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With the urbanization of America in the mid-1800s, the hospitals that were built to treat poor people began treating those that were in the middle class. Doctors how had increased authority and power stopped providing home healthcare delivery and started treating their patients under one roof. After the 1865 civil war, hospitals were either converted to private or public (Shi & Singh, 2014). During this period, there was the development of more medical school, and research institutes were developed.
Efforts to create a unified doctor’s professional organization started in the mid-1800, and by 1846 the American Medical Association was established. Within the first years, AMA made little impact on the American medicine, but in the next century, it had a great impact on the practice of medicine and the American politics. During this period, nursing become professionalized with the establishment of three nurse’s training schools (Shi & Singh, 2014). During these years, nursing was being stereotyped as a female profession. However, by the late twentieth century, more nurses started receiving advanced degree and playing a greater role of healthcare in the administration.
By the nineteenth century, great advancement in the general field of science was realized, and with the development of diagnostic test and vaccinations, diseases that were being referred epidemic such as cholera and yellow fever were eliminated. As time passed, healthcare payment system started developing from Fee-for –services to capitalism that saw doctors caring for all their patients (Shi & Singh, 2014). The advancement in communication strengthened the health care system, whereby, the World Wide Web and the interment made information to be always available to consumers. The advancement in communication and computer made it possible for the application of services such the electronic health records.
Service delivery or provision is an immediate result of work done in health organization such as financing, procurement, and healthy workforce. In places where there is increased input, there is an expectation that there should be enhanced service provision and enhanced admittance to services (Bardhan & Thouin, 2014). For a country or an organization to ensure accessibility of health amenities that meet a minimum quality standard, they should make sure that they secure access to them.
The procedure of creating evidence for reinforcing health service provision must be accompanied by efforts to reshuffle the delivery of services. Policy makers and health sectors leaders who have the responsibility of assessing their health system should take part in processes to caution on ways to assess the primary individualities of their country (Bardhan & Thouin, 2014). For some characteristics of service delivery, such as quality of care and access to care, methods, and indicators that are widely accepted should be made available for their assessment.
Healthcare technology management
The provision of quality, equitable and efficient healthcare services necessitates input of resources that are properly balanced and managed. Healthcare technology plays a primary role in the provision of such services (Falchuk et al., 2010). The use of technology is the main basis on which, the delivery of all health interventions are made. The generation of technology, its acquisition and adaptation necessitate massive investment, and the HTM health profession decisions must be made carefully to ensure that the supply of technology and healthcare needs are in line (Bardhan & Thouin, 2014). They must also make sure that there is a considerate balance between recurrent costs, capital and the ability to manage technology throughout its life.
In healthcare administration, healthcare technology is considered as an increasingly visible policy issue, and the technologies applied in healthcare management are raising more concern in recent years. For effective management of healthcare technology, there is a need for clear policy, technical guidance and practical tools are needed for it to create positive impacts on healthcare problems and the capacity of the healthcare system for healthcare professions to adequately respond to health expectation and needs.
Ways to improve the quality of healthcare
Some of the notions that have regularly been used to quantify health services have remained extremely applicable and are part of primary features for evaluation. Terms such as availability, access, coverage, and utilization have been applied interchangeably to examine whether people are getting quality care. Admittance to care can be described as a broad term with varied scopes. An inclusive determination of access requires a well-developed measure of economic, physical and social-psychological features of commons ability to take advantage of health amenities. Availability can be described as an issue relating to inclusiveness and refers to physical delivery or presence of services that are up to a certain standard (Falchuk et al., 2010). Utilization is often referred to as the quantity of health care services used. Coverage of intervention can be described as a certain section of individuals in a given population who receive specific services or interventions.
Measuring and reporting the performance of healthcare system is an efficient way of ensuring accountability and transparency in the performance of care and identifying areas for improvements. Comparing the performance of different healthcare technologies and techniques provides an opportunity for general public and policymakers to determine how well their health system is working and areas that are in need of improvement (Falchuk et al., 2010). To observer progress in reinforcing health service distribution, it is important to determine the heights along which progress should be evaluated. Some key health system characteristics and performance an indicator have to be analyzed to ensure better performance of healthcare technologies.
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- Falchuk, K. H., Halperin, J. A., Falchuk, E. J., & Brewster, L. S. (2010). U.S. Patent No. 7,756,721. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
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