Technology is widely used in modern healthcare to address all of a patient’s necessities and perform complex treatment operations. The majority of the spectrum of healthcare technologies is going to be used during acute care. These include tools that monitor a patient’s health, various scanning and performance equipment, as well as computer technology housing patients’ files. During the transition to home care, information technology plays a greater role.
Phone communication and the Internet will enable healthcare professionals to monitor a patient’s life at home and provide necessary instructions if needed. When the patient is finally transferred into the community, communication with healthcare providers would probably be reduced even more, but would still be on standby in case of an emergency.
Organizational, societal, and cultural factors might affect the application of the healthcare plan for the patient. Poor organizations can increase waiting times and reduce the quality of care (Jackson, 2017). Societal issues, such as racism, socioeconomic struggles, and poverty, are likely to make individuals unable to afford certain healthcare procedures (Williams, Priest, & Anderson, 2016).
Lastly, cultural traditions may be different from one country to another. To overcome these issues, healthcare organizations are to be properly managed and maintained. Sociocultural pressures can be alleviated with the help of various government agencies that could potentially provide access to various welfare and healthcare programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid. Finally, nurses could use their cultural training to earn the respect and trust of patients from multicultural backgrounds (Tucker, Arthur, Roncoroni, Wall, & Sanchez, 2015). Treatment options could also be changed based on the patient’s cultural and religious beliefs. As a result, it would be possible to deliver a higher level of culturally sensitive treatment.
References
Jackson, T. L. (2017). Standard work for lean healthcare. Boca Raton, FL: Productivity Press.
Tucker, C. M., Arthur, T. M., Roncoroni, J., Wall, W., & Sanchez, J. (2015). Patient- centered, culturally sensitive health care. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, 9(1), 63-77.
Williams, D. R., Priest, N., & Anderson, N. B. (2016). Understanding associations among race, socioeconomic status, and health: Patterns and prospects. Health Psychology, 35(4), 407.