Amanda Moyer

Health 100

Stephanie Fugal 

I was able to speak with MaryAnn Moyer (my mother) who is the head of Infectious Control at Mountain Vista Hospital in Mesa, Arizona. 

1.     1.   Due to the Healthcare act of 2010 – also known as Obama care – there is a concern in hospitals about careers. A lot of public health employees are concerned for their jobs. There is a concern about specific trends such as non-compliant patients and the lack of pay that follow them. Also, MaryAnn believes that it will lead to a decline in the amount of healthcare providers in the future.  She said it had some positive applications, but many were not what physicians were hoping to see.

2.       2. A big trend in Arizona is the amount of immigrants that pass through. They often spread rare diseases, most communicable. This can become a problem – especially when many do not pass regulation and can be carrying TB. MaryAnn said that most communicable epidemics during rare seasons are spread via immigrants and un-regulatory out-of-country trips. This also had to do with vaccination.

3.     3.   Vaccination is an important key to a healthy community. There are many types of vaccinations and different theories about what they can do. When the false article relating autism to vaccines came out, there was an increase in disease in the community although not a decline in autism. False information often contributes to un-vaccinated children. Also, assumptions – such as the Gardisol  being an excuse for promiscuity – can lead to a falter in immunizations.

4.     4.   A bigger concern in the elderly realm is the fact that stays in the hospital become longer and insurance often does not cover it. When insurance companies put a limit on the amount of days patients are in the hospitals, they are often rushed out so they can skip the extensive billing. Also, they will wait to go to the hospital hoping that it isn’t that big of deal so that they will not have an increase in insurance. This can lead to severe infections and injuries. MaryAnn added that, if the patient is sick again only a couple days after being released, in the insurance counts the recent stay in their initial.

5.     5.   Something in the healthcare profession that MaryAnn added was the difference in healthcare professions. One of them being the idea that Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistances are paid seventy percent of what Physicians are being paid. The problem is that they are doing practically the same job, the only differences being the amount of schooling (which, when thought about, is that large of a difference) and the different variety of prescriptions they are allowed to write. While there are a few other smaller details, MaryAnn feels that this is another inequality present in the health profession. Just another trend that shouldn’t be followed.