Hca305

Quality in Healthcare

HCA305

Instructor Steel

Michelle Freezeland

November 14, 2011

Quality in Healthcare

Quality

Analyze future trends in U.S. healthcare related to that one topic.

How does the quality of healthcare in the United States compare to the quality of care in other industrialized nations?

Focuses of facility sizes and procedures

facility sizes to assist a growing population

facility procedures to increase care

Staff procedures to increase communication

How can an acceptable quality of health care be assured for all?

Through follow up procedures and through grade card procedures for physicians.

Being sure that all care that is given is given the same for all.

Will providing data in areas such as patient outcomes, compliance with national standards for preventive and chronic care, and comparative costs to the public be an acceptable measure of healthcare delivery outcomes?

Yes,

This gives ability for patients to view care and treatment of others

For those that don’t know the facility well this kind of data can increase the ability to patients to view facility procerdures and doesn’t make the patient blindsided.

Though physicians believed that only physicians could and should judge the quality of hospital medical care, they found participation in such hospital peer review activities a most disagreeable obligation. What were the problems with the process?

Biasness of this statement

They can judge the work being done the end result is judged by the patient.

Patient complaints would not be heard only that which is wanted to be heard.

Managed care organization credentialing by the National Committee on Quality Assurance rapidly evolved as a standard of quality in the industry. Discuss the pros and cons on the value of credentialing by an independent organization to a managed care organization and to consumers.

How does medical technology affect the communication between healthcare providers and patients? What affect does...