https://padlet.com/helen_berkemer/3s0v11b39o7p Made with joy en-us 2017-11-27 04:48:47 UTC 2017-11-27 05:36:42 UTC hello@padlet.com helen_berkemer https://padlet.com/helen_berkemer/3s0v11b39o7p/wish/210256363 A time when I was positively impacted by access to health care was when my mom was discovered to have skin cancer that needed to be cut off. Because of our health care, we were able to immediately set forth with surgery and get her treated.]]> 2017-11-27 04:49:42 UTC https://padlet.com/helen_berkemer/3s0v11b39o7p/wish/210256363 helen_berkemer https://padlet.com/helen_berkemer/3s0v11b39o7p/wish/210256554 "Access to health services means the timely use of personal health services to achieve the best health outcomes" (Making Healthy Choices, 5). Access to health care is important because it prevents disease and disability, lengthens life expectancy, improves quality of life, prevents death and detects health conditions.]]> 2017-11-27 04:51:41 UTC https://padlet.com/helen_berkemer/3s0v11b39o7p/wish/210256554 helen_berkemer https://padlet.com/helen_berkemer/3s0v11b39o7p/wish/210257194 "Access to health services encompasses four components: coverage, services, timeliness and workforce" (Making Health Choices, 6). Coverage helps patients get into the health care system itself, services "depends in part on ensuring that people have a usual and ongoing source of care" (Making Healthy Choices, 6), timeliness is providing the treatment in time and workforce is the people that work to treat (doctors, nurses, ENT's, etc).]]> 2017-11-27 04:57:35 UTC https://padlet.com/helen_berkemer/3s0v11b39o7p/wish/210257194