Improvement Recommendations for the Current US Health Care Delivery System
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According to Shi & Singh (2017), “some features of the U.S. health care delivery have remained stable, but the future will be determined by how certain forces of change interact… serious challenges lie ahead unless the nation can control rising consumption of health care resources, the costs associated with them, and mend an economy that has not meaningfully improved in several years” (pg. 358).
Based on your learnings in this course, discuss 2 or 3 improvement recommendations (eliminating political preference) for the current U.S. health care delivery system. Support your recommendations with scholarly references.
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Improvement recommendations for the current United States (U.S.) healthcare delivery system should be geared at making healthcare more affordable and accessible in order to keep people healthy. In this paper, three healthcare delivery system priorities are recommended and entail expanding insurance coverage, promoting home-based care, and focusing on health augmenting health outcomes. With respect to insurance coverage expansion, the Covid-19 pandemic increased the number of uninsured Americans due to employer-based insurance limitations as people lost their jobs. Resource reallocations from care that do not improve health care are believed to be a practical solution to augment coverage without compromising care quality and affordability. This may also entail expanding individual coverage marketplaces and collaborating with the government to reduce Medicare age limit eligibility to fifty-five (Shrank et al., 2021). Second, it is crucial to foster remote care capabilities via telemedicine tools. This would allow healthcare professionals to deliver services in an increasingly patient-centered and cost-effective context. The healthcare delivery system should integrate changes to bring services closer to Amer...
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