3-3 Short Paper

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HEALTH CARE SYSTEM b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b 2

interventions that helped in mitigating symptoms of diseases and medical conditions

(Waldman & Terzic, 2019). Thus the approach mainly focused on reacting to a situation or

health need and adopting suitable strategies and interventions to address the health problem

of individuals. However, in the prevailing health care landscape, the approach that is adopted

by health care practitioners and professionals has undergone a revolutionary change. In

current times, the focus is being laid on preventive and proactive health strategies that can be

adopted for maximizing the returns for the society by giving rise to greater benefits for a

larger number of people (Waldman & Terzic, 2019).

Vilhelmsson (2017) has also identified that the gradual shift from reactive to

preventive health care is evident at diverse levels. For example, physicians have been

health care setting, the progress is very gradual and slow. According to Levine, even though

health care professionals have realized the importance of a preventive approach as compared

to the conventional reactive approach, the application of preventive services is low (Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention, 2019). Over the years a number of clinical preventive

strategies have come into existence such as intervention before a disease occurs (primary

prevention), detection and treatment of diseases at the initial stage (secondary prevention)

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(Levine et al., 2019). For instance, in the year 2015, only 8 % of adults in the United States

of America aged over 35 years received all the necessary and recommended high-priority

clinical interventions. ON the other hand 5 % did not receive such preventive services

(Borsky et al., 2018). The figure shows that even though the health system has been making

progress towards preventive approach from reactive approach, the speed at which the shift is

taking place is extremely slow. In fact, even though several years have passed, the strategic

use of preventive measures and interventions in the health domain is restricted which

ultimately has an adverse impact on the health outcome of the people. b

Implications for current and future health care administrators

In order to increase the progress from the reactive approach to preventive and

being made for addressing the health needs of the people (Sorensen et al., 2019). The current

administrators can try to promote the progression of preventive health care approach by

eliminating barriers and supporting preventive activities such as sharing guidelines on

primary prevention techniques. For example, for helping people to manage healthy weight

and minimize the risk relating to obesity the health care administrators can provide

guidelines relating to the promotion of healthy and active lifestyle (Sorensen et al., 2019).

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of technology and innovation to make constructive progress towards better and more

effective preventive measures. They can provide a sense of direction and guidance to diverse

participants that operate in the health care setting so that the level of awareness of preventive

focus can be expanded and more initiatives can be made to prevent health complexities from

getting worse. The current administrators in the health care domain need to support

initiatives that can help in the advancement of preventive care in the society by focusing on

areas such as education, advocacy as well as resource utilization (About preventive medicine.

ACPM, 2021). The current health care administrators can set examples for future

administrators so that they can also play a proactive role to accelerate the shift from reactive

focus to preventive focus in the health domain.

preventive health care approach. b

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Borsky, A., Zhan, C., Miller, T., Ngo-Metzger, Q., Bierman, A. S., & Meyers, D. (2018).

Few Americans receive all high-priority, appropriate clinical preventive services.

Health Affairs, 37(6), 925-928.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2019, March 14). Health Care Industry

Insights: Why the use of Preventive Services is still low. Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention. Retrieved January 21, 2022, from

https://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2019/18_0625.htm

Levine, S., Malone, E., Lekiachvili, A., & Briss, P. (2019). Health care industry insights:

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Vilhelmsson, A. (2017). Value-based health care delivery, preventive medicine and the

medicalization of public health. Cureus, 9(3).

Waldman, S. A., & Terzic, A. (2019). Healthcare evolves from reactive to proactive. Clinical

pharmacology and therapeutics, 105(1), 10.