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Carefully read and respond to each question. Please complete your responses using complete sentences. Your responses will be evaluated on the basis of content accuracy, clarity, correct usage of the English language, and demonstrated evidence of critical analysis.
10. What might be some of the long-term effects of patient-facing technology (such as apps that measure blood sugar levels or tell patients to refill their prescriptions)? How is such technology likely to affect the cost of healthcare? How might it affect access to healthcare?
Health apps help to monitor almost all the factors of our body such as blood pressure, diabetes, blood cholesterol, heart rate, sleep etc. It is widely used by people but the use of apps long-term result in the number of risks and hazards. The data produced by the apps are not reliable and accurate always. The patient is often facing technical issues with the apps. The app design needs to be upgraded often which is difficult for the elders. sometimes the data are open and misused by the others. Thus the confidentiality of the patient is lost once the information is hacked. Some of the apps are ineffective that will not provide the option of sending the information to the health professional. These health apps fail to diagnose new conditions.
Health apps are one of the expensive methods that increase the health care cost. The automated EMR is essential for health care app. This requires an extra workflow. The app has a need to universally linked. The app has need of features of geolocation, synchronization, push notification, booking, intercom report, data control, reporting, security increases the costs of management. Further, these apps can be used only in specified mobile or by the specified company which increases the cost of health care. Cost increases to protect patient privacy and information.
It affects the access to healthcare by decreasing the direct visit of patient and physician. People believe more about these technologies than the physician. Discontinuity in maintaining the health record of the patient. Continuous tracking and reporting minimize the follow-up of care and lack of direct physical examination leads to missing of a new diagnosis.
Directions: Carefully read and respond to each question. Please complete your responses using complete sentences. Your r...
Directions Carefully read and respond to each question. Please complete your responses using complete sentences. Your responses will be evaluated on the basis of content accuracy, clarity, correct usage of the English language, and demonstrated evidence of critical analysis. 3. What are the main demographic factors that define the delivery of healthcare in the United States? How do these factors affect the quality of healthcare people receive?
Directions: Carefully read and respond to each question. Please complete your responses using complete sentences. Your responses will be evaluated on the basis of content accuracy, clarity, correct usage of the English language, and demonstrated evidence of critical analysis. 15. What technological healthcare change do you think might have the most impact on our healthcare system in the future? Explain how.
Directions: Carefully read and respond to each question. Please complete your responses using complete sentences. Your responses will be evaluated on the basis of content accuracy, clarity, correct usage of the English language, and demonstrated evidence of critical analysis. 13. Healthcare spending does not necessarily translate to better health outcomes. Why do you think that is the case?
Directions: Carefully read and respond to each question. Please complete your responses using complete sentences. Your responses will be evaluated on the basis of content accuracy, clarity, correct usage of the English language, and demonstrated evidence of critical analysis. 12. In your assessment, what are the most important criteria for evaluating a country’s healthcare system? Why?
Directions Carefully read and respond to each question. Please complete your responses using complete sentences. Your responses will be evaluated on the basis of content accuracy, clarity, correct usage of the English language, and demonstrated evidence of critical analysis. what is the paradox of the U.S. healthcare system? In your opinion, what factors explain why this paradox exists?
Directions Carefully read and respond to each question. Please complete your responses using complete sentences. Your responses will be evaluated on the basis of content accuracy, clarity, correct usage of the English language, and demonstrated evidence of critical analysis. 1. How would you describe the “culture of healthcare” in the U.S.? Do you agree that a country’s culture determines its healthcare model? Explain your opinion.
Directions: Carefully read and respond to each question. Please complete your responses using complete sentences. Your responses will be evaluated on the basis of content accuracy, clarity, correct usage of the English language, and demonstrated evidence of critical analysis. 14. Transformational change is defined as “a shift in the business culture of an organization resulting from a change in the underlying strategy and processes that the organization has used in the past. A transformational change is designed to be organization-wide...
Directions: Carefully read and respond to each question. Please complete your responses using complete sentences. Your responses will be evaluated on the basis of content accuracy, clarity, correct usage of the English language, and demonstrated evidence of critical analysis. 9. Do you think the consumer culture in the United States has a positive or negative effect on public health overall? Why?
Directions: Carefully read and respond to each question. Please complete your responses using complete sentences. Your responses will be evaluated on the basis of content accuracy, clarity, correct usage of the English language, and demonstrated evidence of critical analysis. 11. Considering cultural attitudes in the United States, which of the four health financing models most closely characterized the pre-Affordable Care Act (ACA) healthcare system? Which of these four models will the U.S. healthcare system resemble if the ACA is fully...
Directions Carefully read and respond to each question. Please complete your responses using complete sentences. Your responses will be evaluated on the basis of content accuracy, clarity, correct usage of the English language, and demonstrated evidence of critical analysis. 4. Why do you think the AMA changed its position regarding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act after almost a century of opposing government interference in healthcare? Did this change of position help the passage of the bill?