Assignment 1
Assignment #1 Cooper Green Hospital and the Community Care Plan
Robin Farmer
Dr. Michelle Rose
HAS 599 Health Services Administration Capstone
January 26, 2013
Introduction:
Despite the fact that United States is the most affluent country in the world, a significant portion of its citizens have inadequate access to medical care. The barriers to obtaining health care are numerous; perhaps the most difficult hurdle to overcome is the lack of financial resources to pay for it. But the problem of lack of access to health cares for large segments of the population. The largest barrier to obtaining needed care is the lack of financial means to obtain it. The uninsured the underinsured cannot be stereotyped for they include many people who are employed, the elderly, children, minorities, person with handicaps, pregnant women, and other vulnerable populations. A lack of insurance does not translate in some cases to a lack of access to medical care, but it does have a clear impact upon access of health care.
Discuss six unique problems associated with delivering health care to an indigent population. In the United States it has estimated that at least 48 million Americans are under insured or uninsured. Health care is a luxury indigent population cannot afford. Some families are made to choose helter over health care made government assistance is not an option. When a family member becomes sick, the hospital emergency room because a walk-in clinic to treatment minor illnesses, the waiting room is usually overcrowded and this resulted in extensive waiting times to be seen by a health care provider. The changes in the United States heath care system was occurring dramatically and pervasively managed care was altering how providers interacted with patients, funding for care was being restricted and many health care systems were using non physician providers to cut costs. Rapid changes in the US health care system and funding, Cooper Green Hospital
Robin Farmer
Dr. Michelle Rose
HAS 599 Health Services Administration Capstone
January 26, 2013
Introduction:
Despite the fact that United States is the most affluent country in the world, a significant portion of its citizens have inadequate access to medical care. The barriers to obtaining health care are numerous; perhaps the most difficult hurdle to overcome is the lack of financial resources to pay for it. But the problem of lack of access to health cares for large segments of the population. The largest barrier to obtaining needed care is the lack of financial means to obtain it. The uninsured the underinsured cannot be stereotyped for they include many people who are employed, the elderly, children, minorities, person with handicaps, pregnant women, and other vulnerable populations. A lack of insurance does not translate in some cases to a lack of access to medical care, but it does have a clear impact upon access of health care.
Discuss six unique problems associated with delivering health care to an indigent population. In the United States it has estimated that at least 48 million Americans are under insured or uninsured. Health care is a luxury indigent population cannot afford. Some families are made to choose helter over health care made government assistance is not an option. When a family member becomes sick, the hospital emergency room because a walk-in clinic to treatment minor illnesses, the waiting room is usually overcrowded and this resulted in extensive waiting times to be seen by a health care provider. The changes in the United States heath care system was occurring dramatically and pervasively managed care was altering how providers interacted with patients, funding for care was being restricted and many health care systems were using non physician providers to cut costs. Rapid changes in the US health care system and funding, Cooper Green Hospital
References: Swayne, L.E., Duncan, J., & Ginter, P.M. (2009), Strategic management of healthcare organizations (6th ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.