Medical and health services

               

               The medical and healthservices managers are the planners, directors and coordinators who work the behind a scene to keep the hospitals, nursing homes, group practices and other the health care facilities running efficiently. In the short, they are super-organized professionals. Then medical and health services managers are usually extremely detail-oriented people with a good analytical skills. Because much of their times is spent to working with a doctors, health insurance representatives and other administrators, they should be also having good interpersonal and the communication skills. Then problem-solving is another parts. Technical skills are also a must because these professionals must keep up to date with the software and the electronic in a health records.

                The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects strong job growth for this profession. Between 2016 and 2026, this job will grow at a rate of 20 percent, which will shake out into 69,800 new jobs for medical and health services managers. This high demand for more medical and health services managers is driven by the large baby boomer population needing more health care in hospitals, group practices and nursing homes as they age. It’s also driven by the uptick in group practices and the need for managers and administrators to helm these facilities.

                                                                                                                                                Then demand for medical and health care is unlike the demand for most consumer products and services because while the desire for consumer products and services comes from direct consumption, the desire for health care is not derived directly from the consumption of the medical procedures themselves; rather, it comes from the direct value of improved health that is produced by health care. For example, demand for an MP3 player is based on the enjoyment that brings to a consumer, but few would choose to get a laparoscopic cholecystectomy for the same reason. Rather, a consumer’s desire to have her gallbladder removed is directly related to the positive impact the operation is likely to have on her health. Understanding how health is produced, demanded, and valued is a useful starting point for evaluating the health care system and health care policy.

                                   The Medical and Health Care Plan is the national health strategy to establish a system to provide high quality and appropriate medical care. It promotes a division of roles and cooperation of medical functions in order to provide continued medical care in communities. Based on the national strategy, each a prefectural government revises their Plan every 5 years. There are at least five Prefectural Health Care Plans based on the national plans; Health Promotion Plan, Medical Care Plan, Insured Long-term Care Service Plan, Basic Plan to Promote Cancer Control, and the Medical Expenditure Optimizing Plan. For more...........