I chose to review 5 Steps to Restore Trust in U.S. Health Care by Richard Isaacs (2022) for this assignment. This article discusses the importance of trust in public health and the well-being of individuals. I was drawn to this article because of the shortcomings of the American health care system that we have discussed in class, … Read more
How to Deliver Patient-Centered Care: Learn from Service Industries by Brian Powers, Amol S. Navathe, and Sachin H. Jain According to the National Library of Medicine, patient-centered care is defined as care that focuses on the individual’s specific health needs. It is said that the idea of patient-centered care will encourage patients to be more active and … Read more
The 5 Critical Priorities for the U.S. Health Care System piece is written in light of the COVID 19 pandemic and what the health care should do to prevent further pandemic issues that my arise in the future. The first priority of the article is to focus on improving the health of all citizens in … Read more
Managing The Most Expensive Patients by R.Pearl & Philip Madvig Approximately half of the dollars spent by the United States is to manage 5 % of the most acutely ill citizens. Within that 5%, there are 3 groups: 1)those with chronic illnesses like diabetes, heart disease that require frequent MD visits or occasional hospitalizations, 2) those … Read more
Attempting to place arbitrary limits on the length of appointments or setting high targets for the number of patients that he or she could see in one day may lower the cost in the front end, but they incur much higher costs later in the cycle of treatment. The article written by Derek A Haas, … Read more