Building An American Health System

These are the notes from my Power Point presentation of my 2003 research paper, Building an American Health System. The medical budget and financing was based on a federal deficit. This was about $400 billion dollars which was greater than the HHS budget alone. In 6 years the only thing that has changed is the exorbitant price we all pay.

Slide 1 Building an American Health System = the best health care for everyone by bringing
best of all medical systems together.


FOCUS of my paper is to bring best of all medical systems together = government, private, international – much of infrastructure in place especially with government = agencies, IT, monies



Slide 2 Information technology = CIA = Communication Information Automation
Communication = medical record creation, maintenance, transmission
Information = education + wellness, prevention, diagnosis, treatment
Automation = Internet wired wireless medicine


One of the first things to get the BEST is to maximize IT, info tech

uses CIA…which connects patient to doctor to health providers – thus creating uniformity w/ easy accessibility

Communication based on most important document, the medical record = it’s creation, maintenance and transmission

Information primary for health education

Automation brings it all together seamlessly and efficiently




Slide 3 System Update = uniform with continutiy of care; timely and easy acces to health care;
eduation on wellness, prevention. and treatment based on prevalence of disease and
proven preventive measures; provide more information to patient; serve everyone


In view of the rise in elder and chronic medical illness a uniform system allows access anywhere, anytime i.e healthcare obtained from every state, doctors licensed in every state – this allows timely, quality care – the best –

USPTF and Healthy People 2010 exists for prevention – HHS has many programs from community to federal level and its systems which have shown to have the best care - more efficient care and lower cost than the private sector



Slide 4 To DO List - use government + private "bests" = merger; extend IT infrastructure,
data base


This will create uniform and easily accessible system for everyone from patient to doctor and in between

there is a ways to go when look at federal deficit at an all time high! As is health spending at over $1 trillion!

suggestions for financing are outlined in my paper as are resources already in place



Slide 5 GOALS - Uniform continuous qualitymedical care to everyone regardless of cost of
of pre-existing condition; educate and inform; practice wellness and prevention to
have a Healthy America.


the goals are ...

As the cartoon in depicts the doctor telling the patient “your HMO won’t cover any illness contracted in the 20th century” = that was in 2000 – if American health system continues the way it is this is a dilemma we all potentially face and are beginning to experience.