Public health policy and organizations Flashcards
Public health policy
the laws, regulations, actions, and decisions implemented within society in order to promote wellness and ensure specific health goals are met
Public health policy examples
Aging population and cost of healthcare
- creation of medicare
Tobacco use
-policies limiting smoking in public places, 21 and older
Opioid epidemic
-increased availability of naloxone, research funding
Public health organizations
Federal agencies
State and local agencies
International organizations
National organizations
State organizations
Local organizations
Center for Medicare and Medicaid services (CMS)
Largest payer for healthcare in the US
90 million Americans covered
Medicare eligibility
-65 years of age or older
-disabilities
-ESRD
U.S. Public Health service Commissioned corps
> 6,000 public health professionals
Focused on delivering nation’s public health promotion and disease prevention programs and advancing public health
Severe across federal government agencies
US surgeon general oversees
Departments of health
Indiana department of health
County health departments
CDC health department directories
National association of county and city health official department directory
Indiana Governor’s public health review commission
Recommendations for multidisciplinary group
Six subject matters:
-governance, infrastructure, services
-public health funding
-workforce
-data and information integration
-emergency preparedness
-child and adolescent health
Indiana Family and Social Services Administration
created in 1991
Health care and social services funding agency
Eight care divisions deliver care to > 1.5 million hoosiers
office of medicaid policy and planning
division of mental health and addiction
division of aging
division of disability and rehabilitative services
division of family resources
office of early childhood and out-of-school learning
disability determination bureau
Indiana 211
Medicaid
each state operates own program per federal guidance
Eligibility must be reviewed for everyone when public health emergency ends
World health organization
United Nations Agency
Leads global health efforts
National, State, Local Organizations EX.
American public health association
National pharmacy organization
National healthcare organization
Indiana public health association
Indiana rural health association
Indiana pharmacy association
Indiana immunization coalition
other healthcare organizations
Implementing public health policy
legislation
regulations, rules
agency action
public attention, awareness
Pharmacist contributions to public health
88.9% of americans live within miles of a pharmacy
preventive care
chronic disease state management
270.9+ million COVID-19 vaccine doses given at pharmacies
Categories of Prescribing by Pharmacists
standing order+enables provision of certain services/medications by a single prescriber
Patient-specific CPA
Population-specific CPA
Statewide protocol
Unrestricted/categorical
