Health Systems

Reflect on the health system in your setting (national, regional or local). Can you identify a particular area of weakness and how system support or strengthening might help? 

Reflect on the feasibility and the potential for Universal Health Coverage in your setting.

In this activity, you will reflect on one of the six dimensions of quality healthcare and consider, for addiction-related settings in your country or region, how this dimension might be improved and the potential role of information in that improvement.

Step 1. Select [5 minutes]

Select one from the 6 dimensions of quality healthcare below:

• Safety
• Effectiveness
• Person-centeredness
• Accessibility, Timeliness, Affordability
• Equity
• Efficiency

Step 2. Analyze [30 minutes]

Reflect and analyze how this dimension can be improved for addiction-related settings in your country or region.

Step 3. Respond [105 minutes]

Prepare a 200-400 word reflective piece of writing that covers the following components:

• Current issues relating to the chosen dimension in addiction settings in your country or region
• Ways to improve the selected dimension to address the needs in an addiction-related setting (list at least 2 potential solutions)
• Potential role of information in the improvement of the chosen dimensions of quality healthcare in addiction-related settings

Step 4. Share [ 10 minutes]

To share your work, click on the “Add a new discussion topic” button under this post and paste your work into the “Message” box. Make sure to reference others’ intellectual property when necessary. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. For further instructions, see the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

Step 5: Interact [10 minutes]

To complete the activity, you will need to reply to at least two posts made by your peers in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. Your response should respond to each of the three framework elements indicated in the table. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “post to forum.”

Reflect on a topic in the area of availability of essential drugs, procedures, vaccines and technology, other than vaccines, and identify, for your setting, some strategic approaches to supporting or strengthening your health system.

Reflect on the key workforce issues in your setting and to what extent, and in what ways education might improve workforce skills and retention.