U.S. Health Care Systems for Small Populations, Part 3

U.S. Health Care Systems for Small Populations, Part 2

Kianna James

University of Phoenix

MHA/599

04/19//2021

Professor Jackie Lucas

Healthcare system

State of health care in your selected city

The health care state in Kansas City is one of the most crucial sectors that control the city's economy. Health care is a fundamental part of society as people's lives depend on the services offered in the healthcare facilities. Over the past few years, the people in Kansas City have paid more attention to the health care system because of the growing economic size of the sector and the amount of budget allocated to improve the healthcare facilities in the region. The city consists of three different healthcare system levels that serve the people in different ways (Elson, Oermann, Duehlmeyer & Bledsoe, 2020). The first level is the primary level of care, which mainly focuses on providing healthcare facilities to the public. The primary level gives priority to the community members because of the direct link with society. People living in Kansas City have a direct contact number to reach out to the health facilities in emergencies.

The primary level of care at Kansas City comprises public health nurses and physicians who prioritize service to the local people. The secondary level at Kansas City comprises physicians with primary health care training and working both in the government and private healthcare institutions. The secondary level of care, unlike the primary, focuses on offering specialist services to the customers. Kansas City consists of various secondary-level healthcare facilities specializing in optician services, orthopedic services, and minor and severe surgery services (Vaupel, 2018).

The secondary services are present in the infirmaries and outpatient hospital facilities located in diverse locations in Kansas City. The final healthcare level present in Kansas City consists of the tertiary level of care (Vaupel, 2018). The tertiary level of care plays a vital role in the community as it deals mainly with offering referral patients to the secondary care facilities. The tertiary healthcare facilities in Kansas City most deal with emergency cases. After the patient situation is under control, the practitioners refer the client to secondary facilities to better provide services (Lavin, Harper & Barr, 2015). Consequently, the tertiary level of care handles intensive and complicated patient situations that other healthcare facilities fail to offer better service.

Source: Picture of proposed Kansas City Mental Health Clinic Center: (Google)

Proposal for a new or improved service

The improved service proposed for Kansas City is the provision of services to children with disability cases. Although various healthcare facilities offer pediatrician services in Kansas City, none handles children with disabilities. The number of children with disabilities in Kansas City is on the rise, and it is only fair that the authority builds healthcare that only treats children with disabilities. Children with a disability require unique needs and help in almost every aspect of life (Elson, Oermann, Duehlmeyer & Bledsoe, 2020). The majority of the children with disabilities experience specific illnesses more frequently, unlike normal children. Parents that have children with disabilities, in some cases, feel offended in taking sick children to the general hospitals. According to researchers, children with a disability require assistance from many domains to meet the unique needs because of their physical inability. Authorities ought to developing a healthcare facility that offers treatment options to children with disabilities to facilitate unity in families, as parents would have a better solution to the ailment affecting disabled children (Lavin, Harper & Barr, 2015). Consequently, private investors ought to tap into the opportunity, as it will offer more profits shortly.

References

Elson, E. C., Oermann, C., Duehlmeyer, S., & Bledsoe, S. (2020). Use of telemedicine to provide clinical pharmacy services during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health- System Pharmacists, 77(13), 1005–1006. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajhp/zxaa112

Lavin, M., Harper, E. & Barr, N. (2015). Health Information Technology, Patient Safety, and Professional Nursing Care Documentation in Acute Care Settings OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, (20) 2.

Vaupel, A. (2018). Top of the List: KU Hospital rockets higher (plus, a visualization of KC's health system market). Kansas City Business Journal, https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2018/10/26/biggest-hospitals-and-health- systems-in-kc-metro.html