In a Word document, please answer the questions below with short responses (3 –
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Question
In a Word document, please answer the questions below with short responses (3 – 5 sentences for each question):
Do you think the global public health system is ready to tackle global problems such as water scarcity? Why or why not?
Explain the role of the ACA’s PCORI in health care reform.
Explain the role of the ACA’s Prevention and Public Health Fund in health care reform. Do you think the public health system will be improved by this initiative? Why or why not?
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Explanation / Answer
Global public health system is ready to tackle global problems such as water scarcity: Since the water supplies and the infrastructure are being tested to their limits due to mining for oil and scattered development of houses. This has lead to a scarcity of water due to the fact that demand has exceeded the natural capacity to provide water for domestic purpose. Significant state fund has been allocated to address this issue. Hence measures have been taken by the government to tackle this issue. But in developing countries, clean, safe drinking water is scarce. Today, nearly 1 billion people in the developing world don't have access to it.
The role of the ACA’s PCORI in health care reform: The PCORI (Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute) established by the Affordable Care Act: has the following as its top five national priorities for patient-centered clinical effectiveness research in a Jan. 23, 2012 agenda as (Wpsic):
· Comparative assessments of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment options to identify which options work best for different populations.
· Improving the health care systems, such as improved coordination of care.
· Communication and dissemination regarding providing information to patients so that they can be better decision-makers.
· Addressing disparities among patient populations.
· Accelerating patient-centered and methodological research, including research involving patients and caregivers that is efficient, safe, and timely.
All these efforts at the end of ACA’s PCORI have brought about a reform in health.
The role of the ACA’s Prevention and Public Health Fund in health care reform: The Affordable Care Act established the Prevention and Public Health Fund to provide expanded and sustained national investments in prevention and public health, to improve health outcomes, and to enhance health care quality. To date, the Fund has invested in a broad range of evidence-based activities including community and clinical prevention initiatives; research, surveillance and tracking; public health infrastructure; immunizations and screenings; tobacco prevention; and public health workforce and training. In the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2012, (Hhs). Due to investment in prevention and immunization the health care has and will definitely improve in future as prevention is better than cure.