When patients receive quality medical treatment, their health is effectively and efficiently restored. Timely access to medical care, efficient therapies, and preventive care are components of high-quality medical care. The effectiveness of the aforementioned components is ensured by licensing standards. (Taylor, 2004).
Experts and healthcare organizations are required to obtain licensing, which is offered by numerous institutions. Organizations carry out pre-licensing and government licensing questionnaires to control specific health care. They keep an eye on birthing facilities, occupational therapy, respiratory treatment, and medicine. The agencies include Accreditation Commission for Health Care, Board of Certification / Accreditation International, Committee on Accreditation for Respiratory Care, Commission on Accreditation of Birth Centers. There are also non-governmental institutions that give license to organizations (Taylor, 2004). They comprise of the American Occupational Therapy Association, American Association of Colleges of Nursing, and Association of Surgical Technologists.
Report Cards
Health Plan Report Cards issued by the already mentioned providers' measure the compliance with the educational, professional, and organizational standards. Currently, there exist many report cards. Health Insurance Plan Ratings are used in the Report cards evaluation of the plans by the perception of quality and performance. Physician Evaluation Report is a report on the doctor's performance. State of Health Care Quality is an annual report on the national health care system. At last, there are the Physician and Hospital Quality reports cards that review the standards of the license providers (National Center for Health Statistics (US), & National Center for Health Services Research., 2012).
Hot links to Report Cards
Physician Evaluation Report Card:
https://www.wufoo.com/gallery/templates/surveys/physician-performance-evaluation/
State of Health Care Quality Report Card:
http://www.ncqa.org/report-cards/health-plans/state-of-health-care-quality
Physician and Hospital Quality Report Cards:
http://store.ncqa.org/index.php/certification/physician-and-hospital-quality-phq.html
References
National Center for Health Statistics (US), & National Center for Health Services Research. (2012). Health, United States. US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Health Resources Administration, National Center for Health.
Taylor, R.S. (2004). Inclusion of cost effectiveness in licensing requirements of new drugs: the fourth hurdle. BMJ: British Medical Journal, 329 (7472), 972.
