Importance of an Integrated Health System

Importance of an Integrated Health System

             This course has made me appreciated the importance of quality and affordable healthcare of everyone in society. Affordable healthcare is essential if every society wants to eradicate every type of diseases that face society. Lack of affordability in the healthcare sector will cause an increase in the mortality rate in countries with a large percentage of poor people. Poor technology makes some patients lack quality treatment that ensures their recovery and treatment. Every society needs an affordable and quality society that is delivered fast and at convenient places. Throughout the course, I have appreciated the importance of a healthcare delivery system and technology in improving the fight against everyday diseases.

            The course has taught me the importance of integrated health and people-centered service in helping achieve universal health coverage. People-centered health care includes services with focus and organization based on health expectations and needs of communities and people instead of illnesses. Patient-centered health services focus the patient seeking medical attention at clinics. I have also learned that integrated services encompassing the delivery and management of safe and quality health care. As stated, “For Americans to enjoy optimal health as individuals and as a population they must have the benefit of high-quality health care services that are effectively coordinated within a strong public health system” (NCBI, n.d.). This is the best way to achieve the best in achieving disease prevention, treatment, disease management, palliative care services, rehabilitation and promotion of health. Global organizations such as the World Health Organization, which is focused on ensuring the achievement of a global society, that is healthy and satisfied. WHO has been on the frontline in aiding the creation of policies that help countries especially in the third world countries improve their health care delivery systems. Improvement of health care delivery systems are paramount in ensuring diseases such as malaria, which has had had adverse effects in Africa, are eradicated and the mortality rate for children reduced.

            I have also appreciated the importance of technology in helping achieve quality health care in society. Technology is important since it has helped in the improvement of communication between health care providers. Using technology doctors and nurses are able to update themselves about the health conditions of their patients. Technology also makes it possible for patients to talk with doctors who are far and assigned to them. Technology has helped reduce errors and mistakes that are experienced by some medical personnel. According to Bianca “Continuous technological developments in healthcare have saved countless lives and improved the quality of life for even more” (Banova, 2018). Control equipment in the medical sector has reduced some of the mistakes that occur in hospitals. Mistakes such as failure in the supply of medicine and other types of mistakes due to human error have been eliminated with the automation of the medication delivery systems. Computers can monitor human conditions and prescribe the best treatment and solutions to the medical problem.

            Technology and integrated healthcare delivery are important in improving the health of every nation while also reducing the mortality rates among children and adults. Technology has improved the way medical care is delivered to patients around the world. A good health care system is important in access to health services for every person including both poor and rich people. Hospitals have adopted technology in their daily operations to reduce the time of health service delivery to patients. This course has made me appreciate the value of a stable and affordable health care system and the important role this plays in achieving affordable health care policies in any nation. The health system should not favor on social class in the country because this will promote inequality in the medical sector. a biased medical system does not help eliminate diseases around the world. 

References

Banova, B. (2018, April 26). The Impact of Technology on Healthcare | AIMS EDUCATION. Retrieved from https://www.aimseducation.edu/blog/the-impact-of-technology-on-healthcare/

NCBI. (n.d.). The Health Care Delivery System – The Future of the Public’s Health in the 21st Century – NCBI Bookshelf. Retrieved December 23, 2018, from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK221227/