Question

1. How do best practices and benchmarks improve the quality of care? 2. Who was the founder of the Red Cross? 3. What is PDSA and for what is it used? 4. Why might someone hesitate to seek help for mental illness? 5. What is a health care exchange? 6. Explain the statement, "The only constant in health care is change." 7. What is driving the need for more geriatric specialists?

please answer me these questions one by one. thanks

Answer 1

ANSWER 1.

Benchmarking is a standard tool which is used to measure the quality of care or the services provided to the client, it is also a method which uses comparison between the care providers that at which scale their work is falling when it is being compared with the same area of the care providers.

this competition is not only held to create comparison but it also motivates health care providers to provide the best quality care in their assigned fields and areas, it brings a standard tool for the health care providers to asses themselves where they stand and where they are lacking.

benchmarks allow performing in such a way where the full quality of work could be achieved, this competition is done not only in a particular institution with the common work environment but it is done worldwide with the help of the standard authorized body.

for example, the nurses who work in a particular area all over the world are being compared with the quality of care they are providing to the patients and where they are lacking and how it can be improved,

the sources that can be used for benchmarks are data collection from all over the world or a country and it is compared with the common standard tool, also there are various internet sources available from where data can be collected and compared to check the quality of services provided by health care staffs.

2. Answer

founder of Redcross

an American Nurse named CLARA BARTON was the founder of the Red Cross

she was a nurse working in a hospital during the American civil war, she worked as a teacher as well as clerk (patient)

her complete name was CLARISSA HARLOWE BARTON

ANSWER 3.  

PDSA

it stands for Plan- Do - Study and Act, It is a managerial process which is used to check the quality, the services, and the improvement.

P- plan= To achieve the result it is the process of planning and setting objectives.

D- DO= it is the implementation of the objectives that were set in the planning step, there is a possibility of a few changes and also the result is tested to achieve the objectives.

S-STUDY OR CHECK = It is the process of checking and study of the desired results, in this process, several changes are made before proceeding to the next step, also the result is being matched with the expected objectives, if it is not matched, it will further go to the several processes and will be kept on being checked until the desired outcome is achieved.

A-ACT= After successful completion of the above steps, action step comes in this step there are fewer possibilities of the issues, if the issue still arises it is further analyzed for the root cause and some modifications are made to implement it effectively before implementation it is further re-evaluated and any risk is eradicated  

in health care, it can be applied while conducting a research or survey and the result can be compared by following this cycle,

Answer 4.

The report that was published by THE World health organization and it was mentioned that 30 to 80 % of people do not receive care for the mental illness

THERE ARE FEW REASONS WHY PEOPLE DO NOT RECEIVE TREATMENT FOR MENTAL ILLNESS.

1. FEARFULNESS AND HUMILIATION.

People believe that when they will be revealing their mental status there are possibilities that they will be started getting discriminated and it will have a direct impact on their education, career, and lives, also it has a very negative stigma in the society and they will be called by several unaccepted names such as crazy, etc..

2. LACK Of INTROSPECTION

in spite of showing several sign and symptoms associated with the mental illness, people refuse it and deny, they do not accept if they have any illness, this lack of insight and Its impact on mental health is also the reason of not receiving mental treatment.

3. NO AWARENESS

A person may experience some problem related to their mental health but they do not make it an issue as it will affect their family and himself.

4.LACK OF AVAILABILITY OF MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS.

5.NO HOPE TO LIVE

6. LACK OF TRUST ETC.

ANSWER 5.

IT IS the type of health insurance that is provided to the family and the individual at a very affordable rate, it is done with the help of the internet, there are various health insurance agencies and the companies which provide health insurances, one can opt for these services to be insured for their health checkups and the treatments,  consumers will only be able to avail the services if he has done insurance with the help of exchange processes, there are other services available such as Medicaid and medicare through which individual can avail health services on a minimal cost.

before selecting an insurance plan one can compare with various providers and with the type of coverage they offer.

Answer 6

THE ONLY CONSTANT IN HEALTH CARE IS CHANGE

IT means the only thing that will be remained forever in health care is change, change is an inevitable process in health care and it can't be avoided, there is the introduction of new technology in health care on a regular basis, type of care that was provided before is completely changed now, there are various types of equipment, medicines, are available that is the result of constant change, earlier the documentation was done on the paper now its all electronic, these all are the constant change in health care and it will never be stopped.