Case Study Today, there are many issues that hinder the quality of healthcare. Studies show that most people reported unfavorable evaluations of seeking medical care due to factors related to physicians, health care organizations, and similar affective concerns. Also, many participants stated that they do not seek medical care due to traditional barriers such as high costs, inability to obtain health insurance, and time constraints (Taber, Leyva, & Persoskie, 2015). To solve these issues, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement has create an initiative that they hope will improve healthcare and make it more accessible to all populations. Overview In this report, details regarding the Institute for Healthcare Improvement 's Triple Aim initiative …show more content…
In accordance with one of their main principles to redesign primary care services and structures, organizations are implementing new ways of delivering care. Using new methods allows organizations to build on and improve the quality of old methods (McCarthy & Klein, 2010). For example, the Center of Global Initiatives is studying a way to improve healthcare though Psychology. This relates to the topic of cultural competency mentioned earlier because they believe that psychologists are better equipped to handle cultural situations than other most other health professionals. Also, having knowledge of the human mind and emotions will aid medical professionals in handling stressful medical situations. Studies have shown that a content patient heals faster and is more cooperative, which in turn decreases the time and amount of care needed (Weir, …show more content…
There are always going to be aspects like customer service or procedural changes that can be done to improve quality of care. I believe that this project will make healthcare more open and accessible to all populations. In my practice, I hope to become a leader that is efficient yet maintains good relations with patients. I plan to implement the five principles of the Triple Aim initiative into my practice to provide patients with a satisfying medical experience. If patients are thoroughly taken care of and emotionally content, there will be less complaints and more people willing to seek medical
With healthcare costs soaring in the United States, there is a continuous movement by hospitals and health systems towards reaching a number of patient and system oriented goals related to higher levels of quality, safety, and cost effectiveness. The Triple Aim captures the essential challenges and opportunities of this time within the U.S. Healthcare system. Formally introduce by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) in October 2007, the Triple Aim is theoretical model for optimizing health system performance. The initiative has three components: improving the patient experience of care (including quality and satisfaction), improving the health of populations, and reducing the per capita costs of health care (Berwick,
The modern nurse has much to be thankful for because of some of the early pioneers of nursing, such as Florence Nightingale and Jensey Snow. However, the scope and influence of professional nursing, as well as the individual nurse, has seen more exponential growth and change in North America since the establishment of the first professional organization for nursing, the Nurses Associated Alumnae of the United States and Canada, which in 1911 came to be known as the American Nurses Association.
Going to a different country or area of the world can open up anybody’s eyes to see that culture makes a huge impact on the understanding and practices of healthcare that seem to be so common to other areas of the world. When a person lives in one country their whole life, that person may not realize how different the life they live is from someone in a foreign country. If a person is going to receive treatment from someone with a different cultural background, they should be expected to get treatment to respects their own culture. Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences having such a diverse variety of students has their own cultural competency definition that states “effectively and comfortably communicate across cultures with patients of differing backgrounds, taking into account aspects of trust in order to adopt mutually acceptable objectives and measures”. In the book Dancing Skeletons: Life and Death in West Africa by Katherine Dettwyler, the issue of culture and healthcare are greatly prevalent. Katherine Dettwyler herself goes to West Africa as an anthropologist and her horizons are broadened when during her research she comes in contact with how much culture has an impact on healthcare and everyday life.
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 ...
Cultural Competence is important for many reasons. First, it can help develop culturally sensitive practices which can in turn help reduce barriers that affect treatment in health care settings. Second, it can help build understanding, which is critical in competence, in order wards knowing whom the person recognizes as a health care professional and whom they views as traditional healer, can aid the development of trust and improve the individual’s investment and participation in treatment. Third, our population in the United States is not only growing quickly but also changing, cultural competence will allow us as educators and healthcare workers keep up wi...
D/A: Mr. Brown had two appointments this week. Consumer was transported to his appointment with Dr. Mulligan in Newark. Disk from consumer CAT scan was taken along with him to his appointment. According to the Nurse’s notes states that static pulmonary nodules enlarged mediastinal right axillary lymph node. Mr. Brown was supported to his appointment with Dr. Ramani on 02/27/17 at 9:30 am. Mr. Brown met with his Psychiatrist Dr. Capiro on 02/26/17. Dr. Capiro provided Mr. Brown a direct service at the Residential Program. The service included a comprehensive psychiatric evaluation, medication review and an assessment of his needs. The review and assessment determined that medications were appropriate and consistent with his current health conditions.
According to the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s article “A Primer on Defining the Triple Aim”, the Triple Aim was introduced as a framework as opposed to a concept. Frameworks are structures derived from a series of related concepts; in this case: patient experience, cost of care, and population health. Comparatively, William Kissick’s Iron
It is my opinion that all health care professionals need to become culturally knowledgeable and proficiently trained for competency. It is the rational objective that health care providers to engage in active pursuit and commitment to achieve cultural competency in humility. Unassuming meekness in dealing with our patients and other professionals, with a genuine desire to provide excellent services is critical in working with the clients, understand what they are feeling and thinking, especially when they do not feel at ease. Also of critical importance is seeing each individual as a distinctive and well-meaning person to be treated with dignity, fair-mindedness, and deserving of excellence of care. WE must become more attentive, sensitive
A significant role of healthcare professionals is the development of strong relationships with regards to being culturally competent. According to K. Davis, “cultural competence is the integration and transformation of knowledge about individuals and groups of people into specific standards, policies, practices, and attitudes used in appropriate cultural settings to increase quality of services…” ((Dreachslin, Gilbert & Malone, 2013, p. 109). Cultural competence in healthcare has been a continuous goal that follows four main steps: cultural awareness (recognition of the strong effects of culture on self and others),
Reforming the health care delivery system to progress the quality and value of care is indispensable to addressing the ever-increasing costs, poor quality, and increasing numbers of Americans without health insurance coverage. What is more, reforms should improve access to the right care at the right time in the right setting. They should keep people healthy and prevent common, preventable impediments of illnesses to the greatest extent possible. Thoughtfully assembled reforms would support greater access to health-improving care, in contrast to the current system, which encourages more tests, procedures, and treatments that are either
According to healthypeople.gov, a person’s ability to access health services has a profound effect on every aspect of his or her health, almost 1 in 4 Americans do not have a primary care provider or a health center where they can receive regular medical services. Approximately 1 in 5 A...
Cultural competency is critical in reducing health disparities and improving access to high quality health care. Included below are some of the ways cultural competent healthcare organizations and environments benefit the individual patients and the health care professionals, increased mutual respect between the patients and the patients family and the health care professional, increased trust will encourage patients participation and involvement in health care practices. Promotes the inclusion of all family and community members, assists patient and patient’s families in their care and understanding the choices they have, encourages the patients and the family to take responsibility for their individual health. Cultural competency, improves patient health, increases preventative care for the patient as they are aware of the condition they are in, saves the company money as the amount of repeated duties will be reduced, cost saves in the treatments and legal costs and decreases. The health care company will benefit from being culturally competent as it incorporates different perspectives, ideas and strategies into the decision making process, Decreases barriers that slow down the healing process, moves toward meeting legal and regulatory guidelines and improves efficiency of care and
Cultural competence in health care provision refers to the capacity of health care systems to offer good care to patients and accommodate employees, who have diverse beliefs, behaviors, and values to meet their cultural, linguistic, and social needs. It comprises of policies, attitudes, and behaviors that integrate to form a system that can operate efficiently in cross cultural conditions. Healthcare organizations look at cultural competence from two major viewpoints. Firstly, it is a tool to enhance patient care from all backgrounds, social groups, languages, religions, and beliefs. Secondly, it is a tool that strategically attracts potential clients to their organizations and, hence, expands
Nursing is a very complex career. It involves several different kinds of skills. Perhaps one of the most important skills is communication. In the healthcare setting, there are multiple disciplines that come together to care for patients. With this kind of care, communication between each discipline is crucial to ensure that everyone is properly caring for the patient. The nurse is the health care provider that is at the bedside of the patient the most and has the most direct contact with the loved ones of the patient.
Patients make up a huge part in achieving service excellence for the healthcare industry. My healthcare facility helps the patients redeem themselves and correct with sensitivity. The patients are my customers, and my healthcare facility must remember our mission and vision of giving spectacular healthcare to our customers who are our priority. By giving quality customer service, my healthcare facility earns the gratitude and patronage of its patients. The patients pass their experiences to their families and that keeps my healthcare facilities’ reputation successful