Healthcare Management

Introduction

Many external and internal factors drive this rate of expenditure, including technological advancements, growth in the population, changing reimbursement systems, an atmosphere of plenty in the face of the destitution of many, the numbers of uninsured among the U.S. population, incentives for costly services, a history of third-party payment that separates the consumer from the cost of care, an expanding workforce of specialists, and other factors. None of these factors functions in isolation from the other. They lend themselves to the creation of a volatile financial environment (Teutsch, 53). Together they create a complicated and tightly woven web of forces driving up the cost of medical care.

The objectives of the strategic plan are grouped into three major areas: research, research infrastructure, and public information/community outreach. Through research, the Bill Gates Cancer Research Institute (BGCRI) intends to improve diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases and disabilities contributing to health disparities.

Accredation in Healthcare

Specific outcome indicators and benchmarked standards for them are used by accreditation groups such as the National Committee for Quality Assurance or the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations as well as federal agencies such as the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services and private entities such as Oregon's Foundation for Accountability. The acceptance of these guidelines by providers, however, depends on a variety of factors, including provider education, feedback on their practice, incentives, peer and leader opinions, patient education, and the involvement of providers in the guideline development process.

Kidnapping in Healthcare

children have a right to safety and security, both physical and emotional. Children should be the first to receive aid and accommodation, including nutritional, emotional, and material considerations. According to Human Rights Watch, children living with human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) are at risk for exploitation and death through severely limited access to healthcare, as well as other practices that contribute to their and other children's initial exposure to HIV.

Although Kenya, notably, made antiretroviral treatments available for all affected citizens free of charge, as of 2009 Kenyan children had disproportionately lower levels of access to these medications. Children's rights proponents would suggest that these children should be given first and most complete access to lifesaving treatment (Bremer, 37).

Injuries to Healthcare Employees

Surveillance systems are intrinsically action oriented. Although they may capitalize on a variety of data systems, they differ from those data systems in having specific purposes that warrant their ongoing use. Surveillance systems measure health outcomes, such as cases of influenza, or important markers of health outcomes that drive programmatic action, such as obesity or tobacco smoking. This information can be used to detect outbreaks of disease or epidemics; understand the burden of disease; facilitate planning and resource allocation; understand the natural history of diseases and injuries and who in the population is affected; evaluate the impact of public health programs; and monitor changes in infectious organisms, such as antibiotic resistance (Bodenheimer, 48).

Bill Gates Cancer Research Institute

The research infrastructure objective encompasses Bill Gates Cancer Research Institute (BGCRI) plans to increase participation by health ...