Addressing Interoperability Challenges in Healthcare Healthcare interoperability implies well-established coordination between the information systems both within and across the organization to enhance effective healthcare delivery in the community. It contributes to the bigger healthcare picture while helping patients and provides an adequate database to aid innovations and studies. Healthcare interoperability can be achieved through uniformity in state privacy laws, augmented patient matching capabilities, and adopting the right health information technologies (Braunstein,2018). However, there are several challenges associated with the lack of interoperability in healthcare, with the major one being the care coordination gaps. The problem requires the integration of health information technology to develop digital care coordination by improving legibility, allowing asynchronous communication, and providing remote access to information. Care coordination gap arises when health care providers fail to share crucial health information or fail to rightfully organize care, thus leading to problems including missing lab reports or unnecessary test administration(Doty, 2017).It is merely a divergence between recommended best practices and provided care. Among the various challenges states face in healthcare are heavy clinical workloads, fragmentation of care among several…
Universal Health Care: A policy meant to help adopt Primary Based Health Care System in the United States. This policy document outlines the universalhealth care coverage in the United States through a strategic system of comprehensive and diversified primary healthcare.The policy provisions mandate the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and its Management Board with the obligation of advocacy inensuring flexibility while focusing on factors that arise before federal and state governments and the American citizens(AAFP, 2013). It does this by prioritizing universal health care coverage objectives. In essence, this aim is typically founded on AAFP policy, which primarily states health is an essential universal human right, which also incorporates universal access to quality, timely and cost-effectivehealth care. The health policy is specifically implemented through various programs such as the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and federal regulations like the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (A.C.A.). These provisions increase access to cost-effective universal health care involvingthe previously uninsured, non-Medicare eligible populations in equal measure. The uninsured population has been recorded to reach as low as 8.8% due to the…
Healthcare Information Systems Performance Standards and Measures In KSA When it comes to managing patient information in any hospital or clinic, it is critical to develop a system that is both easy to use while at the same time efficient enough to store any volume of information. Flexibility in information systems is crucial in ensuring the ease of use and management, especially in a setting where the clinic personnel does not have advanced IT knowledge. In transitioning from paper-based information systems management to the Electronic Health Record (EHR) system, it is vital to involve the entire personnel. By engaging the nurses and physicians in the implementation stage, it becomes easy to adopt a policy that answers to their needs. The two primary questions to ask the registered nurses or physicians in the community clinic include, what is their definition and expectation of the EHR system? And, how will the EHR system solve the problem of data and information storage in the clinic? The first question is critical because it gives a clear picture of the purpose the system should serve…
The Impact of Leadership on Health Care in the United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates’ health care system undergoes continuous review, regular change, and level-based transformation. The consequence of the revisions within health and social care sectors influence a significant aspect of the organizational culture. Some of the transformations impact the planning and delivery of services. The alterations also change the approach used by care providers in the execution of their duties based on the need to benefit the users of care services and the local communities. Over the years, the aims and objectives of service provision in the health and social care sectors have changed significantly (Erik, Robben, and Blair 672). The emergence of rights and advocacy groups continues to influence the development and implementation of reforms and policies. Further, research generates different perspectives in the running of the social and health care sectors. Leadership styles in social and health care sectors endeavor to create an enabling environment that facilitates interactions and the delivery of patient-based services to clients. Leadership styles provide a mechanism for solving issues that…
The Current Pandemic Situation In the spring of 2009, a novel influenza A virus, later known popularly known as the H1N1, first emerged in the united states of America and quickly spread across the country and outside its borders. By the time the influenza was brought under control in august 2010, more than 18,000 people across the world had died from the virus, making it one of the worst pandemics in history. The 2009 flu was also the last pandemic the world witnessed, up until November 2019, when the first case of the now dreaded coronavirus outbreak was reported in the Hubei province of China. One month later, Chinese doctors started noting cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, in Wuhan, which is in the Hubei Province of China. Since its official outbreak at the end of December 2019, the COVID-19 has drawn a lot of speculations regarding its spread, impact, the vulnerable population, and its unprecedented cure that is yet to be formulated. However, one thing the entire world agrees on right now is that the…
Annotated Bibliography on assumption and stereotypes used in medical psychiatric purposes Aggarwal, Neil Krishan. “Medical Orientalism and the War on Terror: Depictions of Arabs and Muslims in the Psychodynamic Literature post-9/11.” Journal of Muslim Mental Health, vol. 6, no. 1, 2011, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3998/jmmh.10381607.0006.102 In this research, the researcher examines the assumption and stereotypes used in medical psychiatric purposes. According to the research, Edward Said’s concept of orientalism is situated within medicine as a hermeneutic for cultural critique (Aggarwal). The paper therefore aims at understanding the psychodynamic factors surrounding suicide bombers and the perceived connection to the Islamic religion. The paper makes a direction connection between medicine and the perception of the Islamic religion in a manner otherwise never used before. The examination of the implications of psychiatric orientalism in medical context against the Muslims is important enables the elimination of prejudice in mental health service provision. The research answers previously ignored questions in the mental health of Muslims in connection to association with terrorism. Medical outcomes heavily depend on health services providers. The research will assist my essay in understanding…
The semantics of Healthcare Access among African Americans Compared to Other Races Eight questions based on how AA people perceived their medical experiences compared to their whites counterparts (access, income, age, sex, etc. Ex. Do you feel comfortable making medical decisions?) Do you think there is preferential treatment of people based on the race or skin color in the healthcare facilities within the country What is your experience with American doctors? Do you think they give priority to the whites when it comes to access to health care services within the country Do you believe there is equality in the access to healthcare services in the United States Do you believe income disparities among different races affect the quality of care one gets? Do you think regional imbalances based on the wealth have led to discrimination based on the kind of health care services that an individual gets? Do you think Obamacare has solved inequality within the healthcare sector? Do you think blacks are still disadvantaged in access to quality healthcare as compared to their white counterparts? Do you think…
Septic Superficial Incision Post CABG Introduction Coronary artery bypass graft CABG is a type of surgery done to people suffering from coronary heart disease. It is done when there is a buildup of cholesterol and fats in the coronary artery, which supplies oxygen-rich blood to the heart. In grafting, a healthy vein bypasses the affected artery to improve blood flow to the heart. Often, purulent discharge post CABG indicates sternal wound sepsis, which complicates cardiac surgeries. Patients undergoing different forms of operations and, more so, cardiac sternotomy risks acquiring infections in the sternal wounds. The SSI is eradicated with the use of appropriate antibiotics combined with proper wound care. The paper will analyze wound infections post CABG responsible for purulent discharge and the importance of an interdisciplinary approach in enhancing care while improving patients’ outcomes. Pathophysiology and Tests Often, following CABG surgery, the incision site may take time to heal, which leads to the development of infections. Wound infections range from superficial to the invasion of mediastinitis that overruns the heart, sternum, and the great vessels (Abdou et al., 2018).…
Biblical Perspective on Mental Health An understanding of the biblical view of mental health is significant for coming up with policies which improve counselor’s effectiveness and efficiency when dealing with their patients. Mental illness has become a common disease in America. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, about one in every five Americans has some form of mental illness. Understanding mental illness entails having relevant information about the various types of the disease. One such example is Any Mental Illness (AMI), characterized by emotional or behavioral disorders. The other form of mental illness is Serious Mental Illness (SMI), which refers to mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders, which leads to a person developing severe functionality impairments (Chang, Hayes, Broadbent, Fernandes, Lee, Hotopf & Stewart, 2010). Several solutions have been availed detailing how to deal with and treat patients with mental health issues. Counseling, for instance, utilizes psychological knowledge to guide a patient into recovery from mental challenges. However, counseling cannot achieve efficiency on its own. The integration of counseling and other disciplines is significant in handling and treating patients…
Risk analysis Risk analysis is a concept that has become increasingly important to most institutions and even governments to determine the success of the goals they aim to achieve. In definition, risk analysis is the in-depth analysis of the issues that may face a particular project, institution, or an ecosystem, barring it from achieving its set of objectives or risking its continued existence in the case of the ecosystem (Bridges, 2019). For instance, a fishing company may carry out a risk analysis to determine the future success of its operations in the market. The future supply of the raw material, fish in this instance, may be looked at against other related factors such as pollution and demand that may affect the fish numbers. The fishing company, therefore, may look for alternative sources or take breeding into their own hands to maintain their supply. The risk analysis is primarily carried out to identify potential problems, analyzing them, and, ultimately, seeking suitable mitigating measures to reduce its impact or stop it from happening at all. Risk analysis usually takes up a more…