Discussion (250-350 words)
ckayvoe
diabetes_continuum_of_care_0.pptxDiabetes Continuum of Care
Name:
Institution:
Course:
Date:
Introduction
Continuum care refers to the concept that includes a combined system of care that a patient is taken through during his or her treatment session.
According to the care, a patient is taken through a series of healthcare services with the aim to attain full recovery of the patient. Chronic diseases such as heart-related diseases, diabetes, cancer and many others require a specialized continuum care for the patient to get to normal life.
A particular continuum of care should be able to provide a framework or strategy aimed at provision of effective healthcare for patients.
A healthcare system should be safe, effective, equitable, patient-centered, timely and efficient this would allow the patient to get to recovery quickly.
Continuum of care involves a wide and a combined system of care that a patient is taken through a period of time each with a specialized care.
A continuum of care should focus on providing the best medical care for the patient hence must be effective. The system is made in such a way that the patient is engaged in most of the progress made by the medics.
This ensures that the tension expressed by some patients does not exist.
2
Patient’s Healthcare information
Michael Jacobs is a patient suffering from diabetes mellitus; he has been battling with the disease for now 3 months.
The patient recites in Alabama one of the States in the United States of America. He is a middle-aged man who is ambitious but the chronic disease as interfered with his ever busy schedule.
The patient confesses that it wasn’t easy accepting himself and seeking medical attention but through a session of counseling he said he managed it.
The patient as a family of two members who plays an important role as far as the journey involving the treatment is concern.
Diabetes mellitus is one of the metabolic diseases, characterized abnormally increased blood sugar level. There are three different types of diabetes mellitus; these include type 1, type 2 and Gestational diabetes.
To treat the disease at its chronic stage is a real problem; early detection of the disease would ease its treatment.
3
Description of Continuum of Care
Diabetes is a chronic disease (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007) that is common among the aged populations across the work, its continuum of care differs from the rest of the diseases.
In the healthcare system, both doctors and nurses have a role to play. For instance, nurses are required to monitor patients on a 24hour basis, this ensures that the health status of the patients is monitored and documented for purposes of references.
The continuum care for (Tampi &Tampi, 2013) patient with diabetes includes a correct and precise diagnosis which is the first step of the treatment of the condition.
The initial stages of treatment do not only focus on lowering the blood sugar level as in the case of diabetes mellitus but it also aims at correcting any risk factors such as smoking.
The whole process requires the coordination of nurses, doctors, and the entire diabetes health care team.
Patients suffering from diabetes needs to be supported and be loved by their families. Financial support is not enough because other factors such as stress makes the treatment of the disease more difficult.
The focus for the tretment should enhanced to ensure that the patient gets quality treatment hence enabling them to get to recovery.
4
Description of Continuum of Care
The patient would be advised on living a healthy life, especially with the new condition.
Some of the healthcare diabetes centers in the local area include Rockford Family Medicine, Evergreen Medical Center Diabetes Education, Cullman Regional Medical Center Diabetes Care Center, and Red Level Medical Clinic.
The other services offered in the facilities include the therapy (Curtis, 1999).To be more specific, Red Level Medical Clinic also offers survival skills for patients with diabetes.
The recovery of a diabetes patient depends on a number of factors; this includes the cooperation among the patient, the family members of the patient, the doctors, and the diabetes health care team.
Diabetes in one a way or the other can be inherited therefore family history of the disease plays a role in its early detection.
Populations at risk of getting the disease include the alcoholic individuals, those smoking, and even overweight population.
5
Care pathways :Using type 2 diabetes
The above is a flow chart diagram showing guidelines necessary in the management and control of type2 diabetes. This can be used a combined information system used to monitor patient’s recovery process.
With the use of this system, new complication arising from the patient can be detected early and a patient can be referred to a specialized healthcare facility.
6
Potential Challenge
In the healthcare facilities in the locality, the patient has a wide variety to choose the mode of payment for the services (Patel, 2013).
The commonly used method used is the cash; this is one of the most used methods of payment across the world and especially in the health service providers.
In such a critical stage the patient might be charged excess for the services rendered because of the mode of payment used which is prone to manipulation.
Cash payment is not secured compared to other methods of payment such as the use of cheques though rare in healthcare centers.
Payment for services especially in healthcare should be made simple and not procedural.
Mode of payment such as cash might not be an appropriate in this case because of its prone to manipulation hence should be abolished.
Patients should be allowed to use the most convenient and safe method of payment.
7
Positive Attributes Relating to OIM Aims
The health care centers in the local area in one way or the other do its best to ensure that they comply with the aims of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) (Institute of Medicine, U.S.) which include safety for patients seeking medical services.
In this example, the patient was accorded safe medical care that has enabled him to recover from the chronic condition. Medical practitioners in the healthcare apply scientific and evident-based approaches in the delivery of their services; this would ensure that patients get the best medical care.
The medics in the healthcare centers are efficient in their service provision; the patients admitted in the hospitals get the best care with reduced costs hence complying with the aim of IOM of being efficient. With the case of Michael Jacobs, a patient suffering from diabetes mellitus, he acknowledged the services being offered in the health care saying that it timely and patient-centered.
Medics in the health care consults the patient before taking any progress (Shi, L., & Singh, 2015), this is to ensure that the patient is fully aware hence would cooperate.
Heath is crucial and should not be taken for granted, for this reason; medical practitioner ought to be keen to avoid unnecessary deaths.
They should ready to safe lives whenever called upon, laxity in the profession would only lead to loss of innocent lives. Money in any healthcare institution should be a priory but patient’s safety should be a key factor.
8
References
Curtis, K. A. (1999). The physical therapist's guide to health care. Thorofare, NJ: Slack.
Institute of Medicine (U.S.). (2003). Crossing the quality chasm. Washington, D.C: National Academy Press.
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. (2007). Diabetes mellitus: A guide to patient care. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Patel, K. (2013). Containing health care costs: Recent progress and remaining challenges. Retrieved from http://www.brookings.edu/research/testimony/2013/07/30-health-care-costs-patel
Shi, L., & Singh, D. (2015). Delivering health care in America: A systems approach (6th ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett
Tampi, R. R.,&Tampi, D. J. (2013). Multidisciplinary teams in the continuum of care for older adults with mental illnesses. Neuropsychiatry, 3(6), 555–558
