population? For example, a large percentage of elderly patients lack the motor skills and cognitive function to perform daily oral hygiene practices. Who is helping these individuals with this task each day, especially those without oral health programs accessible within their facility? Life expectancy and retention of permanent dentition is increasing later in life is on the rise, the lack of quality care and prevention will eventually burden the overall health care system. What needs to be done in order to prevent this from happening? This is what I would like to determine, this is where my passion lies. Exclusively providing clinical treatment limits my ability to do

Patients’ have a right to receive high standards of performance from the dental practitioner they consult (Wilson, 2009); hence, such conduct must be actively demonstrated in order to earn the trust and confidence not just of the individual patient but the community. However, there are many concepts and issues that guide how dental professionals practice, such as: interprofessionalism and commercialism versus professional ethics. For these reasons, the dentist has a responsibility to make sure that their competence to practice is maintained through a governing body, which establishes standards of entry, conduct and performance to ensure safe dental care and quality dental outcomes (Rattan, 2007).

growing demand for accountability as they prepare students for a future that cannot be predicted.

Collaboration within the public sector can be very challenging both internally and externally to an organization. However, as federal, state and local level government face dwindling resources, it is within any public sector leader’s best interest to leverage collaboration as a means of maximizing efficiency and achieving far more with available resources. A leader implementing collaboration tends to be the challenge because of the various contingency factors involved. Van Wart (2011) identifies five major types of contingency factors that affect leaders: “…leadership characteristics, task characteristics, subordinate characteristics, organizational characteristics, and other characteristics” (p. 45). Beyond what Van Wart describes, a leader

Accountability is the commitment to answer to a constituent, superior, or customer for one’s performance, primary by reporting and/or justifying procedures and results (Firestone & Shipps, 2005). Implicitly, the power of any accountability demand is thought to determine which expectations are attended to. “Accountability imposes six demands on officials or their agents for government or public service organizations, including college and universities. First, they must demonstrate that they have used their powers properly. Second, they have to show that they are working to achieve the mission or priorities set for their office or organization. Third, they must report on their performance. Fourth, they must account for the resources they use and the outcomes they create. Fifth, they have to ensure the quality of the programs and services produced. Finally, they must show that they serve public needs.” (Burke, p.2). How to effectively cope with multiple conflicting accountabilities can be a problem for educational leaders. The coherence that some analysts have

Being a dentist I am directly involved in medical field. My area of specialization usually gets me into situations where I frequently encounter challenging human relation incidents. Such incidents require careful handling and open minded approach, which or else, might lead to a poor human relation experience. The fear of the common public towards dentistry often persuades them to do a research in the internet or to seek advice from peer group. Such researches often results in false conclusions and ends up the person in a dentist’s clinic with wrong attitudes. These situations often lead to challenging human relations encounter which if not handled in a professional way, occasionally ends up with a negative result.