Understanding U.S. Health Care Delivery Systems and Reforms

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Health Care Delivery System
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).
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The cultural competence seen in the health care system enables the ability of an organization to accommodate people with diverse languages, beliefs and values, and still work with harmony under the same system. By the recruitment of people from culturally different background add more work force to the community in serving the underprivileged population of united states which place a key role in implementation of ACA (Morgan, Kuramoto, Emmet, Stange, & Nobunaga, 2014). For example it develop multilingual services, data collection, review of literature and quality measurement. Those are all considered to be integral aspects of ACA. ("American Cancer Society," 2010).
Conclusion
In conclusion use of new technology has immense effect on the U.S health care system delivery. It enables services at primary prevention level, advanced secondary treatment strategies and qualitative tertiary rehabilitation services. These technologies support successful implementation of

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