Darling – Health Care’s Benchmark Case

 

 

 

 

 

 

Darling – Health Care’s Benchmark Case

 

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Describe two legal issues presented in this case.

The first issue:

The first issue might be characterized as medical carelessness on the part of the physician, owing to his failure to seek a specialist. A specialist, for example, would have looked into the situation of the youngster complaining of discomfort and recognized an issue with the general physician’s casting performance.

The second legal issue:

The hospital’s carelessness is the second legal problem since they were unable to establish rules for new admissions and consultations. According to Pogzar (2020), when it comes to creating rules and processes for monitoring the quality of medicine practiced inside the hospital, the hospital and the medical personnel are accountable (Pogzar, 2020). Because he has not been active in that field for three years, the physician would have followed through and sought a specialist if the hospital had laid up regulations and protocols to follow.

Please describe how the hospital failed in its ethical duty to the patient.

The hospital botched to fulfill its general obligation by failing to provide an appropriate number of nurses to offer bedside care to all of the hospital’s patients at all times. There appears to have been a shortage of experienced nurses since those that were there were prone to making mistakes and neglect (Pogzar, 2020). The hospital lacked skilled nurses who could notice the patient’s lack of improvement as well as the indications and symptoms of infection in his right leg. The hospital also failed because it lacked an expert to conduct the patient’s examination (Pogzar, 2020). The nurses, according to Pogzar, neglected to advocate for the patient. The nurse should have raised the patient’s leg to the doctor’s notice and recommended a specialist.

 

 

Describe the role and importance of the credentialing and privileging process.

“Credentialing is the process by which a healthcare organization analyzes and verifies the credentials that a physician possesses,” according to (Medpro 2020). “Credentialing is the process by which a healthcare organization examines and verifies the credentials that a doctor possesses. This procedure guarantees that those providing care are properly qualified. Privileging is done in conjunction with credentialing and involves evaluating a person’s clinical qualifications or performance (Medpro, 2020). Healthcare organizations are charged with providing a safe atmosphere and sufficient resources to enable patient care. Having enough and professional medical personnel is critical in this task. Minimum credentialing and privileging criteria for confirming the Competency of providers are established by legislation (Medpro, 2020). The medical staff of each organization should accept its medical staff Bylaws, as well as any amendments, and the governing board should ratify them.

Discuss the application of the credentialing and privileging process to this scenario

In this situation, it is critical to implement comprehensive credentialing and ongoing medical assessment and review systems for all professional team members (Medpro, 2020). Regular credentialing and privileging would need yearly competency testing, such as nursing competence testing, which would entail a qualified expert in the field checking off numerous competencies. A wound expert, for example, who is qualified in that field, would evaluate a nurse’s proficiency level in that field (Medpro, 2020). This should also be extended to hospital physicians, who should complete a competency exam administered by the medical director or a qualified expert in their field of specialization. This annual competence assessment would act as a means of assisting them in preparing for any obstacles or gaps in their skills and knowledge. Using credentialing and privileging in this circumstance would ensure that those certified and qualified to execute the job are in the correct location, preventing blunders like these.

References 

Medpro. (2020). Credentialing and Privileging. Retrieved from https://www.medpro.com/documents/10502/2837997/Guideline_Credentialing+and+Privileging.pdf

Pozgar, G. D. (2020). Legal and ethical essentials of health care administration. Jones & Bartlett Learning.