Question

In what ways has the health care industry responded to society’s concerns about the quality and safety of health care?

Answer 1

The ways in which health care industry responded to society's concerns about the quality and safety of health care are as follows:

• Healthcare industries have started developing a culture that gives value to accountability and teamwork. They have created an environment where people are enouraged to speak up.
• Safe environments have developed where people feel comfortable in giving their views and where changes are communicated and implemented in effective manner.
• They have developed a system to take feedback from their patients, work to eliminate negative things and that changes are also visible to patients and staff.
• These industries use clinical analytics for providing sustainable and scalable quality improvements to their patients and staff members.
• The concentration of these industries are on evidence based practices. They provide more time for special and difficult cases to solve by maintaining quality standards.