The Evolution of the Healthcare

Health care systems are an almost fixed plan and way of implementation of health care by the government to its people. The systems vary from country to country and at instances from county to county. As time progresses it is important to note that the health care systems keep on undergoing changes. They are evolving.

Many factors contribute to these changes. The population is increasing. The economy is ever fluctuating. Technology has not stopped advancing. Insurance costs are on the rise. The system in this regard has had an impact on organizations capacity to deliver quality care as it tries to adjust to the changes.

The U.S health care system has 46 million uninsured Americans. Many Americans are insured. However, both of them face premium raises and expensive costs. This has necessitated the need for a working formula that invests new funds to reduce the uninsured population. The quality of care is therefore compromised as mostly the number of people accessing quality treatment is increased yet the organization’s capacity and ability to take in patients is not enhanced proportionately to the patient number (Holl, Levitsky & Zald, 2010).

The United States is the top spender in health care per citizen worldwide. It is also one of the leading in the rise of advanced diseases such as high blood pressure, cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. This underlines the shortness of the evolution of the system to cater for preventive care. It thus builds up future incoming patients that would have been otherwise protected from disease overloading the care units.

A healthcare system that does not promote research and training reduces the quality of care administered by organizations. Many patients will end up, with a rise in new diseases, receiving unnecessary or harmful care and missing the necessary care. While many patients often do not receive medically necessary care, others receive care that may be unnecessary, or even harmful. Others will end up having longer inpatient stays. This is indicated in the reported diversity in hospitals in the duration spent in similar cases of the disease.

The evolution of health care system should be towards advanced technology, better primary care and better chronic disease management. Such systems will lower costs by use of technology and promote quality care by enforcing the last two mentioned sectors.

The system should also work toward accessibility. Citizens should be able to access quality care at the required time and place. This will prove to be most effective for emergency cases and will render hospitals useful to unexpected incidents (Inlander & Donio, 1999).

A Health care system that allows Comparative Effectiveness Research promotes the quality of care the patient receives. Treatments are tried, merits and demerits of different practices evaluated and policies revised with changing needs. This facilitates the improvement of the system and ultimately the quality of care given by organizations.

The health system has undergone numerous technological advancements. Focus today is placed on the Electronic Medical Records (EMR) system and diagnostic tools. The use of EMR could save well over 81 billion US dollars per year. It improves both efficiency and safety. Medical errors are also diminished. However, implementation has been slow and only 25% of US hospitals can boast of the system. This is attributable to the costly nature of the system. It is nevertheless worth the expense (Harrington & Estes, 2008).

Diagnostic tools have been advancing rapidly. Newly developed arthroscopic techniques and tools allow top precision surgeries to be carried out. Technology has made the diagnosing tool also the fixing tool. This has reduced exploratory surgeries. Cancer treatment has met major boosts by the coming up of digital mammography and advanced scanners that detect very small anomalies. These advancements have met a fair deal of skeptics as not most people are aware of their effectiveness and would rather take the traditional already known path.

In conclusion, the health care system is an ever changing field. It directly affects the quality of health care citizens get. Health care systems should encourage the use of effective technology. At the end, quality care should remain the goal (Muff, 1982).