International Healthcare

This research project was really eye opening to see the vast differences in some countries' healthcare systems and the way they use technology. I really enjoyed learning about how health IT shapes each country and which countries are changing with the times and adopting this technology and others who have not been utilizing it as much. Looking back on my questions that I set out to answer: Why does the US spend more but offer lower quality healthcare compared to many other countries? Unfortunately we cannot pinpoint the exact reason or even the four largest reasons for this conundrum but from the data that I saw I am confident that our unhealthy tendencies along with the reliance on pharmaceuticals are definitely hurting our quest for lower costs and higher quality care. How do other countries utilize health information technology and how does it compare to the US? As seen in the Accenture doctor surveys, the US is actually doing rather well when it comes to the adoption a...

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...