With the increased demand for nursing and allied health professionals in the healthcare sector, the need for innovative practices are quintessential. Healthcare has changed overtime and the shaping of access to proper healthcare in Australia is dependent on multiple influences, affecting the system in numerous ways. Technology, power and politics are major influences within the healthcare sector and are continuously affecting the industry, bringing many changes within a small space of time. These influences can have favourable or unfavourable outcomes and can help to create a better healthcare system in Australia. This essay will show the key influences, technology, power and politics impact healthcare and how this affects nursing staff within …show more content…
The advance in technology has brought upon many changes, where it is either positive or negative, dependent on the stance taken for this influence. Medical technology has influenced the health care system in Australia, bringing in varied techniques for diagnosis, procedures and many other aspects of healthcare. With the development in technology, telemedicine has been introduced right around Australia, benefitting allied health professionals and nurses especially in a rural setting.
Increasingly, existing rural medical facilities are utilising telemedicine to treat patients where less people are employed. Telemedicine is the application of technology to treat and diagnose patients within a remote or rural background (Gregory, 2013). Telemedicine is proving to be a well-regarded use of medical technology where adequate care is provided for patients (Harvey, Yeager, Cramer, Wheeler, & McSwain, 2017). Although this is a positive regarding telemedicine, there are certain limitations within the rural setting, making healthcare access difficult in
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Evidence of the impact of work politics was found in a study, whereby a worker had reported that having a political stance intended a non-assertive approach, in quest of not disturbing it in anyway. Furthermore, the worker stated that workers must be very cautious of what is said and that the work must be done properly (MacLellan et al., 2016). Accordingly, this shows that opposition in the workplace have certain effects and may not favour staff members, resulting in unfavourable treatment and isolation. Power and politics both have influenced the healthcare system in
In October 1998 the new European Working Time Directive was implemented. Its purpose was to prevent employers from expecting their employees to work excessively long hours. This meant that doctors were only allowed to work an average of 48 hours a week. As a result Registered Nurses had to take on tasks that were previously only performed by doctors taking them away from the patient’s bedside. In March 2000 the government launched a new paper. The NHS Plan. Its purpose was to modernise and reform the NHS and its practices and for it to be more patient centred. This put even more pressure on Registered Nurses to take on ever increasing number the doctors roles therefore removing them yet further away from the bedside. Lord, M. NT (2002) describes the effect that Project 2000 was to have on the education of nurses. The project changed nurse training from an “In house” style of teaching to University based education. This led to the abolishment of the State Enrolled Nurse (SEN) leaving a large skill gap in the workforce. The Royal College of Nursing’s General Secretary, Dr. Peter Carter stated RCN (2007) that 180 000 Registered Nurses (RN’s) were due to retire over the next decade. Combined with ever tightening budgets putting an increased strain on the Health Service it also meant there would be a huge skill shortage. These three events have conspired to introduce and further develop the role of th...
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The phrase politics of nursing or even politics in nursing has so much meaning to the individual nurse. In nature politics have a dichotomy nature, and depending on who you talk to, their individual slant is unique. This makes the discussion of politics a very complicated issue. Agreement is the basis for the efforts that arise from politics, yet with every issue there are two sides who have to compromise something to get a bit of what they want. So what happens when a nurses are so busy they cannot advocate for themselves? Who will advocate for nurses when they can no longer bridge their essential needs in a health care environment? Unions are a modern option for nurses who struggle with voicing their needs and patient needs in an outdated bureaucratic twenty first century capitalist world of health care. The purpose of this paper is to look into the contributions of Unions on nurses, patient care, and the way health care facilities address issues that limit a collaborative approach to health care.
The purpose of telemedicine is to remove distance as a barrier to health care. While telehealth is an accepted resource to bridge the gap between local and global health care, integrating telehealth into existing health infrastructures presents a challenge for both governments and policy makers (HRSA, 2011). Today there are policy barriers that prevent the expansion of telehealth, including reimbursement issues raised by Medicare and private payers, state licensure, and liability and privacy concerns.
External and internal influences are relevant in health care. These influences continue to affect the total operations of a health care facility. I will summarize the insights I have gained into the external influences of the new health care reform policy and quality initiatives. The recent health care reform legislation was passed in the house and senate this year. The senior vice president, that I have interviewed, states that health care reform is an “unknown” for organizations. In addition, I will research the quality improvement initiatives and how these external influences include implications for organizations and health care administrators.
The result of the Francis Report means that the NHS is at a turning point in how all Health Care is delivered, as suggested by NHS employers “28 of Robert Francis' QC's recommendations are for changes to nursing regulation or delivery”.
Frances Report (2013) gave a report of what led to the failure of the care Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust provided to patients. He reported that this failure is as a result neglect and of lack of good leadership and incompetence fundamental nursing care by health care professionals such this called for a major change in the culture of the NHS across the country. Hence, the innovation team cultivate the culture of transparency, honesty, tru...
Implementing telehealth. support medical practice in rural/remote regions: what are the conditions for success? Implement Sci. 2006 Aug 24;1:18. Epub 2006 Aug 24.
Telemedicine is a new comer to the field of medicine and it is the treatment of patients by means of telecommunications technology. Telemedicine is carried out in a variety of ways whether it is by smart phone, wireless tools or other forms of telecommunications. Examples of telemedicine include: 1) transmission of medical images 2) care services at the home of the patient 3) Diagnosis at distance 4) education and training of patients. The diversity of practices in what is known as telemedicine raises many questions and one of those questions, which is extremely important, relate to the safety of the practice and the risks involved.
...ward understanding the cost benefit of telemedicine applications. Hospital Topics: Research and Perspectives on Healthcare
ABSTRACT Technology affects society in every aspect in today’s world. There is not one single industry that has not been affected by technology, but no other industry is more affected than the field of medicine and healthcare. Modern technology has changed the structure and organization of the medical field. With rising health care cost the amount of uninsured people keeps rising higher and higher. With new technology the prices will only continue to rise. There are currently approximately 46 million people without health care coverage and that number continues to climb with rising health care cost. Employers are either no longer able to pay for employee insurance because of the 54 percent cost increase, or they are having to change policies
It is not about “what you do”, “it is about who you are and who you know”. As employees, we have all heard sayings like this before when it comes to the business world. The “power and politic” mindset is a direct result of the type of tug of war experienced for millions of years; from prehistoric times through modern day. Ever since Ugha smashed Mugha in the head with a club back in prehistoric times, politics have been around in the workplace. Politics are a subliminal fight for survival and it actually happens in personal lives as much as it does in our work lives. Politics can go hand in hand with power, just as night follows the day. Many of the political situations that occur within a corporation are a result of growth and change. However, part of the task of becoming a viable asset to a corporation is to look beyond the surface and find out where the company is heading as a result of these changes. In this way, employees can position themselves to be a positive part of the growth and change.
From over-crowding and long waiting lists to staff shortages which have knock on effects resulting in inadequate skills mix and unacceptable nurse-patient ratios. An aging population, high birth rates and an increase in chronic diseases also puts pressure on the healthcare system. The nursing role has had to evolve in response to changing societal needs and the challenges in the healthcare system today. (McCurry et al. 2009). This can bring additional challenges to nurses’ professional identity. ??
In another study done by Emmanuel Mutambara, he stated that there is direct impact of politics on organization. His research investigates the effects of organizational politics. The research took a slightly different angle of organizational politics, one that included traditional conceptualizations of politics as typically having a negative effect to the organization and the other view of politics as a positive event within the contemporary organization. Statistical analysis was done to identify common factors on the effects of organizational politics. The research revealed that, organizational motivators, organizational de-motivators, and labor turnover were common factors of organizational politics (Mutambara, Botha, & Bisschoff, 2014). The research recommended that managers and employees must be proactive in dealing with organizational politics. The re-activeness must be encored in democratic decision making in which all parties demonstrate the “will” to work with and through organizational politics notwithstanding consolidation of the positive side of
Even though the technology is purported to be simple and intuitive in nature, many of the participants may be uncomfortable utilizing the technology. In the Sharma and Clarke (2014) article, the nurses felt that the introduction of telehealth significantly increased their workload due to installation of equipment, initial patient assessment and that they had to make daily observation of their patients. There was also a feeling among the nurses that it was not part of their job to install the equipment or troubleshoot problems with the equipment. Another barrier is that the technology may not capture the occurrence, could produce a false reading or provide insufficient data. Technology is not a completely adequate substitution for the human presence that nurses provide. The technology is only as effective as the programming and the accuracy of data entered by the client. Furthermore, the lack of human presence can also contribute to