Unit 6: Discussion Introduction In this LearnScape, the student is the Director of Quality Improvement for Bright Road Health Care System. The student’s team is in the process of establishing policies and procedures to ensure health law compliance. The student must work with team members to create policies and procedures that address the requirements, determine who the changes impact the most, and work with those people to develop a comprehensive communication strategy. Note: It is assumed that the healthcare policy developed in LearnScape for Health Policy, episodes 1 and 2, became a bill, and then ultimately passed and signed into law by the President. When new healthcare laws are passes this results in the new regulations. It is the responsibility of healthcare leaders to ensure that their in-house policies are in alignment with the regulations. Sometimes this only requires minor revisions to existing policies and slight adjustments to internal procedures. Other times, the regulations require a major overhaul or the creation of entirely new policies and procedures to ensure compliance with the laws. This scenario accurately demonstrates the processes that take place with new regulations are imposed on healthcare entities. A common problem within industry, including healthcare is the phenomenon referred to as asymmetric information or knowledge. This is a situation in which one party to a transaction has better information about it than another. The intent of implementing policies and procedures at the organizational level is to ensure that impacted stakeholders are keenly aware of the performance expectations associated with the new regulations at the institutional level. As you can see, the development and implementation of local policies and procedures will serve to minimize asymmetric knowledge and subsequently diminish opportunistic behaviors by those who are better informed. You probably have noticed that the government is frequently offering financial...
Already registered? Login
Not Account? Sign up
Enter your email address to reset your password
Back to Login? Click here