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Case Law
A critical regulatory issue in health care
Amanda Whitt
HCS/430
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Case Law
A critical regulatory issue in health care
Amanda Whitt
Ethical problems within hospitals and other facilities has been an ongoing issue for around 35 years. With the fast growth of technology and new medicine, the financial structures that could possibly create more financial concerns. The organizational effects of these issues will start looking at the quality of health care. In the economy, the demand from consumers and the production costs will help guide and form a firm structure. Many health care organizations need to use good thinking tasks to make proper decisions. More issues include: patient autonomy, termination of patient treatment, advance directives, confidentiality, and informed consent.
Back in the day, hospitals received charitable donations from internal sources of the community. Hospitals are thriving in developing new technology and new science. The price of the new technology for the findings that have sky rocketed and can create future financial concern. The development of new technology can broaden the areas for treatment and if they have the correct tools to perform treatment, then they will get to experience the cost of it as well. With having the new technology in most organizations, patient's will receive less one on one time with the doctors to ask questions. I have noticed this through a personal experience of mine. I remember I would be in the doctors forever when I was a little girl and nowadays, I am usually in there for a quick visit. The patients pay a lot of money to receive less guidance from your doctor or though it may seem. Paying for health insurance is definitely a costly additive for the patient and does not get any cheaper to carry coverage on their family. Issues with the new technology and science will create more training and certification. This will be an additional cost to the health care facility of
References: 1. Mariner, W. (1995). Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics. "Business versus Medical Ethics: Conflicting Standards for Managed Care" pg. 237. http://www.jblearning.com/samples/076374526X/4526X_CH14_235_250.pdf 2. Allison, David, Arch, D., Uriel Cohen. (2009). The Center for Health Design. Critical Issues in Healthcare Environments. http://www.healthdesign.org/chd/research/critical-issues-healthcare-environments