As the text notes, hospitals can be held liable for corporate negligence if they allowed an incompetent physician to have clinical privileges. As a member of the hospital governing board, which has the ultimate decision-making authority regarding appointments and privileges, you have received the recommendations of the medical staff for appointments and privileges to your […]
It is sad to say that families in Philippines (especially the poor) have been subjected to limited access of prenatal care, safe pregnant delivery, family planning and pregnant vaccinations. Thus, post great threat to the quality of care, standard of living and the life expectancy of Filipinos. Citizens lack modern clinical infrastructures due to […]
Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act known as EMTALA (Section 1867 (a) of the Social Security Act) and sometimes referred to as the “Patient Anti-Dumping Act” was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Reagan in 1986. The requirement of the Act was to ensure that acutely ill patients who are uninsured […]
EMTALA action differ from a malpractice action in the sense that it requires that a Medicare-provider hospital offer an appropriate medical screening examination to determine whether an emergency medical condition exists for any individual who presents to the emergency department seeking treatment. Any violation to the said requirement is a ground for claim of action. […]
Prescription errors include wrong patient, wrong drug, wrong dose, wrong frequency, wrong route, transcription errors, inadequate review of ordered drug, and insufficient review of medication for appropriate prescription. Dispensing errors include improper preparation of medication, failure to properly formulate medications, dispensing expired medications, mislabeling containers, wrong patient, wrong dose, et cetera. Administration errors include wrong […]
Financial statements shade a picture of financial health of an organization. Important parts of the financial statement of a health care organization are ratios. Analysis of ratios show how two numbers relate or compare to one another. Ratios are a way for organizations to make assessment. These comparisons not only encompass what is happening presently […]
Early evidence on primary care models has shown is promising outcomes. The patient-centered medical home pilot test at Geisinger Health System reduced hospitalization by 20 percent and overall cost trends by 7 percent in its first year (Paulus, R.A., Davis, K., and Steele, G.D., 2008). The North Carolina Community Care Model (NCCCM) of medical homes […]
Healthcare quality report cards have been said to help stimulate or raise the standard of care by enabling healthcare providers to deliver cost-effective care without sacrificing quality. This ensures that healthcare consumers get the required standard of care even as healthcare providers control their costs. A range of mechanisms are being used in the United […]
People who work in the health system can be resistant to learning from other sectors. They may claim that health care is different, and it is hard to argue otherwise when looking at the range and diversity of the stakeholders and the ways in which authority is distributed between them. But some challenges are common […]
Practice guidelines can have adverse implications for clinicians, especially if they are rigidly enforced by payers, managers, or malpractice courts. They can have adverse policy implications for society if they increase the costs of care, decrease equity, or divert resources from more effective health care interventions. Evidence-based medicine (EBM), Through its Agency for Healthcare Research […]