Elimination of Healthcare Associated Infections and Associated Costs (MAPP)
Lakeshia S.Williams
Argosy University Spring 15’
Healthcare Associated Infections Due to the severity of Ebola, more Americans are conscious of the lack of preventative measures afforded for healthcare workers and patients. After Healthcare workers became responsible for three of the four cases of Ebola on U.S soil, a high degree of concern arises, particularly regarding Healthcare Associated Infections. HAIs are responsible for 33.8 billion dollars in healthcare associated costs, but face the long-standing issue of a lack of funding, community support, opposition of the use of penalty tax, and awareness as potential barriers. It is important
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These materials are to be delivered and trained by public health advocates and advisors. Based on the ten year budget model and additional 700 million would be available for the funding of resource needs, such as meeting space, travel costs, report production and printing, and consultant fees to better secure commitments. The vision for this process is to reduce HAIs and eliminate healthcare associated costs stemming from HAIs. Based on a ten year budget originating from penalty taxes collected from assuming all of the Americans affected earn at or below $20,000 per year, if each household affected pays the minimum fine of $695 multiplied by 6 million that would equal $4.17 Billion towards funding in one years time. By 2016, based on the times table of the American care act, penalties would double to 2% adjusting the minimum amount, and penalties collected by the federal government. If the department of Human and Health services used this model over a ten-year period, 41.7 Billion in penalties would be collected. This would completely wipe the associated costs of HAIs, completely eliminating associated costs from over ten years of accumulated debt. To accurately strategize for implementation, an assessment of community themes and strengths, local public health systems, community
Think about the implementation strategy and/or intervention method your group selected for your community program project.
Amidst the futile clamor and commotion of national healthcare reform legislation debated on the national political stage, everyone in the medical industry from patients to doctors alike are searching for ways to effectively and efficiently trim the cost of delivering quality healthcare. While the inexcusable waste and graft of the insurance industry, runaway medical malpractice litigation and the importance of lifelong preventative care are all issues that have been thrust to the forefront of the political discourse, a tremendous leak in the system has escaped notice and continues to drain resources from both hospitals and those they treat. The threat of additional infections afflicting a patient who requires treatment for an original condition is prevalent throughout American hospitals, and according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services "Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs)" or "infections that patients acquire while receiving treatment for medical or surgical conditions "¦ occur in all settings of care, including hospital acute care units and same day surgical centers, ambulatory outpatient care clinics, and long-term care facilities, such as nursing homes and rehabilitation centers" (HHS Action Plan, 2011). Whether one attempts to gauge the overall price of healthcare-associated infections in terms of the financial expenditure, the human suffering or the diversion of valuable resources they impose on the healthcare system, it is quite clear that these
There has been an acute worry roaming about the United States concerning the Ebola Outbreak. Originally, Ebola had never touched the United States until September of 2014. (4) The disease was originated from and named after a river in the Democratic of Congo. Since discovered, there have been known cases in Africa. There have been many very deadly cases of Ebola - the fatality rate is estimated to from about fifty to ninety percent. (2) To the United States, there had never been any worry about the disease until September twentieth of 2014. A man by the name of Thomas Eric Duncan boarded flight 822 from Liberia to Dallas, Texas. Flight 822 was where it all began. Nobody had any
Therefore, the main focus will be on present health programs and services and how they are getting address to TG. To carry out a good research regards the named issues a framework of diverse methods will be used. This includes an action plan who will break down the research into small targets which must be completed by a specific date. Furthermore, by use of an action plan the own progress will be monitored and
In 2014 the United States was hit with a force far more deadly and dangerous than many threats received. The ebola virus took the world by storm after it was carried to the United States and spread by people who had visited West Africa. This virus was all the more deadly as it often took hours for any symptoms to occur. In this time the Center for Disease Control spent much time and many resources looking for answers to the many questions they had. Under the time constraint and scrutinizing public, they had to determine what ebola was, what it did and its effects on the general public.
The protective measures that were implemented to defend against the spread of Ebola to the United States of America have somewhat failed. The President did verbally assure all Americans that he and the rest of American leaders have its citizen’s safety as a number one priority. Obama stated, “America will do everything in its power to ensure that the virus is contained in Liberia and West Africa;” this was perceived as a faulty since Thomas Duncan, was able to penetrate the barriers that were set in place, and brought Ebola to Dallas, Texas (Obama-America Will Ensure, 2014). To expand on this perceived falsehood the government then decided to send healthy American citizens to the “Ebola War Zone” to contain the epidemic from spreading outside of infected African villages. It did not appear logical at the time to send perfectly healthy soldiers into an infectious
and develop strategies for specific health interventions. A total of 2,08,104 (Dec 2005) with 1 CHA for
It is more feasible if the public health issue affects a community, rather than an individual. For the strategic plan to work, funding is
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had many key audiences it was required to communicate with during the Ebola outbreak. Most importantly, the CDC needed to be communicating with employees within the CDC. They needed to be on the same page as to how messages were being released and controlled, as this was a very sensitive subject. Furthermore, it was imperative that heath care providers around the world were receiving appropriate information. U.S. government agencies, the World Health Organization (WHO) and local and regional public health officials (Dallas County Department of Health and Human Services and the Texas Department of Health and Human Services (DSHS)) were also key audiences. More specifically, the nurses
The population health needs and community health resources are to identify the health needs of the defined population, available health resources in the community should be considered and opportunities for collaboration established. Gaps in health services can be identified by comparing identified health needs to existing health resources. The wide range of skills and expertise of interdisciplinary providers in Family Health Teams need to address many of the gaps in health services. Services being delivered are to patients must be fully accessed and practiced before the service is being provided. These services will be delivered with internal and external providers including Community Care Access Centers, Public Health Units, Independent Health Facilities, and hospitals will be required to coordinate services and avoid gaps or duplications of services. All in all, the government’s plan should be realistic, measurable, and meaningful and focused on outcomes such as impact, quality, patient satisfaction, timeliness, and efficiency. In this way, Family Health Teams will be able to evaluate their programs and adjust them if
and so on. Interventions, programs and services are a key focus of public health that is at the
In the article title “Six Components Necessary for Effective Public Health Program Implementation” by Thomas R, Frieden, he discusses about the six areas that need to be implemented in order for public not only can be affective, but the challenges the field faced. These are the six followings components: innovation, a rigorously established technical package, management, partnerships, communication, and political commitment. In short, I will be discuss what I really found interesting from the article.
Ebola has impacted the healthcare field in an enormous way. When it came to the healthcare system, people felt like they were let down. First of all, the healthcare system gave people fear and mistrust. It was said that the disease itself was created by the healthcare system (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015). When the Ebola epidemic hit the United States, the system was in question. There was question about if hospitals were properly trained for Ebola patients (Almendrala, 2014). The impact on healthcare employees was just as unsure. Healthcare workers felt nervous and wondered if they were safe. This was a critical issue because workers were not only worried about his or her safety but their families as well. Without instructions
An assessment of needs, a review and evaluation, data on structure, incident and frequency of diseases, the size of the underlying population, and review on areas of met and unmet need, relative cost effectiveness of those interventions and the effectiveness of interventions available are needed when planning health care.
The magnitude of the Ebola virus outbreak of 2014-2015 was unforeseen and unplanned, leading to lasting social, political and economic implications. “The Ebola virus rose from an isolated case and, within 18 months, various countries in West Africa including Sierra Leone, Liveria and Guinea recorded 11, 147 deaths from the virus, including 507 deaths of healthcare workers” (Grinnell, Dixon, Patton, Fitter, Bilivogui, Johnson, Dotson, Diallo, Rodier & Raguhunathan, 2015). Foreign and domestic nurses made up the majority of the healthcare professionals who risked their lives to help contain and treat the Ebola epidemic (“Protect Nurses on Frontline Says ICN”, 2015). Specifically, reports from the International Council of Nurses (ICN) indicate