Reducing the Harm Caused in the Delivery of Care
The reduction of harm caused in the delivery of care entails the reduction of adverse effects of medical behaviors. However, the problematic undertaking does not necessarily get to be reduced. A good example of that is the reduction of the exchange of syringes in the process of carrying out injections to reduce the risks of transmitting infections. While this intention is unequivocally good, that does not eliminate the pain involved in providing treatment via the syringe (Nash et al., 2012). Another instance that can be provided is stated in S.3001 (b) (2) of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), where the patient’s fees are to be subsided, but their entire elimination is impossible. It means that particular harm is still caused since the patients have to pay for the facilitation fee charged. Moreover, even though there is supposed to be a protection to prevent misuse of patients’ information in the healthcare field, it still can be disseminated between the various medical professionals (Wuest, 2019). Taking all of this into consideration, one may come to the conclusion that substantial developments have to be made to overcome a number of various challenges in harm reduction.
Ensuring That Each Person Receives Qualified Care
One of the ways to help changing the health system to ensure that everybody’s needs are catered for has been put out relatively recently. That is through the development of technological systems in the hospitals that allow for various procedures to be incorporated between individuals (Colicchio et al., 2019). S.3011 (a) of ARRA entails that the development of an electronic system of information will ensure that each person has access to health services. It will help manage patients with chronic illnesses and track them even when they are away for the hospices of the hospital.
Promoting Effective Communication and Coordination of Care
A plan to address the importance of caring for those who are ill is ought to be developed. For instance, the provisions of S.3011 of ARRA are geared towards ensuring that there is an effective communication system where information about the patients and a health institution is freely shared. Similarly, electronic systems of information will help in communicating with patients that need extended care. A good example is S.3012 (c) (1) of ARRA, which allows the development of a plan that follows the one designed by the minister.
Biblical Perspective on how God Legislated Health Laws among Israelites
The biblical laws do not respect the autonomy of the individuals, nor do they consider a patient to be a normal individual. For instance, some illnesses would sanction euthanasia, while others would call for total banishment from the community until the individual was healed (Caron, 2017). One such disease was leprosy, which required the patient to be quarantined over and over again until an examination proved them to be healthy. In this regard, the Bible provides:
“The priest will examine the affected area of the skin. If the hair in the affected area has turned white and the problem appears to be more than skin-deep, it is a serious skin disease, and the priest who examines it must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean. But if the affected area of the skin is only a white discoloration and does not appear to be more than skin-deep, and if the hair on the spot has not turned white, the priest will quarantine the person for seven days. As long as the serious disease lasts, they will be ceremonially unclean.”
(New Living Translation, n.d.).
How to Promote the Most Effective Prevention of Deaths
There are various methods under the ARRA that can be adopted in healthcare settings to reduce mortality rates in certain cases. One of the ways suggested in S.3000 (1) of the ARRA is the adoption of electronic health records (EHR), where a patient’s information will be maintained in the systems to keep track of their diagnoses (Colicchio et al., 2019). In case of death, the records might be used to address various issues in the clinical setting that will prevent further deaths. Systems such as EHR can be very helpful in the prevention and reduction of mortality rates from chronic diseases since they can be detected early enough before becoming difficult to treat.
Inviting Communities to Enhance Healthcare Services Delivery
One of the efficient methods to help in the delivery of healthcare services is increasing the community’s involvement. This mode of practice helps inculcate members of society with knowledge on how to deal with trivial cases of illness before they escalate to serious levels (Wakefield, 2021). This can be achieved through the construction of a community-based EHR, as stated by S.3015 (5) (b), which will develop community-based clinical activities to facilitate the inclusion of people in the EHR system.
How to Motivate Professionals in Providing Quality Care
There are various methods under the Act that can be adopted to provide quality health care to families, employers, and governments. Under ARRA’s Part VIII, an increase of salaries to stakeholders in the health sector must enable them to provide quality care to individuals. Additionally, the legislation is to be geared to increase the psychological stability of health care professionals in the provision of health care services.
References
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Pub. L.111-5. (2009). Web.
Caron, M. A. (2017). Making data matter: Identifying care opportunities for US healthcare transformation. In Actionable intelligence in healthcare (pp. 19-38). Auerbach Publications.
Colicchio, T. K., Cimino, J. J., & Del Fiol, G. (2019). Unintended consequences of nationwide electronic health record adoption: Challenges and opportunities in the post-meaningful use era. Journal of Medical Internet Research 21(6), e13313.
New Living Translation. (n.d.). Leviticus 13. Web.
Nash, D. B., Clarke, J. L., Skoufalos, A., & Horowitz, M. (2012). Health care quality: The clinician’s primer. Jefferson Faculty Books.
Wakefield, M. (2021). Federally qualified health centers and related primary care workforce issues. JAMA, 325(12), 1145-1146.
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