Assignment:
Health Services and Settings Encountered by a Patient with a Critical Illness.
Please review the scenario provided in the below case study:
• Jim's Experience! - HTML (If the link fails, please copy/paste the URL below into your browser for Jim's Experience:)
Next, consider a patient who has a severe but undiagnosed disease, illness, or injury. Based on your knowledge of this disease, illness, or injury, ask yourself the following questions:
• What steps might the patient have to go through to determine a diagnosis?
• What types of health care settings and services might they be exposed to during this process?
• What barriers or challenges might they encounter when attempting to access and pay for health services in these settings?
• How might the patient's experience differ in health settings with high quality service vs. low quality service?
• Post your answer, adding insights based on Jim's experience from the case study as well as your own personal or professional experiences.