Welcome to COHE6000 Fall 2023_intro

Hello fellow bloggers, Welcome to COHE 6000 for Fall 2022. I have several different perspectives on our health care system: 1) as a health information management professional and a health care administrator who worked in acute care and ambulatory settings; as a patient who had her fair share of contact with the system and got … Read more

Overview of U.S. health care system_ Can it deliver quality care for all at reasonable cost?

In the U.S. access to health care depends on having health care insurance.  Whether health care is financed via public government-sponsored programs such as Medicare, Medicaid or SCHIP or through private employer-sponsored plans (BTW most individuals in the US have this form of coverage) it still ends up representing a cost to society.  The conventional wisdom is that we all share … Read more