Question

How best can the United States, as a country, manage this growth in the allied health sector? Provide examples.

What steps might the United States take, from the global down to organizational level, to maintain high standards to provide outstanding care-based services?

What steps might the United States take, from the global down to organizational level, to provide exceptional employment opportunities in in-demand allied health fields?

Answer 1

Allied health care section is most important in a country to maintain the quality of it's health care system.The efficiency of these allied health care workers can produce a dramatic difference in the health of individuals in a society ,so there should be proper mangerial system to evaluate this area.The growth in allied health care system can be achieved through ;

*Promoting research activities that can lead to development of new interventions in health care

*Strengthening of Association of schools of allied health personnel (ASAHP).Periodic monitoring and evaluations of activities done under this can help to identify the current status and possible innovations.

*Ensure adequate career opportunities and reasonable renumeration and job security to such allied health personnel.

*Encourage detailed specification in each area that will improve quality of service.Eg.Dieticians can be specified in pediatric nutrition,Nutrition in perinatal period, Nutrition of old age people etc

Steps that can be taken to provide high standards of care based services

-Promote involvement of allied health alcare personnel to maintain continuity of care from admission to discharge and also in rehabilitation programmes.

-Maintain a standardized protocol in all care based activities.

--Ensure accreditation and registration of all health care workers before starting practices.

-Conduct quality improvement programmes and skill training programmes for all the health care workers and make it mandatory to attend such sections in periodic interventions.

--Ensure proper training and adequate exposure to all students in health care institutions.

-Provide common people regarding the availability of various health care practices and it's accessibility.

Activities that can be done to provide exceptional employment opportunities include ,

*Encourage all health care institutions to utilize the services of allied health care workers.

*The availability of health care workers in various health care areas such as physiotherapist,dietitian,respiratory therapist, counsellor should be mandatory in all hospitatals.

*Start organizations for supporting the activities of alled health care workers.

*Provide provisions of home based services for such health services eg.physiotherapy in home.

*Allow funds for various developments and research projects in allied health care areas.

*Encourage studying of various health care options all over the world such as AYUSH in India( Ayurveda,sidda,unanimous,homeopathy etc) and adopt it's merits in current health care activities to improve quality of care.