Unit 3 (2 Responses Needed)

Unit 3 (2 Responses Needed)

Response # 1.

 In keeping in line with data capture, how does this information apply to diversity when working with patients from all cultures, races, and backgrounds? Please read this article and give me your thoughts on how you would strive to gather this information from patients? Why is it important? 

I do not agree in providing my ethnic information to any entity because I do not want to be categorized under any one cap; I feel that as a person, I am comprised of more than just my cultural background, ethnicity or languages that I may be able to speak.  Historically, speaking these types of data collection do not hold a very good track record when it comes to minorities.  Discrimination is still a large problem in the U.S. and this type of data collection can only add to the disparity in ways we may not have thought of.  When data on cultural, ethnicity or language backgrounds is collected, algorithms are created that can target specific groups base upon the information that was collected.  While this may be beneficial in a healthcare setting for the purposes of research and may make it easier for healthcare providers to come up with a diagnosis, I would still prefer to be treated as an individual and not as part of a particular group with supposed behavior patterns that may not be accurate.  I know that we are dominated by technology today and depend on it almost to breath.  The collecting of data such as age and sex may have benefits in the medical field to ascertain what medical needs a person of the same sex and age may require.  Collecting any further data such as cultural background or language spoken may be crossing lines that can lead that organization into secret discrimination by inadvertently pooling groups together that other than the color of their skin, may have nothing else in common (Peña Gangadharan, 2014).   Moreover, it has been my experience that people are uncomfortable asking for that sort of demographical information and would rather guess rather than ask in fear of offending someone if asked their cultural background or race.  The problem with this is simple; we cannot assume that a person whom may look to be Caucasian to be so simply because their skin is devoid of pigment, or assume that all people of color are African-Americans because that is not the case.  The human race, which is the one I belong to, is a complex one.  More and more people of different ethnicities intertwine with each other and have offspring that may look nothing like the norm, what ever that may be.  My point is that at this particular time, I do not believe that we are ready for this type of data collection simply because it has lead in the past to discrimination, such as the housing market, lending, and labor industries, and the last thing we need right now is data collection that would create or open a door to discrimination in treating and providing care to people who may need it  ('5. Improving Data Collection across the Health Care System | Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality', 2016).

References:

1. Peña Gangadharan, S. (2014, October 24). Data and Discrimination. Retrieved from https://www.newamerica.org/oti/policy-papers/data-and-discrimination/

2. Improving Data Collection across the Health Care System | Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality. (2016). Ahrq.gov. Retrieved 4 October 2016, from http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/iomracereport/reldata5.html

Response # 2.

Absolutely NO Plagiarism .  All References & Citing Where/When Necessary. I will Pay a Total of $10.00 For Both.