Health Care Law and Ethics

Running head: OVERSIGHT

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MHA Module Four: Health Care Law and Ethics

Week One Class Discussion Two: Internet Research Regarding the Oversight of a Stakeholder by One Federal Agency and One State Agency

Student Name (Insert your name)

Stakeholder: patient

Agency Name and URL Agency Function Agency’s Potential Impact on the Stakeholder

Federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

HYPERLINK “http://www.ahcpr.gov/consumer/surgery.htm” www.ahcpr.gov/consumer/surgery.htm It is a lead agency, which is entitled with the responsibility of researching how healthcare system is working. The research cuts across quality, access, use of service and healthcare out comes. The agency oversights how the above services are provided to patients. In addition, it carries out necessary legal action in case any of the above services are violated. The agency AHRQ has potential impacts to the patient’s health care. It provide the patients with enough resources including “be informed; questions to ask your doctor before you get surgery” and pain control after surgery: a patients guide” the resources helps the federal authority to file suit against the health professional who goes against rules and regulations regarding patients care before and after surgery (Walter, Zelman, 1997).

State Maryland Health Care Commission (MHCC) HYPERLINK “http://mhcc.maryland.gov” http://mhcc.maryland.gov This is a state agency that is involved in developing the “Ambulatory Surgery Facility Consumer Guide.”

This agency is responsible for oversight and developing of rules and regulations that help in protecting the patient’s under surgical procedures. This commission provides the people especially the patients with appropriate health and skill that they need to be health or to receive appropriate health care. The commission rules and regulations govern the performance of hospitals basing on the established standards. The state law developed by legal professions regulates the physician reviews in hospitals as society for cardiovascular angiography and intervention and other advocates of greater catch lab oversight require. This regulation in turn affects patient healthcare positively.

Reference

The Maryland Health Care Commission proposes to adopt new Regulations .01—.07 under a new chapter, COMAR 10.25.16 Electronic Health Record Incentives. June 17, 2010, publication in the Maryland Register, under State Government Article, §10506, Annotated Code of Maryland

Walter A. Zelman, (1997). “Consumer Protection in Managed Care: Finding theBalance”, Health Affairs, January/February, , pp. 158-166.