Historical Transitioning and Growth of the U.S. Health Care System

Introduction

This paper focuses on summarizing the milestones involved in the past as well as in the present shaping of the health care industry. The paper will also focus on the evaluation of the importance of financing as well as the technology in health care. Furthermore, the paper will be analyzing the primary complexities as well as the integrated social dynamics which are associated altering the demographics. Finally the paper handles the beat by examination of the major fluctuating and daunting challenges in health care management.

Milestones

During the 19th century in the United States, there was the emergence of different kinds of practitioners who were in a higher competition of trying to issue care services to the people though the quality of the care was too little. The process of care provision in the United States continued for sometimes up to a point where the health care services reforms began in the late 19th century as well as in early 20th century. The reasons behind this were such as the scientific basis for medicine, the need for improvement in the medical training as well as the hospital quality services. In the process there comes the advancement of such field as biology, chemistry as well as the other related fields of medical sciences towards the end of the 19th century. This means that there was the elimination of the greater diseases through the use of the development of diagnostic tests as well as the vaccines. The projects of the great public heath focused on the fight to the causes of the diseases as well as the prevention of the diseases spreading and this raised the level of the public health(Dranove, D. 2000). At the start of the 20th century, there was an interest in the local as well as the state medical societies and nationally. There was a turning point in the health care system which was represented in the year 1910 for the United States. The reason behinds this was that from the poor quality of the practice of the medicine that was in use as well the poor quality of the training provided in the medical colleges. The United States, therefore, had to experience most reforms which were taking place. This included the closing of the most medical schools, the improvement of the medical curriculum as well as accessing the quality of the people who are recruited to the medical colleges and the quality of the training facility. The introduction of the private insurance to the United States started at around the early 1930s. This was successful with the assistance of the established nonprofit Blue Cross plans for the care services in the hospital. The plan for insurance hospital started in around 1929 in Dallas. Presently, the issues of health care are served by such by organizations as the government programs, the private organization as well as non-profitable organizations in the processes of granting a high level of the medical solutions(Sulfaro, S. B. 2013). During the 21st century, there was a promise of the new the technology to changing of nature, the cost of health as well as the complexity of the health services. During this century the healthcare system is in the position to make a higher use of the gene therapies as the awareness about the genetic bases of the diseases rises.  The new technology has an effect in advancing the innovations as well as the movement of the people socially and the reality of the economy. This will continue to shape the 21st-century health care services.

The importance of the financing and technology

The practice of funding as well as the technology is considered to be paramount. This is because of their usefulness for the purpose of advancing the medical services in the United States. For example, if in any case the funds for health are not provided, then the health care provider will not be able to offer its service using the new technology. Furthermore, in instances where the health care providers do not have the right technological involvement, then it will not be in the position to get investor as well as the funds. The financing of health is critical as it can ensure the social protection of the on health. The meaning of the technology to the healthcare givers is the availability of the equipment in the hospitals to be able to give the patients an efficient treatment. It also means the ability of the health care providers to record information about patients electronically. With new technology in the hospitals, there will be an easier movement of information involving all medical history about the patient and this will help in the provision of the right health care to the patients. Some of the examples that can be used are the nursery homes investments such as the baby boomers aging. Also, the measurements put forward to prevent diseases through effective care use to prevent a virus that can be spread through the migration of the population such as Ebola(Roberts, A. 2010).

The primary complexity and integrated social dynamics

The process of globalization in the modern world has provided the opportunity for the information to move across boundaries. Globalization has also contributed to the high rate of migration of the people from one country to another. Despite the benefits of this process of globalization, it also has the some of the challenges like diseases as well as the culture. The changes in the demography have a meaning that the health providers will not be able to issue medical services in the short term. A good example is a population in the United States which is made up of the different culture. The population has also been alteration in age, race as well as sex. The health caregivers are therefore supposed to conduct a study for them to be able to offer appropriate healthcare to the patients(Singh., et al. 2015).

Major fluctuating and daunting challenge

Base on the research, the United States will be in a position to experience considerable growth through its older population in year ranging from 2012 to 2050. For example, in the year 2050, the people with 65 years old and above are expected to be around 83 million which is estimated to be almost double the 2012 population of around 43 million. The increase in the older population is considered to the responsibility of the baby boomers, as they start to turn 65 in the year 2011. It is assumed that by the year 2050, the baby boomer who will be surviving will be of 85 years old. Furthermore, the aging of the people is expected to have a wider ranging effect to the country. The term aging as it is used by the demographers means that the there is an increase in the older age population. Therefore, as years move forward, the people in the United States is likely to be divided into the race as well as ethnic groups.  The challenges to individuals who make policies as well as programs like.

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