The delivery of nursing care has seen a lot of changes through changes in time. The delivery of individualized care for patients has been enhanced through the use of technology. Reaching out to patients has been made easier through the use of digital means compared to the past when the nurse and the patient had to meet physically to dispense the care required. It is possible to dispense the latest medical practices in the field using current technology. The contribution of professionals has also been made easier through the current forms of communication (Rouleau, 2017).
In the United States, policies have been put in place to safeguard the welfare of patients, ensuring that they get nursing care that meets the highest standards at the most affordable cost possible. Such policies include the Affordable Care Act. The presence of reforms that safeguard the welfare of the patient and the existence of a competitive free market has offered a platform upon which accountable healthcare organizations and retail care centers develop.
Other policies like Medicaid and Medicare, which have been created under the Affordable Care Act, offer great avenues for positive shifts in the provision of nursing care to patients. The expected changes in the healthcare sector depend on policies and the target population’s proposed adoption. It is bound to face challenges. The presence of markers of achievement and avenues for revision of the existent care practices will form a basis for achieving the much-desired individualized patient care (Van Servellen, 1988).
An important marker of the progress in the nursing care of patients is evident in the introduction of Accountable care organizations. The organizations aim to offer the required care to patients while maintaining high standards and ensuring that the resources are used effectively without waste. Accountable care organizations are then allowed to keep a portion of the savings obtained through their programs. These programs have ensured that the patient gets the best care available at the lowest possible cost for both the government and the patient. The healthcare provider benefits from their share of the savings (Daly, 2013).
The revolution of medical homes through the collaboration of public and private providers with federally qualified health centers has shown that primary caregivers can achieve improved outcomes using a medical home care coordination model. In the past, the coordinators have not received any payments for their services in the coordination process. In the current set-up, their remuneration has been prioritized. Better worker remuneration has shown a positive relationship with better work output in different sectors of healthcare (McHugh, 2014).
Another revolutionary care provision is marked by the introduction of bundled payments. The bundled payments system aims to bring together physicians and hospitals to attain care that focuses more on the quality of medical output rather than the profits gained. The bundled care model aims to make sure that the patients receive the required care at a low cost while both the hospital and the practitioners share the profits gained. The players do not suffer any loss since making healthcare accessible to many people guarantees more patients seeking care. Through the joint effort of the different stakeholders, healthcare has been made more accessible to the general population. Healthcare providers have also benefited from the increased number of patients that can seek care.
References
Daly, R. ( 2013). Redesigning healthcare: New delivery initiatives include ACOs, walk-in clinics, medical homes. Modern Healthcare.
McHugh, M. D. (2014). Wage, work environment, and staffing: effects on nurse outcomes. Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice, 15(3-4), 72-80.
Rouleau, G. M.-P.-G.-A. (2017). Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on Nursing Care: Results of an Overview of Systematic Reviews. Journal of medical Internet research, 19(4).
Van Servellen, G. a. (1988). Nurses’ perceptions of individualized care in nursing practice. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 10(3), 291-306.
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