Children Health Fund
Providing comprehensive medical services in a given jurisdiction may involve the use of mobile clinics alongside main medical services. The service attempts to reach out to the wider community whom due to various reasons does not get sufficient medical services. These services are updated to ensure that they meet optimal quality at all times. This analysis investigates the Children's Health Fund of New York, implications of the Fund, and recommendation for betterment.
The Child Health Fund of 1987 is instrumental in assisting clinicians provide comprehensive medical covers to children. The Organization was founded to enable contemporary clinic services as well as, mobile services with an objective of offering services to low income earners and destitute children. The organization has provided up-to-date facilities, with the ability to integrate complex medical facilities in mobile clinics. As a result, there has been a need to mobilize funds to respond to the prevailing need in relation to quality. The organization has wooed corporate entities to fund its initiatives. For instance, organizations like GlaxoSmithKline have been on the front-line in assisting the CHF with funds. Funds are channeled towards providing hardware and software services. With time, the organization has achieved proper delivery systems like hardware- X-Ray Scans and Software the Electronic Medical Record.
Nonetheless, the implications...
In New York, the ever-growing number of street families without considerate medical covers is worrying. Therefore, the program seeks to offset the disparities created by the current medical system, which only caters for the employed.
However, the organization faces serious challenges in relation to the quality of services it should be offering. The organization provides mild medical services, and not necessary treating patients with chronic diseases. The underlying reason is based on the fact that chronic diseases are expensive to treat. Therefore, in providing comprehensive facilities, which are considerably expensive, it is best to merge the CHF with other parallel programs like the Medicare. This not only will ensure that program is well funded, but also reach out to the local indigenous community.
Implementation challenges
The program applies diverse technologies in both hardware and software. The technologies are entitled in scheduling medical services for attendants, as well tackling other clinical procedures. However, the technologies do not meet comprehensive services. Firstly, it is good to note that the CHF is primarily a mobile clinic. The clinics hop between different regions. Therefore, it is impossible to meet services of sparsely distributed children. Secondly, the CHF has failed to provide quality…
