Linda S. Thompson
HCS/455
March 11, 2014
Pukar Ratti, MSChE, MSHCM, CIM, CCRP, FACMPE
The Policy Process Part I
Women’s Health Policy
The trail to uphold and advance health car nowadays has become a daily profession for our government and state official. Health care authorities from one place to another labor in their service to guarantee the safe guard of others and to uphold organized approach of providing to others requests. These administrators remain in ongoing research and mediation of developing new policies to receive a more current but effective health care program. The assessment to combine, review, and occasionally eliminate these procedures are very significant to the American population, …show more content…
Each stage of policy formulation, legislation, and implementation is vital, especially in health care. Health care and policy officials are responsible for the evaluation of each stage. Each stage plays a key role in developing policies that affect everyone. Policy holders must be insured with the right coverage. This process has been formulated to brainstorm solutions to the problematic encounters in the way health care is delivered today. Implementation and evaluation go hand in hand. Upon implementation, many times decisions are questioned from political officials, policy holders, and the public. At this point, consequences are weighed heavily upon many contributing factors like: customer feedback, data analysis, and critics. This is how the decision of success versus failure can be determined. At times, a modification stage is necessary. As stated above, many activities must take place in developing a topic to a policy: setting the agenda, policy formulation, legislation, and implementation. Timing is everything, and as political officials know, much time is invested. Developing a time timeline is vital, although many times this process can take much longer than anticipated. Next, the policy must be formulated in accordance with what is needed and adopted in an attempt to make the necessary changes. In health care, this affects the way health care is …show more content…
As discussed, formulation, legislation, and implementation are vital stages that must come into play during this process. Though each stage differs; however, one is in alignment with the other, leaving no room for failure. Brainstorming, administering, and testing are part of process during the developmental stages. The changes brought about within these stages do not happen overnight, therefore, methodical and analytical thinking must be put into each topic before it can genuinely become a