Question

How does Grading and Ranking works in healthcare

Answer 1

Grading and ranking system works in the health care in the following ways

Ø The grading system is usually done to classify the students based on their performance while ranking system is done to categorize the hospital into different ranks based on their facilities available .

Ø In evidence based medicine practioners require knowledge and judgement with the existing scientific knowledge. In grading system it evaluvates the skills and prioritise them .

Ø The advantage of grading system is that it is transparent method for classifying the quality of students and allocating a grade according to their potential .

Ø Ranking system will help the managerial bodies of healthcare to work towards attaining the highest standard .

Ø The ranking system in Asia has resulted in improved health care facilities.

Ø The world health organization categorize the hospitals into ranks based on the availability of facilities and quality of services and different departments available .

Ø For eg Thailand are well known in world wide for cosmetic surgery,malasysia is famous for fertility treatments ,Hongkong for cardiology.