Question

The Institutes of Medicine define QUALITY as “the degree to which health services for individuals and populations increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes and are consistent with current professional knowledge. How do you think healthcare quality should be defined? How should it be measured under your definition?

Answer 1

Answer: The healthcare is directly related to the health conditions and the care provided to the patients. So, the healthcare quality can be defined as the level to which the quality of care that is being provided to the patients, by reducing the several negative factors as well as by meeting the desired level of care to the patients. It includes to meet the desired health outcomes. The healthcare is influenced by several factors and it need to be curb off for better healthcare delivery.

The healthcare should be measured under the :

• Number of readmission rate.
• Reduction in the medical errors.
• Meeting the desired health conditions of people.
• Reduction in mortality rates.