Alegent Creighton Health Action Plan

Alegent Creighton Health Action Plan

Introduction

The action plan pertaining to the Alegent Creighton Health for meeting the National Standards for culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health Care by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service's Office of Minority Health are regarded as the necessary for the successful and vital progress. The comparison of demographic population of Douglas County has been carried out in terms of race, gender, origin, age etc. The action plan should focus on the resolution of the issues faced by Alegent Creighton Health facility. The multicultural and diverse population of the Douglas County in Nebraska should also be kept into consideration for the proper execution of action plan.

This paper explains the influence and importance of the successful action plan. The successful development and implementation of the action plan requires the strategies for improving current plans and for meeting future needs in complying with the standards. This also implies the principles and practices of cultural competence used in professional nursing practice, interrelationships of communication within the health care setting target populations, interdisciplinary team communication skills in interactions with multicultural and diverse individuals and populations.

The demographic shifts contain the overall expansion in population and the rapid growth in population of Hispanics and Latinos in the population of Douglas County, Nebraska. The rapid increments in the amount of residents which are born outside of United States of America influence the demographic shift. Due to the differences in their races, cultures and languages it is very crucial to provide them health care services properly. It is necessary that healthcare organizations and the people who are working with them to respond positively by understanding the requirements of the sensitivity in the matter.

Discussion

The action plans developed for the Alegent Creighton Health is prepared according to the dynamic demographic of Douglas County. The existing action plan includes all the factors impacting and influencing the current circumstances of the region. The people who are suffering from various ailments are accounted while the action plan is implemented. It is solely based on serving the person-centered, population-based health management, wellness and the full spectrum of care for the communities they serve. The Alegent Creighton Health would like to create an innovative educational environment and experience that best trains and produces tomorrow's health professionals. They have the community in mind when it comes to providing service. In 2012 they have come up with the Community Benefit report this report outlines the benefit the area is receiving from Alegent Creighton Health. They spent $66 million in direct Community Benefit, care that focused health care access for struggling families and investments in services and programs to improve the health of our communities. Alegent Creighton health has five hospitals in the metropolitan area, with four within the surrounding area, 100 locations for clinics, and they have two wellness centers.

The Douglas County, Nebraska faces drastic demographic shifts. Such kind of demographic shifts contains the overall expansion in population and the rapid growth in population of ...