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Jonas and Kovner's Health Care Delivery in the United States, 12th Edition
By James R. Knickman, PhD and Brian Elbel, PhD, MPHEducation
Jonas and Kovner's Health Care Delivery in the United States, 12th Edition episodes
- The Future of Health Care Delivery and Health Policy - Chapter 15One of the future projections of health care delivery in the United States includes telemedicine, which is predicted to increase in usage as technologies continue to emerge and bring healthcare to more people and underserved areas. This episode concludes with a quick examination of the six forces shaping the U.S. health care system.6 min
- Health Information Technology - Chapter 14Recent years have witnessed a spike in opioid addiction in the United States, and this episode connects the national public health emergency of opioid addiction to the developments of safeguards utilizing health information technology.6 min
- Health Care Management - Chapter 13By analyzing the current case of a major medical center, this episode takes a look at the ethics of medical care administrators. What do these governing boards do, and what are the challenges they face?6 min
- High-Quality Health Care - Chapter 12How we define the best medical care often varies from the care that is provided, which implies that improvement to the quality of care is necessary. We see here from recent trends in quality improvement that health care management professionals are taking the lead to advance their methods.5 min
- Health Care Costs and Value - Chapter 11What does health care look like when we consider it to be subject to the free-market forces? This episode delves into walk-in clinics and concierge medicine as examples of free-market health care.6 min
- Health Care Financing - Chapter 10Insurance plans and costs are at the core of this episode as we compare short-term insurance policies under the Trump and Obama presidential administrations. What are the drawbacks to the current available policies and who are they a good fit for?5 min
- The Health Workforce - Chapter 9It is predicted that in the upcoming years, the nation’s health care sector will face a shortage of new workers right as the country’s aging population requires them the most. What are the reasons for this? This episode dips into how the workforce is changing and what it could mean for health care and health outcomes for patients.5 min
- Vulnerable Populations: Meeting the Health needs of Populations Facing Health Inequities - Chapter 8Vulnerable and marginalized population groups experience differences in health equity, and this episode explores the fragmented way in which the U.S. health care system provides services to these populations.6 min
- Health and Behavior - Chapter 7Is there a mode of exercise that is best for you? This episode considers the different effects of various sports as part of a larger conversation on the many major behavioral risk factors that contribute to chronic disease.5 min
- Public Health: A Transformation in the 21st Century - Chapter 6This episode addresses some advances in public health and what is needed to improve an entire population’s health, referencing the Spanish flu as a case for the deadliest occurrence of the twentieth century.5 min
About Jonas and Kovner's Health Care Delivery in the United States, 12th Edition
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This fully updated and revised 12th edition of the highly acclaimed textbook on health care delivery provides graduate and undergraduate students with a comprehensive survey of health care in the…
United States with topics ranging from the organization of care, the politics surrounding health care in the United States, to population health and vulnerable populations, health care costs and value, health care financing, and health information technology. Chapters provide thorough coverage of the rapid changes that are reshaping our system and the extent of our nation’s achievement of health care value and the Triple Aim: better health and better care at a lower cost. With an emphasis on population health and public health, this text includes a timely focus on how social and physical environments influence health outcomes.