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Springer The Care of the Uninsured in America 1st Editon 2014 Softbound by Nancy J. Johnson, Lane P. Johnson
As Dr. Cullen’s chapter on information technology points out, what is required is not just a new electronic system that follows the patients, but a new language that creates and defines a system that can appropriately care for the patient. What we design for the complexities of caring for the medically underserved can serve as model for caring for everyone in this country. Many innovative, bold, and wonderful solutions have been developed as local/ regional models. As communities and states we can learn from, and support, each other. But the local models are not, by and large, self-sustaining. Ultimately, so- tions to the lack of medical insurance in this country will require a national persp- tive, and federal funding. That is part of the work we all must do, and Dr. Dalen’s chapter points out some of the possibilities and pitfalls other countries have experienced. When I wonder how the system we have hasn’t already collapsed from its own weight, I just need to look at the people working within it. Healthcare is a service industry, and we have been blessed with professionals who understand and live the concept of service in their daily lives, who go the extra mile for the patient despite the vagaries, the barriers, and the sometimes mean spiritedness of the organi- tional infrastructure. Who Are the Uninsured?.- Why Are People Uninsured?.- The Culture of Poverty and the Uninsured.- Health Disparities and the Uninsured.- Providers of Care for the Uninsured.- Chronic Disease and the Uninsured.- Medical Homes ( preferably “Health Home”) and the Uninsured.- Medication Assistance for the Uninsured.- Medically Uninsured Refugees and Immigrants.- Medically Uninsured and the Homeless.- Care of Underserved People with Mental Illness.- Medically Uninsured Older Americans.- Direct Caregivers Association: An Option for a Rapidly Growing Aging Population?.- The Rural Uninsured.- Dental Care for the Uninsured.- Uninsured Children at School.- Building Community Collaborations Around Care for the Uninsured.- Information Technology and Medically Uninsured.- The Role of Government in Providing Health Care to the Uninsured.- Think Nationally, Act Locally.