The State of Health Care Services for Mobile Poor Populations: History, Current Status, and Future Challenges

2010 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 421-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Candace Kugel ◽  
Edward L. Zuroweste
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
The State ◽  
Current Status ◽  
State Of Health ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Future Challenges

scholarly journals The utilisation of the right of children to shelter to alleviate poverty in South Africa

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
I Mc Murray ◽  
L Jansen Van Rensburg
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Human Dignity ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
The State ◽  
Economic Rights ◽  
Care Services ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Right ◽  
Right Of Access

Children being the most vulnerable members of society are the one's most affected by living in poverty. This unacceptable situation can inter alia be attributed to the disastrous effects of Apartheid. During this unfortunate period in our nation's history millions of people were unjustly evicted from their homes and forced to live in deplorable conditions. Moreover, many of these people were left homeless or without the necessary adequate shelter. Children who were born into these circumstances were denied basic resources such as proper shelter, food, water and health care services. These unfortunate circumstances existed at the adoption of South Africa 's democratic Constitution. The preamble of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa , 1996 reaffirms government's commitment to heal the inequalities of the past and improve the quality of life of all citizens. The Constitution is based on certain fundamental values, most importantly, human dignity, freedom and equality. The fact that these values are denied to those people living without access to basic resources such as adequate housing/shelter, food, water or health care services cannot be dismissed. To facilitate South Africa 's development as a democratic state based on human dignity, freedom and equality, the problem of poverty must be addressed. The Constitutional Court , in Government of the Republic of South Africa and Others v Grootboom and Others 2000 11 BCLR 1169 (CC), has recently stated that the effective realisation of socio-economic rights is key to the advancement of a value based democratic South Africa . Section 26 of the Constitution grants everyone the right to have access to adequate housing and section 28 that grants every child the additional right to basic shelter among others. By virtue of section 28(1)(b) the primary responsibility to provide children with the necessary adequate housing/shelter is vested in their parents, unless the parents are unable to fulfil their duty or the children are removed from their care. This does not in the least mean that the state has no responsibilities to children living with their parents. The state must still provide the framework in which parents can facilitate the realisation of their children's rights. The state can fulfil this obligation by taking reasonable legislative and other measures within its available resources to realise everyone's right of access to adequate housing progressively.  Therefore, it is submitted that the measures taken to realise section 26 also indirectly ensures the realisation of children's right to basic shelter (section 28(1)(c)). It has been largely accepted by the courts and academics alike that all fundamental human rights are indivisible and interrelated. Clearly then, the state's obligations in terms of section 28(1)(c) cannot be properly interpreted without referring to the interpretation of those obligations conferred upon it by section 26(2) and the other socio-economic rights in the Constitution. Hence, section 28(1)(c) must be seen in the context of the Constitution as a whole. Put simply, the state must take reasonable legislative and other measures within its available resources to realise children's right to basic housing/shelter progressively. This article will focus on the utilisation of the right to shelter of the child to alleviate poverty. Essential to this discussion is an effective understanding of the right to basic shelter as entrenched by section 28 of the Constitution in conjunction with the right of access to adequate housing conferred on everyone by virtue of section 26. This will be achieved by studying the general working of such rights including their limitations and enforcement. 

Law Protection on Patients Toward The Health Services Conducted by Social Security Administrator for Health (Ssah) or BPJS in Accordance With The Limitation on Cataract Surgery

SOEPRA ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chori Diah Astuti ◽  
Suherman Suherman ◽  
Arrisman Arrisman
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Cataract Surgery ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
The State ◽  
Care Services ◽  
The Government

Health is a primary right of every individual and must be guaranteed by the state; therefore, the state has regulated the health of its citizens as stipulated in the 1945 Constitution Article 28 Section 3 which is further regulated in law No. 40 Year 2004 concerning the national social security system. One of the concerns of the government is that many Indonesians who have reached the age of 50-60 years who experience vision problems due to cloudy eye lense or cataract. The government concern is can be seen from their attention on health problems by passing Minister of Health Regulation No. 29 Year 2016. Concerning with eye Health Care Services at the Health Care Amanities and the Director of Health Service Security on Health (SSAH) passed a regulationNo. 2 Year 2018 concering with cataract service security service.The Method Used in this study is a normative juridical method, using secondary data consisting of primary, secondary and tertiary legal materials. The end purpose of this study is to get clarity about the legal protection of patients against health services by the Health amenities and SSAH or BPJS with the existence of restrictions on cataract surgery and to find out the claim procedures concerning with this restriction.Keywords: Legal Protection, BPJS or SSAH, Cataract Surger.

The state of risk prevention in a sample of Australian hospitals, medical centres and allied health services

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deon V. Canyon
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Allied Health ◽  
The State ◽  
Risk Prevention ◽  
Top Management ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Preparedness Planning ◽  
Care Services

This paper reports on an investigation into five risk prevention factors (technology, people, organisational structure, culture and top management psychology) to inform organisational preparedness planning and to update managers on the state of health care services. Data were collected by means of a 10-question, cross-sectional survey of key decision-making executives in eight different types of 75 health care organisations. Many organisations were found to have deficient risk prevention practices and allied health organisations were considerably worse than health organisations. Forty per cent of hospitals and chiropractic practices had out-dated or poor technology. Results on organisational culture and structure found that many executives associate these factors with risk prevention, but none of them appreciate the relationship between these factors and crisis causation. Gaps and areas for improvement are identified and a change in top management attitude is recommended to address resource allocation and implement appropriate risk prevention systems and mechanisms. Reactive managers need to increase their awareness of risks in order to become capable of preventing them. Proactive managers are those who invest in risk prevention.

scholarly journals Managing Data Diversity on the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT)

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 49-56
Author(s):  
Iram Mehmood ◽  
◽  
Sidra Anwar ◽  
AneezaDilawar ◽  
IsmaZulfiqar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Electronic Device ◽  
Big Data Analytics ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Medical Services ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Different Sources

In the healthcare industry, the Internet of Medical Services (IOMT) plays a vital role throughout the increasing performance, reliability, and efficiency of an electronic device. Healthcare is also characterized as being complicated due to its highly diverse and large number of shareholders. Data diversity refers to the continuum of various types of elements in the data. The integration of data is difficult where different sources can adopt different identification for the same entity, but there is no explicit connection. Researches are contributing to a digitized Health care system through interconnections available medical resources and health care services. This Research presents the contribution of IoT to people in the field of Healthcare, highlighting the issues in different data integration, analysis of the existing algorithms and models, applications, and future challenges of IoT in terms of healthcare medical services. Big data analytics that incorporates millions of fragmented, organized, and unstructured sources of data will play a key role in how health care will be delivered in the future.

Audiology India (Non-Governmental Organization): Background, Mission, and Accomplishments

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (17) ◽  
pp. 12-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vinaya Manchaiah ◽  
Vijayalakshmi Easwar ◽  
Sriram Boothalingam ◽  
Spoorthi Thammaiah
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Care Services ◽  
The Government

Hearing loss is a global health concern, particularly in the low- and middle-income countries. Some of the reasons for this include, higher prevalence of hearing loss in these countries, lack of adequate awareness on hearing loss and its consequences, limited access to hearing care services to in suburban/rural areas, and high cost of such services. To make matters worse, health care services provided by the government in developing countries such as India are limited, and services provided by for-profit institutions are expensive. Therefore, there is a need for other stakeholders (e.g., non-governmental organizations) to bridge this service gap. In this paper, we introduce Audiology India (AI) to readers, an organization that is striving to improve ear and hearing health care services in India. We begin this paper by providing an overview of the current status of hearing care services in India. Next, we describe the background of AI, its mission, and accomplishments. Briefly, the goals of AI are: (a) to provide community-based hearing care services to individuals with no access to mainstream ear-care; (b) to conduct campaigns to raise public awareness about hearing loss and avenues for its prevention; (c) to carry out need-based research to continuously fine-tune our services and advance audiology in India; and (d) to offer consultancy services related to ear and hearing care.

Improving Disaster Response Efforts Through the Development of a Disaster Health Care Response System

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 600-604 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan A. Wilson ◽  
L. Kendall McKenzie ◽  
W. Terry McLeod ◽  
Damon A. Darsey ◽  
Jim Craig
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Hurricane Katrina ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
The State ◽  
Response System ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Medical Response ◽  
Care Response

AbstractWe review the development of a disaster health care response system in Mississippi aimed at improving disaster response efforts. Large-scale disasters generate many injured and ill patients, which causes a significant utilization of emergency health care services and often requires external support to meet clinical needs. Disaster health care services require a solid infrastructure of coordination and collaboration to be effective. Following Hurricane Katrina, the state of Mississippi implemented best practices from around the nation to establish a disaster health care response system. The State Medical Response System of Mississippi provides an all-hazards system designed to support local response efforts at the time, scope, and scale required to successfully manage the incident. Components of this disaster health care response system can be replicated or adapted to meet the dynamic landscape of health care delivery following disasters. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2017;11:600–604)

The Potential of Crowdsourcing in the Health Care Industry

2017 ◽  
pp. 418-427
Author(s):  
Kaushik Ghosh ◽  
Kabir C. Sen
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Health Care Industry ◽  
Population Groups ◽  
Care Industry ◽  
Care Services ◽  
The Social ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Care Problems ◽  
Immense Potential

Crowdsourcing has immense potential in the health care industry as it can tap into a vast global pool of knowledge to solve a wide variety of health care problems. This chapter first categorizes the different problems in the health care industry. It then describes some existing health care services and also discusses the future challenges that a typical crowdsourcing service could face. The chapter emphasizes the potential of crowdsourcing to disrupt old ideas and introduce new ones as well as a make a significant improvement in the social quality for different population groups.

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