Key Players in Health Care Policy

Government Officials in Healthcare Policy Development
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Government Officials in Healthcare Policy Development
Health policies promote and protect individuals' health in a country. Government bodies, departments, and officials have significant roles in healthcare policy formulation and regulation. This paper highlights the essential functions and impacts of government officials, key stakeholders in the federal government, in healthcare policy development.
Government officials have a remarkable level in health policy development since they guide health departments and committees on the appropriate health policies to enhance positive health outcomes for the citizens. They examine the reliability of vast information sources influencing policy-making (Bulger et al., 2010). Additionally, government officials recognize potential bias in sources of information to ensure that policymakers only use accurate, valuable, standard-based, and credible information in healthcare policy development. Government officials participate as health policymakers and assess the public's health interests to enhance the public's understanding of the health policy rationale (Bulger et al., 2010). In addition, they evaluate the proposed health policy's general effectiveness before its development. These officials also examine whether the suggested health policy is appropriate to accomplish the desired health goals. Moreover, Bulger et al. (2010) highlighted that government officials evaluate whether the proposed health policy is well-targeted to focus on a particular health problem. Furthermore, these stakeholders recognize the human rights challenges to prevent possible violations of people's rights during and after the health policy development process.
Federal government officials are among the important stakeholders in the policy development process because they regulate the entire process. They are responsible for policies that direct and set an agenda for national public health (Trezona et al., 2018). Additionally, these stakeholders are importa...