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Running head: PRACTICUM ASSIGNMENTPRACTICUM ASSIGNMENT[Author Name(s), First M. Last, Omit Titles and Degrees][Institutional Affiliation(s)]
2PRACTICUM ASSIGNMENTThe burden of the cost of healthcare remains on the rise and affect the individuals of a country and the country at large. Part of this additional cost is attributed to medical tests that are common with doctors. In as much as medical tests form the basis of disease diagnosis, it has emerged that not all the medical tests that patients undergo are needed. Some of them have culminated into unnecessary inflation of the healthcare costs. Several factors have been found to be directly contributing to chances of overuse and thus unnecessary medical tests in the healthcare centres[ CITATION JMi11 \l 1033 ]. These factors can collectively be named a culture of more. Among the factors, include:The training and culture of physiciansDefensive medicineA structure for free-for-serviceA preference of technological solutions among the stakeholders in healthcareAggressive nature for the market by the developers of procedures, tests and drugsLack of integrity when it comes to the actual costs of care[ CITATION Vij16 \l 1033 ]Various strategies can be deployed to reduce or even eliminate inflated healthcare costs that result from wastes of resources concerning unnecessary tests. These strategies are inclusive of both administrative and healthcare based strategies. The administrative interventions are adopted and reinforced by the management of the various healthcare-providing outlets. The healthcare-based interventions require adherence to the code of practice and conduct by the physician as part of his professional training to execute his duties. These interventions are geared towards enhancing transparency and honesty between the patient and the doctor without the doctor attempting to serve self-interest at the expense of the patient[ CITATION Lei11 \l 1033 ]. The
3PRACTICUM ASSIGNMENTfollowing strategies can be used in curbing the high cost of healthcare by reducing misuse of resources related to unnecessary tests:Adoption of the policy of reflex testingLimitation and review of the standing order policyReview of denials of paymentLimitation of inpatient testing by developing a lab formularyEnactment of a committee to oversee the utilization of testsReview of test menu and knocking out obsolete testsUsing specialty to review preoperative lab testsWays to translate outcomes into measurable dataMost of these strategies are administrative interventions of curbing high healthcare costs by reducing possible wastages through unnecessary tests[ CITATION Vij16 \l 1033 ]. A healthcare centre may have the data on the number of lab tests done before the adoption of these strategies in each department of the healthcare unit. After a period, during which the strategies were adopted, the management can again do a statistical analysis to evaluate the effectiveness of the strategies.This can be either by grouping the strategies in groups of interdependence, adopting all the policies at ago or adopting a policy at a time. Statistical analysis would be done on the number of tests done during a period of the strategies and comparison against the pre-existing statistics during which the strategy had not been adopted[ CITATION JMi11 \l 1033 ]. It will be obvious that a decrease in the number of medical tests done on the patient would mean a reduction in the cost of healthcare in the healthcare institution. Fewer tests mean fewer resources
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