Question

Describe the changes to the healthcare system starting in the early 1900’s up to today and the positive or negative impact it has had on the ability to receive timely care.  

Answer 1

Ans) Medical technology advances in the last 50 years may have changed the practice of medicine, but they have also saved lives, increased access to care and improved quality of life. A brief look back to medicine in the 1960s may render a more realistic picture of the past — and point the way to a more hopeful future.

- In the past 100 years, social and technological changes have drastically changed the way in which patients are treated in hospitals for the better. Shorter hospital stays also benefit patient health because it limits potential exposure to germs and possible medical errors.

- The risk of not understanding nursing history. In short, examining history allows nurses to more fully appreciate their important role in the health care system of the United States. This appreciation can provide nurses with important political strength.

- Ten trend for the next decade are evident:

1) more patients,

2) more technology,

3) more information,

4) the patient as the ultimate consumer,

5) development of a different delivery model,

6) innovation driven by competition,

7) increasing costs,

8) increasing numbers of uninsured,

9) less pay for providers