Question

Using the template provided and in 800 words or less, describe how policies, programs, and regulations such as the National Pr actitioner Data Bank, the Joint Commission's Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation (OPPE) and Focused Professional Practice Evaluation (FPPE), and Code of Federal Regulations-Conditions of Participation Medical Staff, 482 22 aid health care organizations with improving quality outcomes. Incorporate two outside health care peer reviewed and/or professional sources to Policy/Program/Regulation Description (200 words or less for each) National Practitioner Data Bank Joint Commission, OPPE Joint Commission, FPPE Code of Federal Regulations 2.22 -Condition of Participation edical Staff References

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1. NATIONAL PRACTITIONER DATA BANK (NPDB) : National practitioner data bank is one of the computer operated data base system which is run by United States health department and human services. Under this program it enlists the lists of physicians information which is in a negative form. The information against the physicians is submitted by state licencing boards and hospitals including the other members of health care team, where restriction on physicians medical practice and their licences are restricted based on their negative information in databases. This data bank was created mainly for protecting public health, improving the quality of health care services and to decrease the frauds of medical practitioners.

2. JOINT COMMISSION, ONGOING PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE EVALUATION (OPPE) : In the year of 2008 Joint commission has implemented Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation. The main purpose of this ongoing process is monitoring and evaluating of health services of professionals on a ongoing program. In this evaluation is based on the reports of professionals. in the form of data entries every month or three years every month or every six months rather than annual reports.