International Healthcare

The OECD collects a lot of health data which was perfect to see what are some other effects of cost in these countries for healthcare. I used  http://www.oecd.org/els/health-systems/health-data.htm  to collect the data in these graphs.  This data show some of the reasons cost is so high in the US compared to the other countries I was researching. An unhealthy population, with reliance on pharmaceuticals are just two of the many reasons contributing to this dilemma our country is facing. 

In 2012 and 2015, Accenture conducted a health information technology survey to many physicians around the world. The aim of this survey was to see how each country has been adopting and utilizing health information systems. 2012 study: 8 country study. 3,700 physicians in Australia, Canada, England, France, Germany, Singapore, Spain and the United States surveyed. 2015 study: 6 country study. 2,600 physicians in Australia, Brazil, France, Norway, Singapore, and the United States surveyed You can find a more detailed result of the study here: https://www.longwoods.com/articles/images/Accenture-Canada-Healthcare-IT-Dilemma.pdf https://www.accenture.com/t20150609T070618__w__/gb-en/_acnmedia/Accenture/Conversion-Assets/DotCom/Documents/Local/en-gb/PDF_3/Accenture-Doctors-Survey-2015-Healthcare-It-Pain-Progress.pdf Here is some of the interesting facts I picked out to focus on It is important to get the physicians' point of views because they are the ones that a

While the debate over the best healthcare system for the United States goes on, Canada usually comes up in the conversation at some point. Whether it be because of its proximity to the United States or the way their healthcare system is set up, Canada is a popular country to compare to the US. In this blog post, I will be gathering detailed information about Canada's healthcare system to see what parts would work to help the United States healthcare system and which would not be as applicable. But first a video! Although the video may be a bit dry, the information within it is very important to people living in the United States because many have the same questions that these senators are asking and the experts answer them very well. So let's dive into Canada's NHI and see whether their system is successful and why that is.  Canada's Healthcare System   Canada's healthcare system is called Medicare (not to be confused with the Medicare in the US) and wor

The main question that I am aiming to answer with my series of posts will revolve around how applicable the successes of other countries' healthcare systems are to the United States. It is important to learn from other countries to see what has been working in their systems and how they have been making advances in the quality and cost of their care. These lessons can help all three of the healthcare objectives but mostly it will help with reducing cost because that is the one of the big consequences of how poorly our system is set up.  As a last small part of the overall project, I will also research how globalization could help in some of these areas. Globalization has touched almost all industries but healthcare seems to be one that it has not fully affected. I aim to understand the factors that have made it difficult for the globalization of healthcare as well as the possible benefits of this idea.  Literature Review http://dpeaflcio.org/programs-publications/issue-f

Welcome to my blog! In this series of posts I will be exploring the various facets of healthcare systems around the world. Healthcare has always been a complex system and learning from others could be one of the ways the United States can improve upon a system that has some major flaws. I will also be exploring the interesting concept of globalizing healthcare. The idea of adding international competition has been highly debated with solid points on both the pros and cons side.  I have chosen to focus on countries apart of  The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). These countries share a lot of similarities to the United States and will serve as a good baseline to compare and contrast our system to theirs. Initial research has shown much discrepancy especially in the areas of cost and quality as seen in this graph.  I will also be putting an emphasis on the use of information technology in these countries to see if there are areas we are not fully pursuing