Introduction
Chronic diseases are severe illnesses that present far-reaching health complications to patients. They are known as illnesses that impede the general wellbeing of individuals since they take a long duration before healing. Currently, the diseases that include heart complications, stroke, cancer, respiratory failure and diabetes are reported as the leading causes of death in most nations. This is evident as indicated in various health care reports, which indicate that 36 million people were victims of chronic diseases in 2008. The statistics depict that 30% of the population were people of 60 years of age and below. The figures signaled a worrying situation in most nations including US and Australia. These nations have now embarked on high-powered deliberations to develop innovative chronic health care systems.
Authorities in the nations (do you mean all nations, or the only USA and Aus here?) have developed relevant legislations to help in ensuring delivery of affordable, quality and timely medical assistance with minimal complications. They are expanding health insurance schemes to cover every individual as a measure to enhance fair delivery of health services. They are also mobilizing funds to aid the acquisition and production of quality medical infrastructure that enable the provision of requisite nursing assistance to patients. This is fundamental in advancing the provision of therapeutic services and medicine to patients. Consequently, the authorities and health officials are refocusing their energy on enhancing daily patient supervision and patient treatment schemes as innovative preventive measures. They are also focusing on stakeholder training, sensitization and creation of awareness on the effects of the diseases. This report provides basic information on innovative measures of managing chronic disorders, with the US being the nation under focus.
Innovative care for chronic conditions, disease and community understudy
As noted, chronic health complications or diseases require innovative Medicaid approaches. The approaches to curb the spread of diseases should be socially acceptable, economically viable and medically relevant (Greenberg and Raymond, 2011, p, 1386). They should also foster best medical practices and ensure the adoption of affordable Medicare models for chronic conditions. Indeed, triad health care is the innovative care system that is adopted in this report. It is effective in ensuring proper prevention and mitigation of chronic conditions. Triad health care system involves comprehensive engagement of key stakeholders in the medical sector including health officials, patients and community members.
The teaching program provides feasible disease preventive incentives that are driven nutritionally and socially. Particularly, it ensures that patients, for example, cancer patients, receive much-needed social, nutritional and psychological support (Greenberg and Raymond, 2011, p, 1386).This is achievable since it fosters stakeholder partnership that is paramount in ensuring effective nursing of patients. This would boost the prevention and management of chronic diseases with specific reference to cancer that the report focuses on. The report also adopts the US as the nation under study due to the severe effects that chronic complications are posing to its citizens.
Description of the approach
Triad healthcare is an innovative technique that can help in controlling severe chronic diseases such as cancer and diabetes. It provides patients and various individuals with the requisite social or communication and nutritional incentives that help in prolonging life (Bernard and Kermit, 2011, p, 103). Medical officials state that the triad program that has been neglected by most individuals is vital in building patients’ psychological strength that is paramount for healing. The approach is identified as a partnership system among various stakeholders. The stakeholders include patients, families, health care teams and community supporters. The concept records exemplary performance or functions best when each stakeholder is motivated, well informed and is prepared to manage chronic conditions. Consequently, it works best through systematic collaboration and communication with other members of the triad at various levels.
The rationale behind this innovative approach is that the motivation of patients and enhancement of their preparedness in managing chronic conditions is dependent on the (their?) level of social engagement. That is, the level at which patients engage with family members, medical officials and community members boost their social capacity Bernard and Kermit, 2011, p, 103). This helps in advancing their psychological stability that is significant for progressive recovery from chronic complications. Authorities and doctors in the US affirm that chronic illnesses require medical togetherness to build emotional strength in patients rather than medicine. They state that exemplary interrelations make patients develop a positive outlook. They also state that managing chronic complications requires high levels of nutritional balancing.
How the approach addresses issues of chronic complications
Triad healthcare is an information campaign system that seeks to relay the imperativeness of togetherness in ensuring progressive recovery of chronic patients. The concept works effectively since patients with chronic complications require special attention, social motivation, spiritual and psychological stability. For instance, patients with cancer-related complications require continuous nursing care from various specialists and non-specialists (Greenberg and Raymond, 2011, p, 1387). Specialists to perform the requisite diagnosis, drug prescription, offer medical advice and perform various tests. This is crucial in ensuring quality treatment of the disease. However, non-specialists have a duty to offer psychological support through social engagement that is significant in developing a sense of belonging that motivates patients.
These aspects are achievable through togetherness and social integration that the health care triad seeks to promote. Indeed, the Medicare system will help patients who suffer from chronic diseases in various ways (Taylor and Swerissen, 2010, p, 152). Firstly, it would transform their perception, psychological capacity and enable them to build confidence by demystifying discrimination and stigmatization. The practitioners and other individuals subscribe or recognize health coaching, keeping fit and eating of a balanced diet as the best techniques of preventing chronic complications. Despite their relevance, they are not innovative ways that can help effectively in the modern day.
Critical analysis of the concept’s performance, its effectiveness and successes
Effective prevention and management of chronic diseases require the adoption of conventional nursing practices and after-care programs. The practices should be cost- effective to ensure their holistic integration. The adoption of the practices should also be in consideration of patient needs. This is vital in ensuring that the right preventive practice is adopted for the particular disease that a patient is suffering from (Taylor and Swerissen, 2010, p, 153). Triad health care system requires a proper understanding of patients’ needs. The system that holds relevance in the present world also requires effective communication and collaboration between stakeholders. The ideals are to facilitate patient psychological development and eradicate moral trauma.
In the US, triad practice along with other key preventive measures has been instrumental in servicing chronic patients. It has been regarded as the best approach for building a sustainable nursing system since it requires minimal monetary support and medical assistance. Patients also affirm that the practice has been contributing effectively in ensuring superior management of their conditions. They cite that it has been instrumental in enhancing the level of their preparedness for treatment. It has also been a motivating element since it rejuvenates their spirit (Taylor and Swerissen, 2010, p, 162). Consequently, patients have learned the value of nutrition and adherence to a balance diet due to the program’s teachings. The practice is increasingly leading to a drop in the number of patients who suffer from chronic diseases.
The concept’s comparative analysis and factors that contribute to the success or poor performance in the medical sector
Despite its nobleness, the approach cannot yield the best results if there is poor understanding of one another and a lack of commitment. It may be problematic in comparison to other preventive measures such as medicine, keeping fit and supervisory programs. The poor attitude between patients, family members, doctors and community members holds the capacity to impede its nobleness. This is because patients may not receive the potential psychological assistance that is essential for their wellbeing (Benjamin, Hammer, Landsbergis and Sorensen, 2011, p, 101). However, if the execution of the system were up to date, then other preventive measures such as keeping fit and supervision would be successful. This is because the patient’s relatives and health officials would be able to convince them to adhere to the medical procedures as prescribed without negligence.
Key factors that influence the success or poor service delivery and performance in the medical sector are infrastructural setups, medicine, qualified staff and preventive approaches that require effective mitigation. This is vital since infrastructure, human resources and medicine availability defines the level of quality, timeliness and affordability of nursing services. That is if there is highly-qualified personnel, superior therapeutic equipment, diagnostic systems and adequate medicine, then preventive measures can be successful. However, poor infrastructure, non-proficient staff and lack of essential medical incentives lead to low performance or provision of low-quality Medicare services in the US. This explains why the requisite support should be under consideration to ensure that triad and nutritional health care objectives are met. In the US, the triad medical approach seems to work effectively due to superior support systems that are under adoption. For instance, health institutions in the nation are upgrading their infrastructural setups, excellent management of medicine and understanding between key stakeholders.
The concept’s implications for health providers, consumers and other stakeholders
According to Benjamin et al (2011, p 101), preventive health care measures affect various stakeholders in the medical sector directly or indirectly. Particularly, triad healthcare system, exercise and sensitization programs require immense stakeholder input or co-operation. This is essential in ensuring holistic actualization of superior health practices to boost patients’ health status. The preventive measures are to enable patients to avoid contracting chronic illnesses doctors are to execute their duties, family and community members are to provide psychological support. This explains why every stakeholder’s cooperation is significant in achieving the objectives of the triad and nutritional concepts.
In the US, a triad sensitization program is underway on the key preventive measures (triad healthcare) of chronic diseases. The initiative is to ensure that every stakeholder in the medical sector including community members understands their role in enhancing individuals’ health status. The program is also to ensure that the stakeholders understand the importance of the preventive measures and their cost involvement. This is to enable the formulation of credible and effective treatment and nursing decisions.. Medical officials in the nation focus on conveying basic information to patients on their role in the process of restoring their health stability. This is executed in consideration of an innovative preventive measure that is under preference (Benjamin et al, 2011, p, 189). They affirm that patients should develop a positive attitude and prepare psychologically to accommodate others. They should be able to understand the role of doctors, family and community members in their lives by exercising delight. The program would demand a lot from medical officials since they play a key role in stabilizing patients’ health status. In particular, medical practitioners have to develop cordial relations and spend their time to be with patients. They also have to give advice on nutritional foods that patients should eat and monitor their progress (Haafkens and Kopnina, 2010, p, 247). The supervision role to patients may be tiring as prescribed under the innovative system, but it remains fundamental in ensuring holistic mitigation of proper treatment to chronic complications. Consequently, the program is bound to affect California community members’ daily plans. This is evident since it is the community member’s presence and continuous engagement with the patients that are vital as the program demands.
Cost, equity implications and available opportunities for development
As noted by medical scholars, chronic health care issues present severe cost and psychological complications to patients. The complications require proper preparedness since the diseases are costly to treat and require advanced medical attention and supervision. They also require proper psychological strength since their long duration imposes a sense of psychological torture on most patients. Due to the prevalence of chronic diseases and their implications, authorities and health officials should adopt innovative health care approaches to cushion the public from the effects of the diseases. This is vital since the disease would render most people unproductive and in turn slow down economic growth in most settings (Haafkens and Kopnina, 2010, p, 247).
Consequently, there are immense opportunities in the health sector that have not been fully utilized. The vast opportunities would help in steering the ideals and educative programs under the new approach of managing chronic diseases. Evident opportunities include the growing number of health personnel, the development of modern cancer infrastructural treatment setups, screening equipment and therapeutic machines. Efforts to ensure the provision of convenient medical services and the production of non-reactive medicine that has no side effects are also vital elements that give hope to cancer patients. These opportunities hold the capacity of ensuring that the innovative systems approach is executed with limited complications
Conclusion
Imperatively, nations that aspire to record exemplary growth in diverse facets of operation must improve the health standards of their citizens. The nations must adopt conventional medical practices and treatment systems. They must also upgrade medical infrastructural setups in health institutions to ensure quality service delivery. This is paramount since health care cannot be effective without the support of relevant medical infrastructure and qualified medical personnel. Consequently, authorities in these nations should institute comprehensive medical schemes or cover to ensure that every individual irrespective of their economic status has the privilege of acquiring quality medical assistance. They also have an obligation to educate the public on the effects of chronic diseases, their causes and preventive approaches. Therefore, various stakeholders in the health sector should embrace the new approach of chronic disease prevention with due diligence.
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