Martocchio (2014), health insurance covers the costs of a variety of services that promote sound physical and mental health, including physical examinations, diagnostic testing, surgery, dental treatments, and corrective prescription lenses for vision deficiencies. More than two centuries ago, the presence of the health care system emerged when mining and railroad companies hired doctors to provide medical services to their employees. As a result of the catastrophic World War I, many health providers were…

that the health system is facing a hindrance in providing value to the patient. The inability to provide high quality, low cost health care is now a double edged sword in our industry. In a time where reimbursements are made on the patients perceived quality of their treatment, the organization can no longer afford to run the business off of the volume of patients seen. Moving forward, I believe that there are many changes that can be made, both internally and externally, throughout the health system…

Background Health service system as defined by "Roemer" in the text is the pooling of resources, organizations, financing, and management that aggregates to the delivery of health services to the needs of a population (Barton, p.3). Demographics Health service in most cases is crafted by the economic and social values systems of each respective country . It contributes to a countries economic GDP(gross domestic product), by creating various areas of employment opportunities, examples including…

Good health can be seen as important contribution of a high function thriving society. Health is defined in many ways; however I particularly identify with the World Health Organization definition of health as the state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing, not just the lack of disease. The way the United States perceives health reflects throughout the health care system. Throughout recent years there has been several comparisons with other countries which I believe are important in…

REPORT ON HEALTH FACILITIES AND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN LINCOLN COUNTY, ARKANSAS This is a brief report on health facilities, and supply and distribution of health professionals in Lincoln County, AR, addressed to the Mayor of the County Seat. As an employee of the Arkansas Department of Health, it is a great pleasure to provide you with the information you have requested on Lincoln County. I appreciate your passion to improve the health of the people of this county. In this report, I will be talking…

What is health informatics in Canadian health system? Health informatics transforms health care by assessing, analyzing, integrating, and applying health communication and informational systems (Anderson, 2007). Health informatics schemes are funded federally and implemented provincially in Canada with each province creating its own dynamic programs to help improve both the population and individuals health outcomes, enhance patient’s care and to strengthen the patients-caregiver relationship…

To successfully implement health information systems, it is important that the health care organizations have access to appropriate IT staff and resources to support the new systems and system users. IT staff perform several common functions and have several common roles. In large organizations, the IT department often has a management team comprising the chief information officer, chief technology officer, chief security officer, and chief medical information officer, who provide leadership to…

Diversity Report on Northwell Health I. Introduction New York is one of the most diverse cities in the world. There are many cultures, races; languages mixed together creating “culturally diverse pot”. “Diversity is the existence of a wide variety of cultures and subcultures represented within a society” (CCN, 2016). For this project I selected Northwell Health System to audit because there are many offices and clinics around area where I live (it is extremely diverse area) and I decided to know…

Health Psychology Committee Report The health psychologist working in the hospital today should have a broad spectrum in which they can treat many different illnesses that will be present in the future as the population grows, and the life expectancy rises. Because the field of health psychology is new, the profession is still in its early stage. They provide a variety of emotional and social changes in the life of a patient who is ill or disabled. They can help in the area of depression, and…

Oral health is not considered an integral part of Canada 's universal, publicly-funded health care regime. Dental care, outside of a hospital setting, does not constitute a ‘medically necessary’ service for the purpose of maintaining health as per the Canada Health Act (1964). There are three components to the Canadian health system that exist today: universal, publicly-funded coverage for physician and hospital services (known as Medicare); goods and services such as home care, long-term care, and…