Fundamentals of Nursing: The Health Care Delivery System

Challenges to Health Care - a. Uninsured Patients b. Reducing health care costs while maintaining high-quality care for patients c. Improving access and coverage for more people d. Encouraging healthy behaviors e. Earlier hospital discharges result in more patients needed nursing home and home care National Priorities Partnership: (6) - a group of 52 organizations, from a variety of health care disciplines, that have joined together to work toward transforming health care with the aims of healthy people and healthy communities and better and affordable care. - *Promote best practices - Promote prevention, treatment, and intervention practices for the leading causes of mortality - Ensure person and family-centered care - Make care safer - Promote communication and care coordination - Make quality care affordable* The Institute of Medicine (2011) vision to transform health care delivery states that nurses need: (4) - a. To practice to the full extent of their education and training. b. To achieve high levels of education and training through an education system that provides seamless progression