NHS-FP6008 Assessment 1: Proposing a New Initiative
NHS-FP6008 Assessment 1: Proposing a New Initiative
The primary goal of healthcare organizations is to provide high-quality and universal health care services. Health organizations have a crucial role in the status and stability of state and national economies through spending and investments. This paper seeks to discuss an economic opportunity available within my health care setting that will provide ethical and culturally equitable improvements to the quality of care.
Proposal of New Economic Opportunity
Klin Medical Centre is a psychiatric facility and wellness center that has been in operation for the past eight years, providing quality inpatient and outpatient mental health services. The mission of Klin Medical Centre is to work together with clients to provide treatment and care in mental health and substance use disorders using evidence-based, ethical, and cost-effective approaches. The facility provides fully integrated treatment services provided by a multi-disciplinary team of psychiatric nurses, psychiatrists, psychologists, counselors, and pharmacists. Besides, it provides a safe and comforting patient care environment, where assessment, evaluation, and appropriate treatment are prioritized, and all clients are treated with dignity and respect.
Klin Medical Centre can go an extra step in its services by establishing a Residential Rehabilitation program. The program will offer services including medical detox, Medication management, Individual therapy, Addiction education, Skills-building, Family counseling, Follow-up care, and Referrals to support groups. The Residential Rehabilitation program is a viable and beneficial economic opportunity for the organization since most adolescents and youths are diagnosed with substance use disorders. The average number of patients diagnosed with these disorders in the past five years was 330 annually. Clients requiring long-term and 24-hour rehabilitation care are usually referred to other Rehab centers, which are inaccessible for most clients.
The Initiative Economic Opportunity at the Micro and Macro Level
The residential rehabilitation program presents an economic opportunity at both the micro and macro levels. At the micro-level, the
mental health providers providing residential rehabilitation care will receive overtime allowances and stipends for making the program successful. More mental health providers will be needed for the program, which will create more jobs. At the macro level, the program will raise money from the rehabilitation care services and clients who will be referred for rehabilitation care from other facilities. The program will increase financial bases and profits for the organization from an increased number of clients, which will help in expanding the facility’s infrastructure. Furthermore, improved mental health wellbeing will increase the productivity of individuals and improve the overall economy in the society. Individuals will not also have to travel to other facilities for the services, saving time and money.
How the Initiative Will Provide Ethical And Culturally Equitable Improvements To The Quality Of Care.
While some clients with substance use disorders recover adequately from outpatient treatment, individuals with adverse or long-term addiction often require inpatient or residential care. The residential rehabilitation program will provide an individualized treatment plan that implements evidence-based interventions to help clients attain their health goals (Eastwood et al., 2018). Treatment will entail using nonviolent and predictable culturally appropriate interventions to help clients with emotional and behavioral issues (de Andrade et al., 2019). Physical punishment, intimidation, or manipulation will not occur in the residential treatment program, which will promote the autonomy and dignity of clients.
Establishing a Residential Rehabilitation program will facilitate intensive treatment for adolescents and youths with adverse emotional and behavioral problems. Besides, it will allow clients to be supervised and monitored by trained providers, reducing relapse (Eastwood et al., 2018). According to de Andrade et al. (2019), the use of residential treatment models for comorbid mental disorders and substance dependence was associated with improvements in mental health, substance use, social functioning, and perceived quality of life outcomes. The program will help clients who have not responded to outpatient therapy, clients requiring further intensive treatment after inpatient psychiatric care, and those with educational needs that cannot be met in less restrictive settings.
Economic Factors of Supply and Demand Associated With the Initiative
Substance use and Addiction disorders are major contributors to disability and death globally. They place a costly burden on society in many domains, and we must identify sustainable approaches that can reduce these costs (Smith, 2017). Approximately 8000 individuals benefit from Klin Medical Centre services since it is one of the five facilities specializing in mental health care in the county. Individuals with mental health and substance use disorders are often referred to the facility for specialized care and psychotherapy services. Approximately 40% of clients diagnosed with substance use disorders are referred to other facilities for residential rehabilitation treatment. However, the referral facilities are usually inaccessible to some clients due to long distances and limited transportation options. The county has a shortage of mental care facilities offering residential rehabilitation services since only two facilities offer the services. Besides, the facilities have a limited bed capacity, which creates a supply-demand gap.
Economic and Demographic Data Relative to the Supply and Demand
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the estimated annual cost of drug use disorders in the United States, including alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs, is more than $740 billion. Economic losses associated with drug use also include the productivity loss that occurs when a drug user is under the influence of drugs or is experiencing the effects of drug use (NIDA, 2020). The National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC) estimates that drug abuse accounts for $49 billion in reduced workdays, $48 billion in incarceration expenses, and $4 billion in premature deaths. According to the DEA (2019), the annual cost of drug-related crime in the U.S. in 2018 was more than $61 billion. In the U.S., approximately 8% of the population, 12 years and older, had a substance use disorder in the past 12-months (DEA, 2019. The U.S. currently faces an opioid epidemic, dramatically expanding the demand for long-term rehabilitative treatment (Smith, 2017). Besides, the Affordable Care Act mandates insurers to cover substance abuse treatment, which further increases the demand for rehabilitation treatment.
Conclusion
The proposed economic opportunity for Klin Medical Center is a Residential Rehabilitation program for clients with substance use and addiction disorders. The program will provide treatment for patients with severe and complex substance use disorders. It presents an economic opportunity at micro and macro levels since it will create employment, increase the financial bases and profits for the organization, and increase economic productivity in the community. It will entail providing ethically and culturally appropriate rehabilitation services to help meet their health goals and improve health outcomes. The program will help meet the demand for rehabilitation services caused by the county’s inadequate supply of mental health facilities and increased cases of substance use disorders.
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