HCA 322 Health Care Ethics & Medical Law Text:Bustillos, D. (2013). Health care ethics and medical law

Review your classmates' posts and chose different core measures than you.

In a substantial post to each, evaluate the feasibility of putting together their recommended policy and/or procedure for a health care facility. Explain whether or not you think there is a better way to ensure that this core measure is followed. You must use at least one additional scholarly source in your response. Your response posts must be a minimum of 100 words.

Ethel The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act created Patient Safety Organizations to analyze care performance of patients. The POS are required to report any errors in care given to patients and any safety procedures used; which helped give quality care. "Core measures according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid are designed to promote measurement that is evidence based and generates valuable information for quality improvement( CMS.gov )." One of the core measurement systems established was the Hospital Outpatient Department.

The definition of an outpatient according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary is a patient that receives services at a hospital but will not stay overnight. The Hospital Outpatient Department was designed to provide quality care to those patients that needed services such as surgery but was not required to stay as a inpatient. There were certain standards the HOP must meet to be in accordance with core measurement standards. Outpatient services must provide the same quality care to patients as if they were admitted into the hospital for long stay periods and give after care procedures to each patient.

A patient is considered outpatient until he/she is admitted into the hospital, so emergency services are rendered such as: x-rays, surgery, and lab tests; in which, an outpatient would pay a separate amount for each service. References Bustillos, D. (2013). Health care ethics and medical law. [Electronic version].