Practicum Reflective Journal: Increasing Rise of Health Policies

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The Healthcare sector has been transforming and integrating new approaches in the last few decades. Within this period, health policies have become even more fundamental to streamline the system and ensure that diverse stakeholders comply with myriad regulations and principles of patient-focused care. According to Lin and Meissner (2020), these regulations have enabled healthcare institutions to stay committed to the health goal rather than focusing on profit generation. As a result, the increasing rise of different health-related policies has been an advantage for the sector.
Without health policies, many gaps in healthcare would remain underestimated or ignored. For instance, Stimpson et al. (2018) explore fundamental aspects that influence care services, including health insurance, to demonstrate how progressive changes in Medicaid have brought significant changes for people who could not access or afford healthcare services in the nation. Although gaps persist in some realms, some achievements are commendable. Such gains have also occurred in other sectors through different policies that promote elements such as the ratio of healthcare providers against those of p...