An Analysis of Healthcare Standards in the US: Policies and Outcomes

This report provides an analysis of the healthcare standards in the United States, focusing on the delivery of healthcare services and the impact of policies and clinical guidelines. It examines how these standards contribute to improving health outcomes within healthcare organizations, particularly through the development of protocols, clinical practice guidelines, policies, and procedures. The analysis includes a description of the current healthcare system in the US, highlighting the importance of standardized communication and evaluation frameworks. The report also discusses the efforts made to enhance health outcomes, the principles involved in guideline development, and the challenges faced in implementing these guidelines effectively. The conclusion reflects on the analysis, emphasizing the significance of flexible healthcare delivery systems and the role of standards in achieving improved health outcomes.

Assignment

Table of Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................2
Main Body...................................................................................................................................................2
Analyzing and describing the standard of care in the country..................................................................2
Explanation on how the standards are contributing efforts for making improvement in health outcomes
in the organization through the development of protocols, clinical practice guidelines, policies and
procedures...............................................................................................................................................2
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................................3
References...................................................................................................................................................4
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Introduction
The healthcare policies and laws are present at the national level which is helping in mandating
the administration of the healthcare services. The delivering of the services to the patient
population is essential as being the administrative leader of the organization American Hospital
Association. The country selected for describing the policies is the US. The reflection on the
determination of the clinical guidelines as well as the developmental protocols is used for
preparing the clinical practice guidelines. It is also stabilizing the environment which is leading
to the development of the healthcare services provided by the organization (Beaussier, 2012).
Main Body
Analyzing and describing the standard of care in the country
The analysis and the description of the standard of care in the country are seen to be focusing on
the delivery and the reimbursements executed in the healthcare sectors present in the US. The
broadening of the stakeholders’ interest, as well as the stakeholders' needs, are considered for
standardizing and describing the delivery system. The system established is showing the
establishment of the communication which is essential for making the changes in the patient care
processes. The evidence, as well as the comparison of the benefits and the harms of the
alternative methods, is used for preventing as well as diagnosing the treatment processes. It is
also stabilizing the environment for improving the healthcare management processes. The
absence of the common parlance is seen which is impacting the delivery system management
processes (Furrow, Greaney, Johnson, Jost & Schwartz, 2018). Due to this reason, it is seen to be
establishing an impact on the healthcare delivery processes as is seen in the US. Apart from this,
the evaluation of the healthcare services should be made by using a proper framework for
mitigating the issues.
Explanation on how the standards are contributing efforts for making improvement in
health outcomes in the organization through the development of protocols, clinical practice
guidelines, policies and procedures
The standards of the healthcare practices present in the US are contributing vital efforts for
making the improvement in the health outcomes. In the guidelines as well as the medication
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processes are not properly followed for the establishment of the quality healthcare processes. The
principles are involving the guideline development process which is related to the understanding
of guidelines, medicinal guidelines, identification of the evidences, understanding the evidence
profile and the appraising the implement ability (Hearn & Miller, 2012). On the basis of these
standards, the improvement of the health outcomes can be easily seen. The manual is framed by
the US board of healthcare department for the welfare of the guideline development and
implementation process. As per the important sections are concerned, the above-mentioned
sections are focusing on the development of the proceedings as is seen in this context. The
significant principles are implemented for each of the activities as they are discussing with them.
Apart from this, it is aiming at targeting the planning process for attaining the goals and the
objectives of the treatment processes. The effective delivery system should be structured by the
healthcare board of US so that the guidelines can be properly implemented in all the healthcare
sectors present in the US. The absence of the common healthcare delivery system is enabling the
healthcare stakeholders to inactively execute the guidelines (Rosenfeld, Shiffman & Robertson,
2012). This is impacting the transparency as well as the stakeholder-centred passion and permit
for delivering the quality healthcare guidelines. The common objective should be prepared by the
organization for delivering the quality healthcare processes as is seen in this context. Apart from
this, the potential application is seen in the diverse settings which are also establishing a common
goal for the guidelines development process. The innovations though are implemented in
framing the healthcare guidelines but are seen to be impacting the delivery system prepared by
the stakeholders. Thus, it is impacting the delivery process and due to this reason, the proper
framework should be adopted by the stakeholders for delivering the quality healthcare services
with implementing proper guidelines (Rothstein, 2010).
Conclusion
The discussion is reflecting the description and the analysis of the healthcare standard in the US.
The analysis is including the description of the standard as well as the framework which is
suitable for establishing a proper delivery system. The standards that are contributing efforts for
improving health outcomes in the organization is seen with the help of developing the protocols,
clinical practices, guidelines and the policies and procedures. These are essential as it is
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providing support to the establishment of flexible healthcare delivery system as is seen in this
context (Williams, 2016).
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