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Question:

Watch the documentary: The Good News in American Medicine which you can stream for free at http://www.pbs.org/video/2198039605/ .

The correct documentary is 52 minutes long. Watch it in full.

Answer each of the questions below. Be thorough, specific and accurate in your answers. Use information from the documentary to support your answers. If you use information found in sources besides the documentary, including your text, use in-text citation and a reference page in APA format to reference those sources.

For each of the following locations, describe how the providers were able to provide high quality, low cost health care Mesa county,Colorado?

Answer 1

Mesa county is a small healthy community where local public, private and nonprofit entities hold their hands together to help the needy. Mesa county health department offers health clinics at free or low cost and they provide services to thier people of all ages and income. They have various providers who are collaborating with one another to assist with health, safety and independence issues.

They provide various health care programs for low income families , elderly and disabled people. All the health care providers of Mesa county thinks about the best thing for the patient and how to provide a low cost high quality health care.

They work on deduction of cost related to health care activities and ensure that many people are insured enough to get the treatment. They follow the strategy of unity and strong leadership among the physician. Also they expanded access to the agencies , programmes and services available.

The cost of the physician based only due to performance and quality of care providing. They maintain a good communication system and all these contribute to the low cost high quality health care .

They believe strong leadership and committment is necessary to provide high quality health care.

References

1. Shenkel R.C. & Reicks G (2009) , creating a high quality low cost health care system :lessons from Grand junction, Colorado , Family Practice Management 16(6),7