Question

A population of individuals is being turned down for medical treatment at a local urgent care center. This population can be any group you wish it to be, i.e., Caucasian, African American, Asian, etc. Or, you can view your group based on sex, age, affiliation, etc. Nevertheless, your group is being turned down and sick and injured individuals are being left to suffer without medical care. 1. Do we have an ethical or legal issue? Explain. 2. Assuming that the issue is ethical and legal, what are our next steps? Detail how you will put your ethical legal concern into action, so this issue can be remedied. 3. How does the above issue speak to quality in health care? Explain. 4. Assuming that you have now found a remedy, how do you put it into play? 5. Finally, pull this all together and explain, in detail, how quality matters. Look at continuous quality improvement, PDCA, PDSA, FADE, etc., as you prepare your response.

Answer 1

1.A health care provider or an organization cannot turn down patient care on the basis of race,ethinicity, culture,socioeconomic status etc.,Doing so will raise a legal issue.It is also going against the medical ethics

2.The issue can be brought under jurisdiction for the act and potentially causing harm to a lives by discrimination.Also help can be received from volunteer organization, reporting to press and media will bring the attention of the entire nation and find a quick and easy solution.Hence a remedy can be made for this issue.

3.This describes how a healthcare organisation treat a people.It provides care to population which are in high socioeconomic status ,of their own cultures,rate ,ethnicity. These populations will receive an appropriate and immediate care during emergency and others denied of care.Thus the quality of care delivered will be poor and put patient under risk and mak2 them to opt for other health care organizations.

4.First identify the problem faced by the patient, make a plan,summon the organization legally,appoint a public prosecutor to this case,get the jury to make a final order and follow it.