Case Assignment: Healthcare Provider

Case Assignment: Healthcare Provider

Case Assignment: Healthcare Provider

Week 7 discussion The Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act is a controversial topic, and there probably are many different viewpoints represented in our class. For this discussion, let’s start by focus on understanding the basics of the Healthcare Marketplace so that we can provide accurate information to our patients and communities. Please explore the healthcare marketplace website at https://www.healthcare.gov/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Choose the Get Answers tab toward the top of the page. Review several of the topics in this tab and share two things that you learned about how the marketplace works. How does this information apply to those in your community? As a healthcare provider, has this raised any ethical questions or concerns for you? Week 8 discussion Future Directions Reflect on what you have learned in this course. What future concerns are likely to impact public health? How do you see global health concerns impacting your community? How can you apply what you have learned in this course to your current practice?

Health services consist of medical professionals, organizations, and ancillary health care workers who provide medical care to those in need. Health services serve patients, families, communities, and populations. They cover emergency, preventative, rehabilitative, long-term, hospital, diagnostic, primary, palliative, and home care. These services are centered around making health care accessible, high quality, and patient-centered. Many different types of care and providers are necessary in order to offer successful health services.

Gary didn’t realize how many health services options have been around him. He usually uses his primary care physician, who is a medical doctor, for his medical needs. He’s a young and healthy man, so he hasn’t had to deal with other, more involved health services. However, he does have a grandmother in a long-term care facility that he visits every couple of we