Deck 14: Analysis of the US Health-care System

Question 1

IN YOUR OWN WORDS
Based on this chapter, please provide a description of the following concepts in your own words. DO NOT RECITE the text description.

Answer 1

Commonwealth health insurance connector:
Common wealth health insurance connector is for facilitating the administration, selling, and buying of the affordable, high quality private insurance coverage for the employers. For this, the employer should have maximum fifty employees.
Coordinated care pathway:
Coordinated care pathway is similar to the Country U's managed care system. Under this, the patients have an option to choose their preferred doctors and can follow the pathway of the doctor for treatment. To follow the coordinated care pathway is not compulsory, it is an option for the citizen to choose it or not.
Green house project:
Green house project is a nursing home created uniquely by focusing on creating residency. Green houses not only provides services it also ensures a home to residence, where they can receive care.
Healthy City SF program:
Healthy City SF program was established in the month of April 2007. This program was to make available the comprehensive healthcare to the 73,000 uninsured residents in City SF between the age category of 18 and 65.
Medical nomadism:
Patients normally search for many physicians to find the physician at their preference. This process of selecting a physician from a number of physicians available is known as medical nomadism.
National health insurance:
National health insurance is the insurance coverage provided for each citizen in a country. The entire citizens in the country are eligible to get coverage under the national health insurance scheme. The government, from the general tax collected, funds the national health insurance.
National health system:
Healthcare system of Country GB is known as national health system. National health system provides healthcare services at low cost for the legal residents in Country GB. The Citizen is eligible to get the treatment at a subsidized manner. The tax will support the system. Government will manage the infrastructure required for the delivery of the health care.
Pay-for-performance:
Pay-for-performance is a system of making payment for the healthcare services according to the efficiency and quality of the service provided. Thereby the people will be able to avail better or higher quality services through cheaper cost.
Single-payer system:
Single-payer system is the system in which the government makes payment for the medical service. National health insurance, national health system, and socialized health insurance system are the three models of for structuring the healthcare system.
Robotic surgery:
Robotic surgery is a minimally invasive surgery. Which mean, robotic surgery is one, which is less invasive than the traditional surgery. The smaller incisions will help to reduce the risk of infection, thereby shorten the hospital times.

Question 2

Complete the following case scenarios based on the information provided in the chapter. Your answer must be IN YOUR OWN WORDS.
REAL LIFE APPLICATI ONS: CASE SCENARIO ONE
You need to do a research paper for your international healthcare class. Select one of the countries discussed in the chapter and assess two strengths of one of these systems.
ACTIVITY
Apply these two strengths to the U.S. healthcare system. Write a two page report on how you would integrate these characteristics into U.S. healthcare.
RESPONSES

CASE SCENARIO TWO
You have a friend that you believe is suffering from some mental health issues. You are concerned about him but do not know what to do.
ACTIVITY
Do an Internet search and review the different legislative acts that pertain to mental health. Research mental health statistics in the United States. Write up a report that discusses these acts and the data you found regarding mental health in the United States.
RESPONSES

CASE SCENARIO THREE
Your family believes in a holistic approach to medicine. They have bad backs and they refuse to take prescription drugs. They believe that complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is the best approach. You are not sure.
ACTIVITY
Research the field of CAM. Identify three ways that CAM is used to treat a medical problem.
RESPONSES

CASE SCENARIO FOUR
Your parents have asked you to assist in placing your grandparents into a skilled nursing facility. They are very concerned about the care they will receive. You have heard of a new model of nursing home that may be appropriate for your grandparents.
ACTIVITY
Write up a report on the Green House Project and explain the differences between a traditional skilled nursing facility and the Green House Project.
RESPONSES

Answer 2

Common wealth health insurance connector:
Common wealth health insurance connector is for facilitating the administration, selling, and buying of the affordable, high quality private insurance coverage for the employers. For this, the employer should have maximum fifty employees.
Case scenario one:
Person G wishes to do a research on international healthcare class. For this Person G want to select a country.
Solution to the problem:
Person G has selected, healthy City SF program for his study. It was established in the month of April 2007. This program was to make available the comprehensive healthcare to the 73,000 uninsured residents in City SF between the age category of 18 and 65.
City SF has strictly implemented the system. All the people in the city can avail the medical facility. Normally, the cost for the treatment of people between 18 and 65 is very high. Healthy City SF program provides assistance for this category. In the Country U national health insurance and national health system are the major programs implemented for assisting the people for the medical care.
Case scenario two:
Person H is doubtful in her friend's health. Person H feels, her friend is suffering from some mental issues. Person H is confused about what she should do.
Solution to the problem:
Mental health reform legislation, caring start act of 2015, mental health in schools act, student support act, and saving our next generation acts are the some of the act prevailing to protect the mental health of the citizen in Country U.
Case scenario three:
Person F's family is believe on the holistic approach to medicine. The family refuses the prescription of drugs instead, they believe on the complementary and alternative medicines.
Solution to the problem:
Complementary and alternative medicine is not so popular. To minimize the side effects, the users can do the following:
• Consult with the doctor and ensure that the medicine is safe
• Listen to the researcher' s opinion
• Carefully choose the practitioner
• Disclose with the doctor about all the treatment that the patient is using
Case scenario four:
Person M's parents asked him to choose a better place for placing his grandparents. They need a high skilled nursing facility. Person M is trying to search whether greenhouse project is appropriate or not.
Solution to the problem:
Green house project is a nursing home created uniquely by focusing on creating residency. Green houses not only provides services it also ensures a home to residence, where they can receive care. Green house facility is offering better quality of services than the traditional skilled nursing facility. It is offering an improved version of services than the traditional skilled nursing facility.

Question 3

INTERNET EXERCISES
Write your answers in the space provided.
Visit each of the websites listed here.
Name the organization.
Locate their mission statement or statement of purpose on their website.
Provide a brief overview of the activities of the organization.
How do these organizations participate in the U.S. healthcare system
Websites

Answer 3

1)Name of the organization:
The name of the organization is HL.
Mission of the organization:
The mission of the organization is to make people feel better in terms of health and well-being. The organization strives to create peace of mind to their clients. The organization offers support, guidance, and care to achieve best health outcomes.
Overview of activities:
The organization lists a wide range of health problems, in which the client can choose his problem and get medical advice and guidance from the organization. The organization has a list of physicians who can give treatment and peace of mind to the people.
Importance of organization:
The organization is very important for the health care industry of the country. The people can choose their own doctors and treatment and get it cured by specialized ways. The government should encourage these types of organizations so that the health care industry will flourish in the country.
2)Name of the organization:
The name of the organization is DS.
Mission of the organization:
The mission of the organization is to provide new findings about human health. The organization also helps in giving health outcomes for various diseases.
Overview of activities:
The following are the activities of the organization:
• Conducting research and publishing the findings about various diseases.
• Educating the patients in terms of various diseases and their treatment
• Identifying strategies to cure acute and chronic diseases of patients
Importance of this organization:
As the organization conducts various researches and studies to cure acute diseases of the people, this organization is very much helpful for the government. The government should fund these organizations and encourage conducting new studies and identifying new medicines.
3)Name of the organization:
The name of the organization is MAH.
Mission of the organization:
The mission of the organization is to provide healthcare services to people irrespective of their income and economic status. The organization provides health care services to whole family as such.
Overview of activities:
The following are the overview of activities of the organization:
• Providing health care system for the patients and their families
• Facilitating in payment of bills at regular intervals
• Giving health renewal options to the patients
• Offering health services to small businesses
Importance of this organization:
This organization is very important for the health care system of Country U. The organization offers health care facilities to the small business, families, and other peoples on a regular basis. These organizations will help the health care organization to grow.
4)
Name of the organization:
The name of the organization is NCB.
Mission of the organization:
The mission of the organization is to provide high quality health care services to all the peoples. The mission is to achieve the social and economic problems of people living with lower income.
Overview of the activities:
The following are the activities of the organization:
• Giving education on health care
• Framing strategic plans
• Providing healthy and nutritious foods to patients
• Engage in capacity building programs
Importance of the organization:
The organization provides high quality services to patients living with lower income level. Hence, this organization is very important for the government. The government should grant funds for these organizations and encourage their activities.
5)Name of the organization:
The name of the organization is IOM
Mission of the organization:
The mission of the organization is to provide migration facilities to old and young migrants of the country. The organization strives to encourage financial and communal development of the society.
Overview of activities:
• The organization provides migration facilities at a very least cost and at a reliable manner.
• To facilitate the migration f people in a lawful manner
• To give migration advices to the people of the country
Importance of organization:
The organization is very important for the government as it educated the people about migration and facilitates legal migration of the people. This will reduce the unlawful migration of the people in the country. The government should recognize these organizations.
6)Name of the organization:
The name of the organization is KFF.
Mission of the organization:
The mission of the organization is to focus on major health care concern in the country. To address the acute and chronic health problems in the country is one of the missions of this organization.
Overview of the organization:
• Providing health care to people suffering from chronic and acute diseases
• Providing health news and information to people
• Conducting research and making policies on health care.
Importance of the organization:
The government considers this organization as one of the important organization in health care system. As the organization publishes research papers on various diseases and their treatments, the government should focus on the growth of these organizations.
Conclusion:
In Country U, there are many organizations providing health care services to the people. The government should find out such organizations and grant them required amount of funds for their growth. Ultimately, the people of the country will benefit from these organizations.

Question 4

Discussion Questions
The following are suggested discussion questions for this chapter.