Australian Health Care Standards

The NHS Constitution established the principles and values that are fundamental to service users on how appropriate clinical decisions are made for the delivery of quality care (Department of Health 2010). It provides explicit information for patients to understand their care, what to expect, and feel more empowered involving in their own care (DH 2010). The NHS constitution explains the behaviour expected from stakeholders such as staff, patients and the public (DH 2010). This prevent the government from making alteration and give the NHS complete autonomy and protection against political change without the full involvement of stakeholders to achieve transparency in the delivery of care (DH 2010).

Ultimately, with the ever changing environment of healthcare, it is the responsibility of health systems to “proactively inform patients about their financial responsibility for care and services received and seek out tools that enable a better patient experience” in an effort to meet the needs of their patients (Langford,

From the lessons learned from the patients-centered medical home (PCMH), the NCQA was motivated to develop an accreditation process for ACOs. The NCQA tried to accommodate the lessons that they learned from the PCMH programs so as to develop a very excellent program that recognizes that provisions of the high-quality primary care are the foundation of good health. NCQA also recognizes that although the evaluation of the result is very imperative, it is also critical to assess the ACOs using evidenced based criteria. Through these measures, the organizations can learn more about what is needed and what they need to do so that they can be compliant. They can also learn the key elements required for successful transformation of the ACO.

Then the HHS decided to establish security and privacy requirements for patient health information; standards for electronic health care transactions; creating the national identifiers (for providers, health insurance providers, employers, patients); encouraging the widespread use of electronic data interchange in healthcare system. All of these standardizations, became known as Administrative Simplification, which has Rules that addresses specific issues in order to create basic standards for states to follow (and improve

2.1 Device a strategy and criteria for measuring recent changes in Health and social care My organisation Royal United Hospital had breach policies and procedures related to respecting and involving users of the services, standard of care did not uphold the policy of safeguarding service users from abuse and monitoring the services on a regular basis and updating of DSU records. My duty to the organisations is to devise strategy and criteria to measure standards in the organisation to bring in line with National Standard 2008, a provider of health and social care providers must ensure that service users are given appropriate treatment, in line with regulation 20 of health and social care Act 2008. I will measure the standard of service offered by using two methods, quantitative and qualitative by gathering information from for customers, Stake holders, regulators, internal and external customers, I will also

What does this mean for its patients? It provides an established parameter of standards for procedures, services and quality of treatment that can be researched by the public. The Joint Commissions mission statement is, “To continuously improve health care for the

Despite higher spending on health care, the U.S. health care system ranked last on patient safety, efficiency and equity according to the Commonwealth Fund survey. Our aim should be reduction of high healthcare costs without decreasing people access to health care or sacrificing quality. A collaborative effort is required to work on above recommendations to solve the problems besetting our health care system. References: 1. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3096004/ 2.

A core aim of our health services is to ensure that National Health Service (NHS) organisations and their staff deliver the best care possible to patients (Bidgood, 2013). However, there has been numerous debates on how to measure and guarantee quality care (Bidgood, 2013). The issue of quality of care has been highlighted by the publication of the Francis Report into the failings of the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust between 2005 and 2009 (Francis, 2010). The report revealed poor patient experiences and highlighted a whole system failure, that should have had checks and balances in place, working to ensure patients were treated with care, dignity and suffered no harm. In addition, healthcare professionals were losing the sight of quality

Comparative study Jurisdictions who have set up systems of reporting on quality indicators Questions to be answered - How they define quality - Entity responsible for collecting data and the structure of the entity - CQC - If the institution is independently regulated or self-regulated - Independent - Pros and cons of each approach - How different stakeholders collaborate to a England Regulator The Care Quality Commission (previously the Healthcare Commission) is an independent regulator of health and social care in England. It regulates the quality of care provided by the National Health Service, public service, local authorities and voluntary organisations in the United Kingdom. The CQC was established by the Health and Social Care

Nurses are critical for promoting health in the society. The profession is highly flexible, since they specialize in diverse operations in the medical field. Registered nurses, for instance, are responsible for the administration of medicine and inoculations to patients (American Nurses ' Association, 2000). Additionally, these professionals observe, record, and enlighten doctors of any changes in a patient’s health. Nurses interpret and evaluate diagnostic examinations to determine an individual’s condition, as well as making the necessary adjustments in patient treatment plans on their health progress.

The NMBA RN Standards of Practice have several standards that relate to the importance and the continuation of learning new knowledge practices for RN’s (Registered nurse standards for practice, 2016). If nurses adhere to the full 20 hours of CPD opportunities, it will profoundly support standard 3.7 which “Identifies and promotes the integral role of nursing practice and the profession in influencing better health outcomes for people”, although, this is not also limiting to Standards 2.7 (Ensuring safety, learning and sharing of knowledge for person-centred care), 3.3 (The continuation of CPD) and 6.1 (Providing a safe quality nursing care in order to meet agreed health outcomes) (Registered nurse standards for practice, 2016). It is essential for all nurses to comply with the NMBA standards provided as it secures the continuation of providing safe care within a health system (Registered nurse standards for practice, 2016). From the knowledge gathered from CPD courses, they are able to make an informed planning decision (Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency, 2017).

“Quality in public health is the degree to which policies, programs, services, and research for the population increase desired health outcomes and conditions in which the population can be healthy” ("Quality Improvement in Public Health: Lessons Learned from the Multi-State Learning Collaborative"). After the terrorist attack of 2011 and the events that followed put a spot light on the abandonment groundwork that was laid for public health. The major concepts within the article regarding quality improvement in public health are what ways can we implement QI to improve our healthcare. The three major initiatives for improving healthcare through quality improvement and what studies have been done to show the success of the use of QI to improve public health care.

Introduction Across the world, nurses are held to a certain standard to provide patient-centered quality care. In Australia, all health practitioners are governed by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency. Registered Nurses are regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) which ensures all nurses are fully trained and qualified for their position. The patients and the general public hold health care practitioners, specifically nurses to a high standard of care. To ensure these professional expectations are met nurses must follow the NMBA Registered Nurse Standards for Practice, NMBA Code of Conduct and International Council of Nurses (ICN) Code of Ethics.

Then maintain records, stating who’s responsible for the task and ensure they are being carried out effectively. The assessment should be dated, including a review date and signature of all involved in the assessment, risk assessments are completed for activities and measurement put in place to minimise the risks. Ensure that the service user is at the centre (person centred approach) of all the decisions on how they choose to live their lives and ensuring they are aware of the risks they wish to take. All our legislations, policies and procedures are in Presious Healthcare’s managers office all staff know where they are kept so staff can access them at any time. Health and

The employees of this hospital had followed the health care practice guidelines according to it was written. As a healthcare professional, our duty is to follow all the guideline and policy that have established from the facility. These guidelines should be followed as it was written. Any deviation or any non-compliance from following a clinical guideline can result to a potential litigation as evidence of negligence can lead a court system. “Regardless of the strength of the evidence, it will remain the responsibility of the practicing clinicians to interpret their application” Broughton, R. & Rathbone, B. (2001, P. 3).