What is the purpose of health care?

What is the purpose of health care?

Possibility # 1 How can we improve value for patients?

http://youtu.be/DRkhppxZzL0 http://www.isc.hbs.edu/pdf/2012%2002%2029%20Value-Based%20Health%20Care%20Delivery.pdf

Examples of dimensions to measure outcomes  Survival.  Ability to function.  Discomfort and complications.  The sustainability of recovery.

http://hbr.org/2011/09/how-to-solve-the-cost-crisis-in-health-care/

Costs are the total costs of care for a patient’s condition over the care cycle.

http://youtu.be/DRkhppxZzL0 http://www.isc.hbs.edu/pdf/2012%2002%2029%20Value-Based%20Health%20Care%20Delivery.pdf

Possibility # 2 How can we satisfy needs of people who are sick

The Hippocratic Oath, developed around 4th century B.C., aims to set moral standards for the medical profession and protect good medical practice.

It required physicians to swear that “I will apply dietetic measures for the benefit of the sick according to my ability and my judgment and… whatever houses I may visit, I will come for the benefit of the sick” (Edelstein, 3). The Oath is the fundamental guidelines for western medical practice. http://healthmad.com/healthcare-industry/purpose-of-health-care/

The basic purpose of healthcare organizations is to meet the healthcare needs of individuals and to promote the health of the community. http://books.google.com/books?id=SR4zhI_wMdoC&pg=PA4&dq="purpose+of+healthcare"&ei=0v5WS_2 SM6C4yASW2YSjBg&cd=1#v=onepage&q=%22purpose%20of%20healthcare%22&f=false

A question to ask a patient:

Can you please help me understand what I can do to help you? https://hbr.org/2014/07/how-to-spread-empathy-in-health-care/

We have to focus on the patient.

What is good for the patient?

What does he want?

https://youtu.be/_jAZ49WGdWs

Top 4 needs of patients at The Johns Hopkins Hospital # 1. Let me sleep.

Do not take vitals throughout the night or draw blood between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., unless it is critical. # 2. Keep the noise levels down at the nurses' station. # 3. Don't lose my personal belongings. # 4. Knock on the door before entering.

This shows respect for me as an individual and my privacy.

http://health.usnews.com/health-news/patient-advice/articles/2015/10/15/the-patient-wish-list

Further inspiration http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2012/10/reminder-medicines-main-purpose.html https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Needs-that-people-have-1530997

Possibility # 3 How do we provide treatment to people who are sick?

In the US, 70% of all healthcare expenditures are devoted to treating chronic disease, while only 4% are devoted to preventing it.

This approach has led to the institutionalization of a sick care system that now accounts for 18% of the total economy. http://www.trust.org/item/20140402123148-6vk7g/

Healthcare, in our opinion, is a euphemism. It should be renamed "sicknesscare," because 98%+ of the time, money, resources and attention all go into sicknesscare.

When we start tackling the root causes of preventable diseases, have strong incentives to discourage unhealthy habits and encourage healthy habits (rebates for gyms, yoga classes, meditation classes, etc.), and start paying equal time, money, resources and attention to prevention and elimination - the healthcare industry will finally be born. https://hbr.org/2012/11/americas-fiscal-cliff-can-be-a

Possibility # 4 How can we educate each other to live healthy lives?

The current system is not designed to do the things that people increasingly want a health-care system to do: To deliver chronic disease management:  to deliver wellness care.  to counsel people when they’re well.  to differentiate between serious problems and problems that need rapid, convenient solutions. http://www.strategy-business.com/article/00020?pg=all

The main purpose of health education is to offer people and local communities the information, resources and solutions they need to make healthier lifestyle decisions. http://www.ask.com/education/purpose-health-education-a75741034faa4bc5

Jamie Oliver: Teach every child in school to cook 10 recipes that will save his/her life

https://youtu.be/go_QOzc79Uc

A preventative healthcare system would mobilize all its available financial and clinical assets to support healthier communities.

http://www.trust.org/item/20140402123148-6vk7g/

Doctors were originally teachers.

So I’m a teacher first, and a repair person second.

Dr. Walter Bortz.

http://fora.tv/2009/12/08/Next_Medicine_Saving_US_Healthcare#fullprogram

Further inspiration

http://www.slideshare.net/frankcalberg/11-advantages-of-using-a-blog-for-teaching

Possibility # 5 How can we help each other discover our values and purpose?

Research shows that finding a purpose can have profound benefits to a persons health.

The researchers found that for each extra point of purpose reported, there was a 17% decrease in the number of nights a person spent in the hospital. http://www.medicaldaily.com/finding-purpose-life-helps-us-take-care-ourselves-old-age-reduces-health-care-309432

What is your purpose?

Further inspiration https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Questions-to-discover-your-values-1329394 https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/What-is-your-purpose-1438787

Possibility # 6 How can we help each other to express love?

Doctoring is an act of love. http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2015/07/doctoring-is-an-act-of-love.html

Further inspiration

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Love-2024572