Health Care Management Management Essay Research Paper

Health Care Management
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The measurement and assurance of quality and safety is the priority for both patients and clinicians in health organizations and systems. I recently had an encounter with a health center for my grandfather suffering from diabetes, noting different tenets of ensuring quality and safety in their administration of care. The center’s concern on patient medical history, especially for chronic diseases, was one of the important safety measures as they insisted on the presence of a mentally stable guardian for children, elderly and mentally changed patients for accuracy. The organization had updated computer systems for systemic records of patient progress insistent on regular updates with every visit to ensure patient harm. However, the hospital had limited contact with their patient after they leave the premise, which greatly hinders remote care for home patients. Braithwaite (2018) noted that one of the reasons for a systemic change in healthcare is the emergence of new models of care. With this perception, the hospital can launch an app or a specified telemedicine service for patients who do not have to visit the center physically. This change would ensure that the clinical systems, processes and behaviors are available, reliable and affordable to patients at their convenience, which significantly enhances the quality according to Vincent et al. (2013).
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The complexity in the status of some patients presents ethical and legal problems to both healthcare providers and legal guardians on what decision is most appropriate for the benefit of the patient and any other third parties involved. Incompetent adults present one of the ‘gray areas’ in health care administration due to the personal judgment involved in deciding whether a patient is competent or not. Showalter (2017) defined competence as the test to whether a patient is capable of understanding their condition, the medical advice oared to them and the implications of consent refusal. Several considerations are weighed in making the medical decision, i.e. preservation of life, protection of third parties, medical profession ethics and suicide prevention. One of the standout cases involving incompetent adults is the Superintendent of Belchertown State School v. Saikewicz involving a 67-year older man who was mentally retarded. The primary legal and medical considerations in such cas...