Question

Who are the other types of health services providers? Discuss what issues these professionals arte facing in the 2018 healthcare market.

Answer 1

The other type of health services providers are those involved in

1. primary care
2. nursing care
3. drug therapy and
4. speciality care.

PRIMARY CARE:

Primary care provider is the one we see for initial checkups.These primary care providers include:

• Medical doctors who specialize in internal medicine.
• Obstetrician/Gynaecologists who specialize in obstetrics and gynaecology including women's healthcare, wellness and prenatal care.
• Nurse Practitioners(NP) are nurses with graduate training.They can serve as primary care provider in family medicine(FNP), pediatrics(PNP),adult care(ANP) or geriatrics.
• A physician assisstant(PA) can provide wide range of services in colloboration with a Doctor of Medicine.

NURSING CARE:

Nursing care personnel include:

1. Licensed Practical Nurses(LPNs) are state licensed care givers
2. Registered Nurses(RNs) are those who have graduated from a nursing program, have passed a state board exam and are licensed by the state.
3. Advanced practice Nurses are those who have an education and experience beyond basic training and licensing required of all RNs

Advanced Practice Nurses include:

1. Clinical Nurse Specalist(CNS) have training in cardiac, psychiatric and community health fields.
2. Certified Nurse Midwives(CNM) have training in women health care needs ,prenatal care, labor and delivery and post natal care.
3. Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists(CRNA) have training in the field of anesthesia.

DRUG THERAPY:

The health service provider under this category include:

Licensed Pharmacists who have graduate training from a college of pharmacy.

These licensed pharmacists prepare medications as prescribed by the primary care provider or specailst.They give information regarding the medicines and follow up on the patients taking medicines.

SPECIALIST CARE

In case there is more care needed the primary care provider will refer the person to any of the following specialists like:

• Cardiologist
• Dermatologist
• Endocrinologist
• Anesthetist
• Gastroenterologist
• General surgery
• Nephrologist
• Neurologist
• Oncologist
• Ophtalmologist
• Orthopedics
• Pediatrician
• Hematology
• Rheumatologist
• Otorhinolaryngologist
• Urologist

The issues that these professionals are facing in the 2018 healthcare market

• Many public and private healthcare systems have been experiencing revenue pressure,rising costs and stagnating or declining margins for years.
• Shaping the workforce of thre future
• Creating positive margin in an unhealthy and changing health economy
• Strategically moving from volume to value
• Engaging with consumers and improving the patient experience
• Responding to health policies and complex regulations
• Investing in exponential technologies to reduce costs, increase access and improve care.

Evolving processes,policies and capabilities to deliver smart health is not going to be an easy one looking at the complexity and magnitude of global health care.

The members of healthcare delivery chain have to work often in multiple locations like doctor's office,hospital,medical clinic and diagnostic lab

Patients may reside far away from where health care is provided either in a distant city or even country.

Health records are in different formats and available in disparate systems

Clinicians,therefore may find it difficult to co-ordinate appointments and procedure, share results,follow up on patients and involving them in care.

With these issues care providers will be working hard but not necessarily smart.