Question

Discuss Quality Improvement (QI), Health care transparency, Benchmarking and the role of TJC as a regulatory agency. 150 words.

Answer 1

In health care industry transparency indicate different things to different people.. Transparency improve quality, it help providers to improve by benchmarking their performance against others, it encourage private insurers and public program to provide quality and efficiency and help Patient to make informed choices with care..health care decisions in emergency condition for providing health delivery. insurance industry highly concerned with condition properly competitive markets not out of health care..Health care markets little different from other markets for their services..

Patient sometimes complaints they rarely have cost and quality information available for them.. Patient must know their health care information and services on the total cost of caring will provide better outcomes..Americans are paying mostly pay out- of - pocket for their health care than citizens..they have more financial burden than others..Medicare should take care of patients cost and quality information by providers..it should focus on public- private multi- payer database, equal quality and transparency..

Health information technology should help patient for pay- for- performance by Medicare, medicaid and private insurers.. Medicare's Physicians group practice provides efficient and quality care.. eligible deductible, prescription drug, comprehensive health plan, benefit design, reducing Tax subsidies for high- income individuals can provide quality improvement and better treatment for patients..

Bench marking is a discipline measures and it compare the results of quality and work process with best performers..It provides information about how to adopt their practices by processes for improvement and healthy Patient outcomes..it avoids duplication of work, identify the threats of hospital .

The joint commission standards provide better quality improvement includes CMS..it provides technical advisory panels, focus groups, expert and other stakeholders..it improve health care for the public by evaluating organization and motivate the professionals for providing safe and effective care with more quality and value..