Professional Standards Influence on Patient Care and Care Coordination Outcomes  NURS FPX 6610 Assessment 1 Comprehensive Needs Assessment

Societal, Economic, and Interdisciplinary Factors Affecting Patient Care

Factors affecting patient care include financial crisis, aging, and less social support. One of the concerning factors includes aging as the patient is 79 years old and can suffer from various issues like weight loss, weak bones, less appetite, vision or hearing issues, and much more. So it becomes quite difficult to know the reason behind serious infection as the patient’s immune system weakens with age. So aging is one of the risk factors that can cause severe complications in chronic patients (diabetic) (Liu et al., 2019). 

Mr. Decker’s income is the key economic determinant influencing his health outcomes because he comes from a low-income family and relies on Medical insurance to receive his medical treatment (Palileo-Villanueva et al., 2022). The insurance organization will bear hospitalization costs but does not cover other connected expenses, such as services for different therapies. As a result, even though recovery services are the recommended therapy for Mr. Decker’s illness, he cannot pay for them. With increasing costs for other premium packages, the 2019 estimated costs for Medicare remain at 437$ as the monthly premium for the hospital insurance policy and 135.50$ for the medical coverage plan. The type of insurance plan Mr. Decker could afford changed due to his poor financial situation, which also altered the quality of his medical care (Palileo-Villanueva et al., 2022).

Another factor behind the patient’s condition is less social support, as his family members, like his daughter and wife, will not visit the hospital daily, so he has little emotional support. Due to less social support, post-discharge procedures cannot be carried out. According to research, social support is essential for elderly patients’ health outcomes, and older individuals who lack it are more likely to experience serious complications (Ko et al., 2019). All these factors will potentially affect patient outcomes as the patient did not get social support, and his age can also be the risk for serious infection (Milgrom et al., 2019). 

Professional Standards Influence on Patient Care and Care Coordination Outcomes 

The patient care coordination can be boosted by scrutinizing requirements and demands of patient. One of the credible organizations designed in 2017, named the National Quality Forum, provides standards for safety and care coordination outcomes (Namburi & Lee, 2022). This credible organization aims to enhance patient safety and quality of care (Namburi & Lee, 2022). The Care Coordination and Transition Management Logic Model provides effective benchmark standards to measure the effectiveness of care coordination towards patients (Hofmann & Erben. J, 2020). The justification behind this model is that this model provides holistic relation between nurses’ competencies, care coordination, and patient quality outcomes. This model also encourages healthcare professionals to focus on patient-centered care. With the help of this model, the healthcare professional’s performance can be measured as it provides various standards like the organization’s need to focus on patients’ desires, error-free treatment, evidence-based practice, and ongoing care coordination plan updates (Hofmann & Erben. J, 2020).

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