The Uninsured and Special Populations--Healthcare

very important role when it comes to children who need child advocacy who are in foster care. Within Colorado alone there are several different child advocate programs that one can volunteer for. One program is CASA, which stands for Court Appointed Special Advocates, it is a nationwide program of volunteers who are appointed to abused and neglected children in the Juvenile Court System, and then make recommendations to the judge for the children’s long-term welfare. CASA volunteers speak up for these…

Special Populations Page 2 There were several special populations that I found to be interesting. These populations include children with learning disabilities, overweight children, childhood diabetes, people with illnesses due to nervous system disorders, and abused women. After carefully looking at all these different topics I decided on people with illnesses due to nervous system disorders. All the populations listed above have affected my life in one way or another. There is only one…

Our Innovation Our proposed innovation will decrease the costs of healthcare for the homeless population in the inner city that suffer from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Our proposed innovation is an internal capnography chip. The chip sends a signal to the local health department that will be able to monitor the respiratory, circulatory, and metabolic status of homeless individuals. The internal chip will have a global positioning system (GPS) to locate the patient when the capnography…

“The Uninsured Population” Group Refection #1 By: Calamity Jane Coley Brooke Dixon Ini Aquaisua Leann Beydoun Group #16 PPR 6151 INTRODUCTION TO PHARMACY IN THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM Dr. Regina Washington July 9, 2015 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, 2010, p. 3). Demographics…

Special Populations BSHS/402 Case Management Special Populations For this paper, the writer will select one special population that she believes she wants to work with and assist. The first step involves discussing the populations reviewed and the one selected as well as why the selection was made. The writer will discuss why the interest formed on that specific area and what she thinks she would bring to helping that would benefit this specific population. Special populations include…

Vulnerable Populations The Uninsured in the U.S.: Vulnerable populations is a term that creates an image of distinct and narrow-minded minority though the vulnerability of every individual to illness, disease, and injury has made health insurance necessary and probable for a huge portion of the American population. Vulnerable populations in the United States includes parents and children of immigrants, race/ethnic minorities, the disabled poor, the elderly, foster children, families ineligible…

Barriers to Healthcare for the Homeless Population Dana Duggan University of Phoenix Sheila De Vaugh, APRN, BC August 3, 2009 Introduction A homeless person is defined as someone “who lacks a fixed, regular adequate night time residence or a person who resides in a shelter, welfare hotel, transitional program or place not ordinarily used as regular sleeping accommodations, such as streets, movie theaters, cars, abandoned buildings, etc.” (Cone, 2008, p. ). Homelessness is a growing problem…

often hidden within the special population. As of today, the health care system inhabits the margins by exposing impoverished individual. However, the individuals that are part of the special population each carries a unique set of needs. The special population can consist of the uninsured, minorities, children, disabled people, elderly, prisoners, pregnant women, students, and sadly to say veterans and military personnel. Furthermore, foundations of the special population consist of maintaining…

INTRODUCTION Within today’s constant debate on healthcare reform, lies a group of people who often go unnoticed: America’s homeless. For a long time, the homeless were amongst some of the very few who did not qualify for quality healthcare services. The new Obama Administration has established funding and programs that allot Americans free health care, however, not all are aware of how to receive these services. Most homeless individuals are not even aware that they have been made available.…

Our Innovation Our proposed innovation will decrease the costs on healthcare for the homeless population in the inner city that suffer from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Our proposed innovation is an internal capnography chip. The chip sends a signal to the local health department that will be able to monitor respiratory, circulatory, and metabolic status of the homeless. The internal chip will have a global positioning system (GPS) to locate the patient when the capnography is showing…