Issues in Health Care

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Hello everyone! I am interviewing for MHA programs soon and I was wondering what are some issues currently in health care. Are there any resources that cover health care issues? Any help would be great. Thanks!

 

[Mad Jack]

Hello everyone! I am interviewing for MHA programs soon and I was wondering what are some issues currently in health care. Are there any resources that cover health care issues? Any help would be great. Thanks!

Access, reimbursement, and resource issues are the big problems of the day.

http://www.gao.gov/key_issues/health_care_quality_access/issue_summary

http://ethics.emory.edu/resources/Publication/PDFs/Ethical issues and access to healthcare.pdf

http://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2009/l...-should-ration-health-care-says-msu-ethicist/

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...0wiAV2DnQlJp_AzcA&sig2=uYvPe8ETIMHMCAeT8mTL8A

http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/109/12/1448.full

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...=sgBulNdEHmnhXvn9yCV1kA&bvm=bv.60444564,d.aWc

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...=wGBR8tvpoBATii2WV22nTQ&bvm=bv.60444564,d.aWc

There are a few articles to get you started.

 

[kerewin21]

Kaiser Health News is a good source. The ACA is probably the biggest current issue in the US.

http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/

 

[shanza]

hi , iam going to take admission in MPH .By profession iam a physiotherapist ,can any 1 give me any idea on how to write letter of intent

 

[CHELOKABAB]

I am a family practitioner practicing in Fremont CA since 1992. I serve a huge indigent population of mixed ethnic groups. I have to warn the new student that are planing to get to primary care medicine. Talking good about serving people is one thing but delivering it is different. The new health care system does not leave any room for me to practice the passion of medicine. The essence of helping patients for us is time and peace of mind. With the new changes in health care both are lacking and is getting more and more crunched. Medi-cal of California pays $21.00 for a 15 min office visit. This is only for face to face management and half of it gets wasted looking at computer monitor instead of patient. With the new requirement of EMR it takes another 5-10 min charting and satisfying many elements in the notes that have no meaningful benefit for patients well being. With spending 25 min on the patients management for only $21.00 there would be no peace of mind nor time time to deliver world class medicine to the patients. Dr Ebrahim Ahmadi.

 

[SPSS]

I am a family practitioner practicing in Fremont CA since 1992. I serve a huge indigent population of mixed ethnic groups. I have to warn the new student that are planing to get to primary care medicine. Talking good about serving people is one thing but delivering it is different. The new health care system does not leave any room for me to practice the passion of medicine. The essence of helping patients for us is time and peace of mind. With the new changes in health care both are lacking and is getting more and more crunched. Medi-cal of California pays $21.00 for a 15 min office visit. This is only for face to face management and half of it gets wasted looking at computer monitor instead of patient. With the new requirement of EMR it takes another 5-10 min charting and satisfying many elements in the notes that have no meaningful benefit for patients well being. With spending 25 min on the patients management for only $21.00 there would be no peace of mind nor time time to deliver world class medicine to the patients. Dr Ebrahim Ahmadi.

EHR is an essential part of patient safety and quality care. Organizing your time for face to face engagement with patients and EHR is a skill that should be developed and master over time like any new technology introduced in any industry.

How does 21$ affect patient management and quality care ? You can always offer your patients an extra 5-10 minutes for free if you were really concerned about them !! Making it 100$ doesn't change anything since the problem you raised is about time frame.

The best way to offer best medical care to underserved population is by increasing the number of primary physicians ratio, not raising physicians fee for service or income.

As well as providing universal access and medical insurance to those underserved communities.