As we continue to push Healthcare Reform forward, we are reminded about the accountability that healthcare providers and hospitals must take in the problems we have with healthcare. Dr. Marty Makary reminds us of this in his book appropriately titled, "Unaccountable: What hospitals won't tell you and how transparency can revolutionize health care".
We have to become more transparent in healthcare, and this book shares insight into this problem, and how it affects healthcare. When we think about the CMS mandates related to patient outcomes and CORE measures, it certainly brings us closer to rewards being tied to outcomes, but consumers still need to be better educated about what this all means.
I propose the following steps:
-"Healthcare Now: HN": develop community advocacy groups to get the word out about every CORE measure in laymen's terms and talk about discuss area hospital metrics
-1-stop Repository: put all of the metrics tied to reimbursement on 1 website; this would include CORE measures, HCAHPS, and any other metric measured related to healthcare
-Quarterly Hospital Forms: Federal mandate to require all hospitals to conduct grand rounds sharing case studies about their mistakes; this will certainly increase transparency, and also accountability
Well, these are certainly some provocative ideas, but I do think they will get us 1 step closer to where we need to be to increase transparency. Signing off for now...
~Your Nurse Leader Today
We have to become more transparent in healthcare, and this book shares insight into this problem, and how it affects healthcare. When we think about the CMS mandates related to patient outcomes and CORE measures, it certainly brings us closer to rewards being tied to outcomes, but consumers still need to be better educated about what this all means.
I propose the following steps:
-"Healthcare Now: HN": develop community advocacy groups to get the word out about every CORE measure in laymen's terms and talk about discuss area hospital metrics
-1-stop Repository: put all of the metrics tied to reimbursement on 1 website; this would include CORE measures, HCAHPS, and any other metric measured related to healthcare
-Quarterly Hospital Forms: Federal mandate to require all hospitals to conduct grand rounds sharing case studies about their mistakes; this will certainly increase transparency, and also accountability
Well, these are certainly some provocative ideas, but I do think they will get us 1 step closer to where we need to be to increase transparency. Signing off for now...
~Your Nurse Leader Today
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