In the years before the discovery of oil, the health situation in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was poor but since then there have been rapid changes in the healthcare system in the UAE. For example, since the establishment of the UAE, many modern hospitals and clinics have been set up and filled with the best medical equipment. However, in spite of this considerable progress, there are still many challenges and difficulties which face the health care system in the UAE. This essay will focus on the major issues.
The basic problem facing the health care system in the UAE is that there is no special database in which to keep medical records related to the diseases in the region. The healthcare system does not have records to explain these diseases, how to treat them, the percentage of affected people, the number of patients dying from these diseases and the number of patients who have survived these diseases. In addition there is no historical record for any of the families that illustrates the medical and genetic diseases that are inherited in the family and how many family members are living with these diseases.
The health care system in the UAE recognizes the importance of having a medical database. That is why the government started collecting data and forming a medical database to organize better the health care system. An online database of patients’ medical records connecting public hospitals and clinics has been created and is currently expanding. The Ministry of Health programmed the database which costs Dh300 million (US$82m) and which is already in use in the northern Emirates (Underwood, 2008).
Another problem facing the health care system is the lack of Emirati doctors specializing in all areas of medicine and the l...
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... the UAE’s health care system cares about the lives of all Emiratis and they are encouraging every citizen to lead a clean and healthy lifestyle. In addition, the UAE health care system is getting help from foreign, more advanced countries to include different medications and solutions to decrease the number and extent of diseases among citizens in the UAE. Guidance and awareness is spread and taught to citizens of all ages to help keep them aware of how important is the maintenance of good health.
In conclusion I think that we should have enough medical colleges and the Ministry of Education should take care of the students to increase the number of local doctor. UAE Health care system needs to develop the databases of the patients , in addition it should spread awareness in the society for citizens to realize the effects of the bad health life style.
“Health is the state of complete physical, mental, social and intellectual well-beings not merely an absence of disease”(WHO,1998).Good health is essential in life as people’s career will be affected if they fall ill.. In the developed countries like Australia, People who are not involved in the healthy lifestyle are suffering from a range of health disorders like overweight, high blood pressure, obese, heart diseases, obesity, diabetes, high cholesterol, kidney problems, liver disorders and so many. To overcome these health issues Australian government introduced health care system. This essay will firstly, discuss the Australian health care system and secondly, compare Australia with other countries around the world in relation to different consideration on health.
In the U.S and other nations of the world, the health expenditure and number of physicians increase as the economy expands. However, physician shortage is of a great concern globally, which the U.S and the Military Healthcare System (MHS) are no exceptions. According to Garber (2004) “a shortage exit when there is unsatisfied demand, which occurs when the quantity of a good or service is less than what people will be willing to buy at the current price”. For example a long wait time to get an elective surgery done, or a long wait for a patient to get an appointment to see the doctor are evidence of physician shortage. Another definition of shortage is “having a projected supply of physicians that meet less than 80% of the forecasted demand or need, calculated at the estimated means (Scheffler, Liu, Kinfu, & Dal Poz, 2007). The World Health Organization report (2006) estimated that, 57 countries had absolute shortage of 2.3 million physicians. This shortage according to prior studies implied the lack of a sufficient number of health care professionals to deliver skilled health interventions such as child-birth.
Did you ever think about how much time is spent on computers and the internet? It is estimated that the average adult will spend over five hours per day online or with digital media according to Emarketer.com. This is a significant amount; taking into consideration the internet has not always been this easily accessible. The world that we live in is slowly or quickly however you look at it: becoming technology based and it is shifting the way we live. With each day more and more people use social media, shop online, run businesses, take online classes, play games, the list is endless. The internet serves billions of people daily and it doesn’t stop there. Without technology and the internet, there would be no electronic health record. Therefore, is it important for hospitals and other institutions to adopt the electronic health record (EHR) system? Whichever happens, there are many debates about EHR’s and their purpose, and this paper is going to explain both the benefits and disadvantages of the EHR. Global users of the internet can then decide whether the EHR is beneficial or detrimental to our ever changing healthcare system and technology based living.
It was just yesterday when Electronic health records was just introduced in healthcare industry. People were not ready to accept it due to higher cost and consumption of time associated in training people and adopting new technology. Despite of all this criticism, use of Internet and Electronic Health records are now gaining its popularity among health care professionals, as it is the most effective way to communicate with patient and colleagues. More and more hospitals and clinics are getting rid of paper base filling system and investing in cloud base storage.
The number of doctors that present in the United States of America directly affects the communities that these doctors serve and plays a large role in how the country and its citizens approach health care. The United States experienced a physician surplus in the 1980s, and was affected in several ways after this. However, many experts today have said that there is currently a shortage of physicians in the United States, or, at the very least, that there will be a shortage in the near future. The nation-wide statuses of a physician surplus or shortage have many implications, some of which are quite detrimental to society. However, there are certain remedies that can be implemented in order to attempt to rectify the problems, or alleviate some of their symptoms.
Their EHR system is one of the best in the country displaying continues communication from different doctors to the patient as to where in another hospitals patients may see one doctor and when they visit another there is a lack of communication and patients at times gets treated for the same problem again or the wrong treatment is given costing them and the health care organization money. Members can view their past appointment, labs/testing results, communicate with their doctors, set/cancel appointments, order prescription and many more through their online or mobile services. This allows for patients to be active in their own health care and patients seem to attach themselves to such valuables tools for them to access with
Underlying mean of the health problems in our country, are poverty and poor education. Differences in socioeconomic status are seen for most conditions, diseases and sick factors in this country. The social distribution of health and social causes, which most effect health, must be understood and addressed. Total public and private health expenditure in Pakistan represents 2-3 %of the gross domestic product. (GDP). In 1990, less then 1% of GDP was allocated to public health care with private expenditure accounting for the rest. This is well below international standards because of the low levels of expending; it becomes critical to evaluate the impact of government policies of people’s health. In addition to direct provision of various governments influence health delivery in indirect ways through their policies towards medical education and regulations.
There was a 10 month research conducted in 2011 with health-care facilities around the world. They were invited to participate in a global survey based on the completion of the HHSA...
During the last 3 years of my education when I started my clinical practice in hospitals and clinics, and especially now after my short experience as an intern doctor, I came to understand that it’s not that easy to have an effect on the health of the patients, especially in a low income country like Palestine.
Our clinical knowledge is expanding. The researcher has first proposed the concept of electronic health record (EHR) to gather and analyze every clinical outcome. By late 1990s computer-based patient record (CPR) replaced with the term EHR (Wager et al., 2009). The process of implementing EHR occurs over a number of years. An electronic record of health-related information on individual conforms interoperability standards can create, manage and consult with the authorized health professionals (Wager et al., 2009). This information technology system electronically gather and store patient data, and supply that information as needed to the healthcare professionals, as well as a caregiver can also access, edit or input new information; this system function as a decision support tools to the health professionals. Every healthcare organization is increasingly aware of the importance of adopting EHR to improve the patient satisfaction, safety, and lowering the medical costs.
... about Pakistan, where I live there very less hospitals at the moment which provide proper care to patients and if the hospital beds would be full of such patients then other people whose diseases can be cured would not be treated properly.
In Nigeria the doctors lack the adequate amount of experience needed to tend to the needs of their patients. The tools used there are outdated compared to those used in the US. The medical students and doctors prefer to continue their practice in other countries rather than staying in Nigeria because they do not believe they will be very successful in that country. There is a major lack of confidence in the health care there in that country.
Jordan has made impressive efforts to provide quality health care to all people in their country. They have made great progress in managing health services and ensuring medical needs are met. The influx of refugees from neighboring countries in political turmoil has challenged their health care system at every level. Jordan has worked with many agencies to find solutions to the capacity issues, financial burdens, and epidemiological implications.
This assignment consists of two parts. Whereas part 1 will analyses the causes and impacts of health issues to individual, communities and nation. Also will address the preventive measure and methods to overcome from these health issues noted. Moreover in this part will discuss the understanding of global and national health priorities. On the other hand part B will give a comparison about the primary and secondary data of the global burden of disease with that of Maldives situation. Finally, there will be a conclusion based on the findings of this essay.
It is pertinent to note that ICT gives room for technological convergence in that various communication channels or platforms are integrated in it. This has opened the way for health enlightenment in various forms such as podcasts, short videos, blogs and so on. The limitless coverage of the internet allows these enlightenment efforts to be accessed all over the world enhancing global health. The information system of any health center will not function effectively without Information and Communication Technology (ICT). In other words, ICT is the backbone of the current information system. Information can be transmitted within a couple of no time. The array of purveyor of information under ICT is extremely vast and this technology helps doctors, hospitals, the general public and all other medical care providers. It is pertinent to note that Pharmaceutical industry is the industry that enjoys the biggest benefits of ICT. All the medical data available helps in assessing the medical requirements, makes them aware of similar research being carried out in different parts of the world and in letting the world know about their developments Consequently, the advent of ICT has made