Quality:
• How does the
quality of healthcare in the United States compare to the quality of care in
other industrialized nations?
• How can an acceptable quality of
health care be assured 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?
• 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?
• 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 this have on the quality of
care?
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