The Health Care System Is Designed, And How It Functions

All of my courses have enhanced my understanding of how the US health care system is designed, and how it functions. I have gotten a clearer glimpse into how it is supposed to work, in theory, though I am aware of some the pitfalls of the system, in practice. But I would say my coursework in HCA 6200 (US Heatlh Care System), HCA 6275 (Evolution of Managed Care) have enhanced my awareness of the social, economic, political factors affecting the practice of healthcare professionals. They have affected my understanding of how these factors influence the design of the system in which healthcare professionals work, and the daily context in which their profession has a function. ================================ Very briefly, I would say†¦show more content†¦I began to view the networked-structure of different institutions which together comprised the structure of the US healthcare system. ================================ But all in all I would say that my coursework has taught me that the US health care system is a complex and multifaceted network. Thus a knowledge of how the healthcare system is designed or how it functions can never be too specific—nor too broad; as one’s work as a healthcare provider, in any capacity, requires they know and operate according to more than just the technical demands of their profession. There are likewise numerous external forces which limit the design of healthcare, as well as its function; those forces being classified as political, social, and economic. ================================ The way by which a healthcare system organizes itself to adapt to these external/circumstancial forces upon affects more than an organizations ability to give people access to quality care; but its ability to survive the continuously changing terrain of social, political, and economic conditions in which it operates. And thus, in terms of managing and leadership, the manager/leader of a healthcare organization that needs to surivive these external forces needs to be able to consider the social, political, and economic conditions whih influence the design and function of their