Navigating the Healthcare Labyrinth: A Comprehensive Analysis of Decision-Making, Environmental Influences, and Barriers in Clinical Practice for Enhanced Patient Care

Presenter

Lauren Giovana Miguel

Campus

UMass Amherst

Sponsor

Hossein Pishro-Nik, Department of Electrical Engineering, UMass Amherst

Schedule

Session 4, 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM [Schedule by Time][Poster Grid for Time/Location]

Location

Poster Board C18, Poster Showcase Room (163), Row 2 (C11-C20) [Poster Location Map]

Abstract

Decision-making and risk are crucial factors that influence clinical decisions in the medical field which are impacted by environmental factors and in turn affect the quality of patient care. More than 70% of Americans feel failed by the healthcare system, and it is blamed on high costs, inaccessibility, and confusing logistics (Ducharme, 2023). However, the key players affecting healthcare quality are the psychological, environmental, and political barriers the job entails. In order to explain the healthcare system in depth, I am completing an analysis of scientific journals regarding clinical diagnosis steps, decision-making models, barriers of effective communication, commercialization of diagnoses/hospital policies, and threat of medical malpractice to highlight the shortcomings associated within the medical field. These sources use doctor and patient testimony, as well as offer a glimpse into the steps our brain uses to make a decision and weigh risk. There has been a transition from the paternalistic model of previous decades that raised the question of how a potential model of a new healthcare system has the ability to benefit the doctors and patients. By having each one of the five factors explained in a start-to-finish manner, it shines a light on where the system is failing, and the results will create a care-model template for physicians to improve the future of healthcare in the US. 

Source Cited

Ducharme, Jamie. “Most Americans Say the Health Care System Fails Them.” Time, Time, 16 May 2023, time.com/6279937/us-health-care-system-attitudes/. 

Keywords

Decision making and risk, Healthcare model improvement, Clinical diagnosis, paternalistic vs. shared-decision

Research Area

Health Policy and Management

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