Currently in low to middle income countries, the poor healthcare infrastructure limits the citizens to seek medical attention. For example, South Africa recently tried to pass a national healthcare bill which allows all the citizens to be able to afford an insurance policy, much like that of United States. Unfortunately, there is a blinding error in national healthcare policies. The social issues are the same for United States and South Africa. Simply, no matter what standard of living a country has, the healthcare infrastructure cannot accommodate for all of the people. The poorly organized system does not help the population to access standardized health diagnostics. No matter what system the citizens of a country has, 100% of the people cannot be guaranteed a standardized health diagnostics. My grandfather was under the same predicament. He was unable to reach a doctor after his disease progressed into a terminal stage. He was in a dire situation in which mobility was not an option. He lived in a town where no hospitals or medical facilities were in reach. The disease continued to grow unnoticed and soon his malady evolved to terminal stage and it was already too late. The main problem lies in the fact that no hospitals were nearby and patient monitoring was minimal for my grandfather. He unfortunately passed away when my father was only 10 years old. If there was a system that could have been better back then, it may have prevented a loss of a life. Mobile Health (mHealth) taps into the resources of electronic health (eHealth). According to the World Health Organization (WHO), “it is pushing the limits of how to acquire, transport, store process, and secure the raw and processed data to deliver meaningful results” (WHO). Th... ... middle of paper ... ...20% at a compounded annual growth rate. The number and statistics is a clear signal for Nokia to venture into this geographical market. The current mobile phones unit internationally has a 56% share. The region in Africa allows Nokia to be a rising leader in mobile phone. Nokia currently holds its number 2 title for the most phone usage in East Asian market while Samsung holds first. If Nokia goes into the African market, it will increase its rankings in the market share ultimately, becoming a leader in mobile phones. The current problem with healthcare is the lack of universal outreach for the public. Although it has improved over the decades through revisions in amendments and lobbyists’ efforts, healthcare has deficiencies in mobility. So that’s why mobile healthcare is needed. It promotes outreach, treatment support, outbreak tracking, and patient monitoring.
The utilization of mobile devices and cloud computing in health organizations should be committed to protecting and respecting the privacy of protected health information and understanding the importance of keeping this information confidential and secure. The electronic health records and protected health information should be managed to ensure its security, confidentiality, integrity, and availability for authorized purposes. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) via the mobile devices and cloud computing should maintain a process to guarantee compliance with applicable provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). All members
Despite the established health care facilities in the United States, most citizens do not have access to proper medical care. We must appreciate from the very onset that a healthy and strong nation must have a proper health care system. Such a health system should be available and affordable to all. The cost of health services is high. In fact, the ...
Throughout the world, in countries rich and poor, people have no access to basic physical and mental healthcare nor to immunizations from infectious disease. Some people have no access because they lack the resources to buy and the state does not provide it. Others may be able to afford healthcare but because there are no services available in their communities they must do without it.
Advances in technology have influences our society at home, work and in our health care. It all started with online banking, atm cards, and availability of children’s grades online, and buying tickets for social outings. There was nothing electronic about going the doctor’s office. Health care cost has been rising and medical errors resulting in loss of life cried for change. As technologies advanced, the process to reduce medical errors and protect important health care information was evolving. In January 2004, President Bush announced in the State of the Union address the plan to launch an electronic health record (EHR) within the next ten years (American Healthtech, 2012).
U.S health care delivery system aims to provide cost effective, and quality health care services to all the citizens (Shi & Singh, 2015, p. 16). There are several characteristics that differentiate the U.S health care system from other countries. One of the characteristics is the use of new technology that enables the implementation of quality care in efficient way (Shi & Singh, 2015, p. 16). The functions of the health care system are also influenced by various external factors. Social values and culture is one among them (Shi & Singh, 2015, p. 10). The Affordable Care Act (ACA) signed by president Barak Obama in March 2010 aims at increasing the quality and affordability of health care services to the public (Robert, 2012).
In conclusion, the ultimate significance to this type of work is to improve the quality of healthcare in these extremely impoverished nations. This argument is represented in Tracy Kidder’s Mountains Beyond Mountains, Monte Leach’s “Ensuring Health Care as a Global Human Right”, and Darshark Sanghavi’s “Is it Cost Effective to Treat the World’s Poor.” The idea that universal healthcare is a human right is argued against in Michael F. Cannon’s “A “Right” to health care?” Cannon claims that it would not work, and fills the holes that the other authors leave in their arguments. All of these articles share the same ultimate goal, and that is to provide every individual with adequate health care, and to not let so many people die from things that could easily have been prevented or treated.
Countries that do not have access to evidenced-based screening and diagnostic tools subsequently do not have access to evidence-based treatments and care ...
“If you look at the human condition today, not everyone is well fed, has access to good medical care, or the physical basics that provide for a healthy and a happy life.” This quote by Ralph Merkle shows that something so easily taken for granted is healthcare. Most of us wouldn’t even think about it as a privilege, something that has just always been there and always will. In America, we would never even imagine not being able to receive medical care in our times of need, in other countries that is not at all the case. Many will die from easily preventable and treatable diseases because they do not have medical care. The charity Doctors of the World is committed to helping those who do not have easy access to medical care
Health care system is a prominent subject all over the world. Every country wants to provide the best health facilities and services to their people. Even than there are so many lapse in the health care field? As regard to U.S there are also so many short comings in the health care organizations. I have gone through and studied the background of the health care system being run by clinics, primary health care centers, and hospitals etc. People has to pay very high charges on every visit to the doctor or surgeon for medical treatments, follow-up and as indoor patients. Theses health care organizations demand plenty money and other hidden expenditures from the patients which is some time beyond the reach of the patients.
In many parts of the world that are considered lower or middle-class countries, health disparities are cause of major concern that leads to unnecessary disease and possible death. Many variables affect how and why many citizens of lower and middle-class countries struggle to obtain adequate healthcare. One region of the world classified as a lower socio economic territory is Ethiopia. Many factors contribute to the lack of health care in Ethiopia such as access to care, high cost of care, and being uneducated, to name a few. One idea that hinders many citizens in Ethiopia to attain healthcare is the access to the healthcare system. This research project will entail the issue of access to the health care system; ways it is affecting the lives of those living in Ethiopia, and measures that can be taken to possibly increase the availability and attainment of healthcare.
Blobel, Bernd, R Engelbrecht, and Michael A. Shifrin. Large Scale Projects in Ehealth: Partnership in Modernization ; Proceedings of the Efmi Special Topic Conference, 18-20 April 2012, Moscow, Russia. Amsterdam: IOS Press, 2012. Internet resource.
While it can cause harm, technology has many good qualities. Health care facilities can work together efficiently to use social media to engage patients to maintain health care needs and promote treatment options worldwide. Healthcare professional can also teach other doctors and nurses through Twitter, Facebook, and other social media sites. Social media can create innovation and gives the whole medical field a educational value which should be embraced. Phones are also used by patients to gain knowledge that can be used to better their own life: “19% of smartphone owners have at least one health app on their phone. Exercise, diet, and weight apps are the most popular types” (Penn,
ED volumes are not the prime element of overcrowding, ED overcrowding as a condition in which the identified need for emergency services exceeds available resources in the ED, and this situation happens in hospital EDs when there are more patients coming to the Ed than staffed, treatment beds and waiting times outstrip a reasonable period (Barish, Mcgauly & Arnold, 2012). Mobile health (mHealth) is described as the use of mobile and wireless technologies for many health purposes (Ventola, 2014). Researchers and representatives consider mHealth has the ability to enhance health care delivery and outcomes, offer a platform for customized medicine, and support patients in disease management (Ventola,
Today, Nokia is the world leader in mobile communications. The company generates sales of more than $27 billion in a total of 130 countries and employs more than 60,000 people. Its simple mission: to "connect people."
Poor Medical health care is something prevalent in many countries. Every family all over the world has suffered deaths due to poor medical healthcare and insurance. The decreasing in the quality of health services provided to the individuals and patients is Poor medical healthcare. Poor Medical Health care is a critical problem that has to end, as studies about it showed that adults in the United States receive half of the needed health care services (EA & RH, 2001), and not only adults but also all types of citizens including children, if this problem did not end deaths of people will significantly increase (Cecere, 2009). Poor Medical health insurance can end with the aid of many solutions that will be proposed within this research paper. Thus, poor medical health care as mentioned before is a detracted problem that has to end because it is the reason of many peoples’ deaths.