Dr. Spooner Readings
Three Interesting things I found:
1.) I found it interesting that the U.S. is leading the way with under performance in areas such as access, patient safety, coordination, efficiency, and equity due to the fact that there are health worker shortages and the ratio of healthcare clinicians to patients (physicians, nurses, physician assistants, pharmacists, and community/public health workers). With this Chapter 1 states that medical errors and problems ensued by them costed the U.S. $19.5 billion in 2008. Since the U.S. powers over other countries in terms of technological advancements and access to such great health care, they are still misusing their resources and allocated funds in the wrong places which is costing the country it's financial state as well as their reputation.
2.) A connection that I made that I thought stood out was that on page 6 of Chapter 1, the reading stated that currently in the U.S., despite their vast advancements and intelligence, health care technology is not equally distributed among patient populations based on insurance status, income, and race. But just a couple pages later on page 12 the reading states that in urban areas in the early 19th century, social class largely affected a persons quality of life and access to health care. The reading broke up the health care system by talking about today and then the history. I found it interesting that not much has changed in the fact that not everyone in the country is being given the proper care they deserve because of socioeconomic factors.
3.) The final thing I found interesting was in Chapter 3 on pages 88 and 90. In Chapter 1, the reading briefly touched on the fact that the pharmaceutical world is looking to move from pharmaceutical care to medication therapy management. I asked myself what this was and later found out in Chapter 3. I think its interesting how they vary but yet root from the same concept, just an improvement. Pharmaceutical care is a philosophy of practice specifically the identification of steps involved in preparing and following up on care plans, while useful, is not enough to guide pharmacists in this mission. The steps focus on risk management, patient advocacy, disease management, pharmaceutical care services marketing, and business management. Medication therapy management represents a comprehensive and proactive approach to helping patients maximize the benefits from drug therapy and include services aimed at facilitating or improving patient adherence to drug therapy, conducting wellness programs, and becoming more intimately involved in disease management and monitoring. I thought it was interesting how the industry is moving away more from the business aspect and focusing more on what the patient needs day in day out to fully educate them to where they feel comfortable.
Three Questions:
1.) Will the pharmaceutical technician position die out or over run pharmacists? It seems as though their education and training is become more advanced allowing them to have more responsibilities closer to the pharmacist jobs.
2.) What kind of cyber-pharmacy, e-pharmacy, or online pharmacy is Amazon considered due to their pillpack? How did they maneuver around illegal pharmacy operations and not get regulatory agencies attention?
3.) With so much success in the Ohio program for infant mortality as well as the data received in Wisconsin, why has there been no national or federal program put in place to defeat this statistic?
1.) I found it interesting that the U.S. is leading the way with under performance in areas such as access, patient safety, coordination, efficiency, and equity due to the fact that there are health worker shortages and the ratio of healthcare clinicians to patients (physicians, nurses, physician assistants, pharmacists, and community/public health workers). With this Chapter 1 states that medical errors and problems ensued by them costed the U.S. $19.5 billion in 2008. Since the U.S. powers over other countries in terms of technological advancements and access to such great health care, they are still misusing their resources and allocated funds in the wrong places which is costing the country it's financial state as well as their reputation.
2.) A connection that I made that I thought stood out was that on page 6 of Chapter 1, the reading stated that currently in the U.S., despite their vast advancements and intelligence, health care technology is not equally distributed among patient populations based on insurance status, income, and race. But just a couple pages later on page 12 the reading states that in urban areas in the early 19th century, social class largely affected a persons quality of life and access to health care. The reading broke up the health care system by talking about today and then the history. I found it interesting that not much has changed in the fact that not everyone in the country is being given the proper care they deserve because of socioeconomic factors.
3.) The final thing I found interesting was in Chapter 3 on pages 88 and 90. In Chapter 1, the reading briefly touched on the fact that the pharmaceutical world is looking to move from pharmaceutical care to medication therapy management. I asked myself what this was and later found out in Chapter 3. I think its interesting how they vary but yet root from the same concept, just an improvement. Pharmaceutical care is a philosophy of practice specifically the identification of steps involved in preparing and following up on care plans, while useful, is not enough to guide pharmacists in this mission. The steps focus on risk management, patient advocacy, disease management, pharmaceutical care services marketing, and business management. Medication therapy management represents a comprehensive and proactive approach to helping patients maximize the benefits from drug therapy and include services aimed at facilitating or improving patient adherence to drug therapy, conducting wellness programs, and becoming more intimately involved in disease management and monitoring. I thought it was interesting how the industry is moving away more from the business aspect and focusing more on what the patient needs day in day out to fully educate them to where they feel comfortable.
Three Questions:
1.) Will the pharmaceutical technician position die out or over run pharmacists? It seems as though their education and training is become more advanced allowing them to have more responsibilities closer to the pharmacist jobs.
2.) What kind of cyber-pharmacy, e-pharmacy, or online pharmacy is Amazon considered due to their pillpack? How did they maneuver around illegal pharmacy operations and not get regulatory agencies attention?
3.) With so much success in the Ohio program for infant mortality as well as the data received in Wisconsin, why has there been no national or federal program put in place to defeat this statistic?
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