Evolution of Healthcare Programs and Services

Evolution of Healthcare Programs and Services

Introduction

The healthcare sector of United States of America was evolved from an uncomplicated system of peripatetic doctors and home remedies with lack or little training to a scientific, complex, bureaucratic and technological system, which was normally known as “Medical Industrial Complex”. Germ theory was the foundation of this complex that helped in identification of cause of disease in humans, technological advancements in treatment of diseases, advent of medical insurance, development of medical healing and training institutions and professionalization of doctors (Friedberg; Hussey & Schneider, 2010). The governmental institutions own the rights of controlling and managing medical insurances, drug regulations and healthcare programs for the citizens, therefore these institutions played an active role in the evolution of the healthcare programs and services that we are currently observing in our society. Healthcare industry is one of the most sensitive and essential sector among all the existing sectors within the economic system of any country, therefore proper attention and funding should be granted to it, so that the people living in the society would be able to get quality healthcare services from the healthcare programs that are launched.

Discussion

The healthcare programs have been designed by the governmental institutions according to the healthcare needs of the people living in the society. Quality assurance in healthcare organization is one of the great factors that have helped in launching effective healthcare programs, which would provide effective healthcare services to all the people, who would approach them. Quality healthcare services are rendered by the two well known healthcare programs namely Medicare and Medicaid. Medicare is a health care program that is sponsored by federal government of United States of America (Manderscheid, 2010). This program is mainly working for providing healthcare facilities to senior or elderly citizens of ...