ASSIGNMENT

Unacceptable Health Care Practices - Quality Health Care Management

Unacceptable Health Care Practices - Quality Health Care Management

Introduction

If a person is concerned with the health status of his own or his family, then he should consider taking the matter seriously and move towards the quality health management. It's not necessary that health management should be only taken care by hospitals or nurses. Quality health management can be maintained by the person himself or through formal organizations.

The literal meaning of quality health care management has a history from 19th century, when there was limited grasp of quality health care. This section of the paper will include the definitions, where history, facts, figures and some symptoms of quality health care will be discussed. Currently, the federal government and many large private were encouraging the growth of prepaid health policies.

Evidence of the provision of Managed care in US

Currently 170 million Americans are receiving health care coverage or benefits through "Managed Care" settings. By 2007, about 20% of these services, directly provided by a health maintenance organization (HMO), while the majorities served through other managed arrangements, 60% in Preferred Provider Organizations (PPO) and 13% in Point of Service (POS) plans (NSCL, 2008) (Michael, 1994).

According to HMO (Health Maintenance Organization) Act of 1973, whose main aim is to provide, grants and loans to assist in the startup of health maintenance organizations. Currently, many organizations registered themselves, to provide a variety of health benefits to their employees, with an approx estimation of 90% of people involved in these programs, in one way or the other.

Duties of Health care Institutes

The health care Institutes are organizations which care usually nonprofit organizations who endorse and assist in the cooperation between the professional, and consumers in all characteristic of health care planning and delivery. They also provide information and support to patients, institutions, and further health-care organizations in relation to health care professionals, society, administrators, patients and family leaders (Flemming, 1997).

A notable success has been the accredited to health care centers for the extra ordinary care for patients, over the past several decades. Further to this, they have many positive connotations which includes;

Better outcomes

Lower cost

Better quality (evidence based medicine)

Improved allocation of resources

Seamless care

Issues Regarding Managed Health Care

Legal Analysis

Number of amendments to Health Managed Care - Laws had been done, keeping in view the impacts of providence of quality medical care given to the patient. Many Issues had been reported ...