This is a powerpoint presentation on the flaws of the healthcare system in the U.S.
Transcript of Healthcare Systems: Harmful or Helpful?
1. Presented by: Victoria Christensen
2. The maintenance and improvement of physical and mental
health through the provision of healthcare professionals and
services
3. Three trips to the E.R. Three weeks spent in the hospital
Three misdiagnoses Resulted in zero faith in our system
4. Focus on treatment of disease and sickness Only benefits
short term Preventive action not taken Results in multiple visits
for reoccurring symptoms and illnesses
5. Not enough effective communication among all professionals
Treatments/medicines unclear Lack of clarity for patient and
family
6. Insurance costs increases yet... Coverage efficiency and
effectiveness decreases Increase in overall medical costs Rise in
Medicaid eligibility New technologies
7. Doctors focus more on what will pay them more Surgeries and
specialty procedures as opposed to primary care physicians
Overprescribing medication unnecessarily More patients becoming
addicted Profitable for doctors
8. Between 44,000 98,000 people in the U.S. die per year
STRICTLY from medical error Equipment errors, deviant from normal
treatment, mistakes Diseases like diabetes and cancer, in addition
to infections, are misdiagnosed and WORSEN over time THIS IS
PREVENTABLE
9. Making changes to health insurance Obama care Implement
interactive and interprofessional patient plans Focus on
preventative care Not overprescribe pain medications/unnecessary
medications